NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
97 
W. Tyson, 1644. King Williamstown Div., Perie, in damp ground, 
alt. 3000 ft, fi. Jan., T. R. Sim, 2131. Stutterheim Div., summit of 
mountain above Dohne, alt, 4000 ft, fl. March, II. G. Flanagan, 2298. 
Stutterheim, fl. Dec., F. A. Rogers, 12710. Natal; Benvie, alt. 4— 
5000 ft, fl. May, J. Wylie ( J. M. Wood, No. 7867). 
Distinguished in having the branches uniformly leafy throughout, 
with no radical leaves, and the very short bristles of the calyx. 
Leucadendron cordatum, Phillips sp. nov. Ramuli pubescentes. Folia 3-5— 
7 cm. longa, 2-2 — 4-2 cm. lata, ovata, apice rotunda leviter retusaque, 
basi cordata, glabra. Inflorescentia solitaria 2-2 — 2-5 cm. longa, 
2 — 2-5 cm. lata, summis flavis foliis circumdata. Bracteae involucri 
8 — 9-seriatae, reflexae, 1-4 cm. longae, 9 mm. latae, ovatae, apice 
obtusae, glabrae. Bracteae floriferae 1-3 cm. longae, 1—1-5 mm. latae, 
lineares, apice obtusae, glabrae. Tabus perianthii 1-2 cm. longus, 
cylindratus, glaber; lobi 6 mm. longi, lineares, glabri; limbus 4 mm. 
longus, lineari-lanceolatus, apice obtusus. Antherae 3-5 mm. longae, 
lineares. Squamae hypogynae 3 mm. longae, lineari-subulatae. Stylus 
1-1 cm. longus, basi pilosi; stigma minute bifidum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Robertson Div., near 
summit of mountain behind Montagu Baths, fl. June (Bolus Her- 
barium, No. 13904). Branches minutely pubescent. Leaves 3-5 — 7 cm. 
long, 2-2 — 4-2 cm. broad, ovate, rounded and slightly refuse at the 
apex, distinctly cordate at the base, palmately many-nerved from the 
base when fresh, glabrous. Male inflorescence solitary at the end of 
young shoots about 10 cm. long which bear leaves similar to the stem 
leaves but bright yellow in colour with red margins and apices. Male 
heads 2-2 — 2-5 cm. long, 2 — 2-5 cm. in diameter, rectangular in outline, 
surrounded by a number of bright yellow involucral bracts. Involu- 
cral bracts 8 — 9-seriate, all but the innermost series reflexed, 1-4 cm. 
long, 9 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Floral-bracts 1-3 cm. 
long, 1 — 1-5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, glabrous, yellow near the 
apex, otherwise colourless. Flowers opening from the circumference 
inwards yellow, soon becoming brown with age. Perianth-tube 1 -2 cm. 
long, cylindric, glabrous; lobes 6mm. long, linear, glabrous; limb 
4 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse and slightly recurved at the apex. 
Anthers 3-5 mm. long, linear. Style 1-1 cm. long, terete, gradually 
tapering above, pilose at the base, otherwise glabrous ; stigma minutely 
bifid. Hypogynous scales 3 mm. long, linear-subulate, gradually 
tapering to the base. 
A species differing from any known species in the genus by the 
distinctly cordate leaves, somewhat resembling those of Protea lati- 
folia, R. Br. It is an extremely handsome and showy plant, the bright 
