PLATE 6.--Fig. 1, plant much reduced; Fig. 2, apex of style, showing the three stigmas; Figs. 3 and 4, back and side view of stamens.
LEUCADENDRON, _R. Br._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 169.
=Leucadendron Stokoei=, Phillips sp. nov.
LEUCADENDRON _Stokoei_; _Rami_ et ramuli glabri. _Folia_ 7-8·5 cm. longa, 1-2·1 cm. lata, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi paullo angustata, glabra. _Inflorescentia_ ♂ 2 cm. longa, 2·5 cm. lata; bractae involucri 1·1 cm. longae, apice obtusae, glabrae viscidaeque, eximae reflexae; bractae floris 1 mm. longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, apice subacutae, basi villosae. _Inflorescentia_ ♀ 2·5 cm. longa, 1·7 cm. lata; bractae involucri reflexae; bractae floris 6 mm. longae, 1·1 cm. latae, apice obtusae, sericeae. _Fructus_ 7 mm. longus, 6 mm. latus, obovatus, anguste alatus.
Cape Province: Caledon Division, Standford, near Caledon, _Stokoe in National Herbarium_.
The remarkable group of South African plants--the _Proteaceae_--still continues to yield interesting novelties, though it was monographed as recently as 1910. This is especially true of the genus _Leucadendron_, on which much work remains to be done.
The specimens from which our illustration was made were collected by Mr. T. P. Stokoe in the Klein River Mountains at Sinkerhausgat, near Standford, in the Caledon Division. Mr. Stokoe has made some interesting discoveries in this region, amongst which was this new _Leucadendron_ which he forwarded to the Division of Botany in September, 1918. It is quite distinct from any other species of _Leucadendron_, inasmuch as the male inflorescence is surrounded by large bracts giving it the appearance of a _Protea_.
DESCRIPTION:--_Branches_ and branchlets glabrous. _Leaves_ 7-8·5 cm. long, 1-2·1 cm. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, bluntly mucronate, slightly narrowed at the base, glabrous, very finely glandular when seen under a lens; leaves surrounding the inflorescence longer. _Male inflorescence_ hidden by the upper leaves and quite surrounded by brown bracts, shortly peduncled, 2 cm. long, 2·5 cm. in diameter; the inner bracts 1·1 cm. long, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, viscid, longer or as long as the inflorescence; the outer situated on the short peduncle, viscid and reflexed; receptacle 7 mm. long, 8 mm. broad, subglobose. _Floral bracts_ 1 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, subacute, villous at the base. _Perianth_ 2 mm. long, glabrous. _Stigma_ clavate, much thicker than the style. _Female inflorescence_ hidden by the upper leaves, very shortly stalked, 2·5 cm. long, 1·7 cm. broad, the short peduncle bearing brown reflexed bracts; receptacle 1·6 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, cylindrical. _Floral bracts_ 6 mm. long, 1·1 cm. broad, transversely oblong, villous above. _Fruiting head_ 3·5-4 cm. long, 3·5 cm. in diameter; scales 1·5 cm. long, 1·2 cm. broad, suborbicular, slightly narrowed at the base, tomentose without, except near the apex. _Fruits_ 7 mm. long, 6 mm. broad, obovate in outline, flat on one side, convex on the other, honeycombed, with a narrow membranous wing.