Stamens inserted on the middle or the upper part of the perianth-segments; anthers usually sessile. Perianth more or less deeply divided, but rarely to the base. [Tribe PROTEEAE.] 3 2. Receptacle with a short cupular excrescence at the base. Ovule pendulous. Fruit a drupe. Flowers in fascicles arranged in racemes. Leaves whorled, undivided.--Species 1. South Africa. The fruits are edible and used as a substitute for coffee. =Brabeium= L. Receptacle with 4 scale-like excrescences at the base. Flowers in spikes arranged in racemes. Leaves alternate, 2-lobed.--Species 1. Madagascar. The wood is used for torches, the seeds yield oil. =Dilobeia= Thouars 3. Flowers unisexual, regular. 4 Flowers hermaphrodite. 5 4. Male flowers in spikes or racemes, female in heads. Bracts narrow.--Species 3. South Africa. =Aulax= Berg [Illustration: PROTEACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 33._ J. Fleischmann del. Leucospermum conocarpum R. Br. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower laid open. _C_ Perianth-segment and stamen.] [Illustration: LORANTHACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 34._ J. Fleischmann del. Loranthus capitatus (Spreng.) Engl. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower. _C_ Lower part of the flower cut lengthwise. _D_ Anther.] Male and female flowers in heads. Bracts broad.--Species 75. South Africa. Some species yield timber or medicaments; the silvery-haired leaves of the silver-tree (_L. argenteum_ R. Br.) also form an article of commerce. =Leucadendron= Herm. 5. Flowers regular or almost so, disposed in heads which are sometimes reduced to a single flower. Perianth-segments united below, free and recurved above. 6 Flowers distinctly irregular. Perianth-segments more or less united, except the hindmost, which is separated from the others. 11 6. Leaves, at least the inferior, more or less divided. 7 Leaves all undivided. 8 7. Heads arranged in sometimes very short spikes, 4-flowered. Ovary glabrous or almost so. Fruit sessile.--Species 15. South Africa. (_Nivenia_ R. Br.) =Paranomus= Salisb. & Knight Heads solitary or arranged in corymbs or heads, usually many-flowered. Ovary hairy, usually woolly or hispid. Fruit short-stalked.--Species 70. South Africa. =Serruria= Salisb. 8. Heads solitary, 4-or more-flowered. Fruit sessile.--Species 20. South Africa. (Including _Orothamnus_ Eckl.) =Mimetes= Salisb. Heads arranged in spikes, racemes, or umbels, 1-6-flowered. Fruit with a short stalk. 9 9. Flowers somewhat irregular. Stigma lateral, or very oblique, or seated in the centre of a disc-like expansion of the style-apex. Heads in lax spikes or racemes.--Species 25. South Africa. =Spatalla= Salisb. Flowers regular. Stigma terminal or nearly so, conical or club-shaped. 10 10. Style more or less lateral, not constricted at the base. Perianth-tube 4-angled. Inflorescence cylindrical.--Species 5. South Africa. =Spatallopsis= Phillips