Style terminal, constricted at the base. Perianth-tube short, not 4-angled. Inflorescence globose.--Species 12. South Africa. =Sorocephalus= R. Br. 11. (5.) Anterior perianth-segments separating above. Anthers oblong or ovate. Style deciduous. Fruit glabrous. Flowers in sometimes oblong heads, usually yellow.--Species 40. South and East Africa. Some species yield timber and bark for tanning. (Plate 33.) =Leucospermum= R. Br. Anterior perianth-segments united almost to the top into a lip. Anthers linear. Style persistent. Fruit covered with dense hairs. 12 12. Flowers in spikes or racemes. Anthers obtuse.--Species 15. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species yield timber. =Faurea= Harv. Flowers in heads. Anthers usually with a prolonged connective.--Species 130. South and Central Africa. Some species yield timber, bark for tanning, or medicaments. (_Leucadendron_ L.) =Protea= L. ORDER SANTALALES SUBORDER SANTALINEAE FAMILY 56. SANTALACEAE Terrestrial plants, sometimes parasitic on roots. Leaves undivided, exstipulate, sometimes scale-like. Flowers regular. Perianth simple. Stamens 3-6, as many as and inserted on the perianth-segments, equalling them or shorter. Anthers stalked, 2-celled. Ovary inferior, rarely almost superior, 1-celled. Ovule 1, basal, or ovules 2-5, pendulous from the apex of a central or subparietal placenta. Style simple or wanting. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds without a testa, with copious fleshy albumen; radicle of the embryo superior.--Genera 6, Species 140. (Plate 34.) 1. Ovary superior. Ovule 1. Style absent; stigma 2-lobed. Stalk of the fruit fleshy. Shrubs or trees.--Species 1. Madagascar. Used medicinally. [Tribe ANTHOBOLEAE.] =Exocarpus= Labill. Ovary inferior. Ovules 2-5. Style present. 2 2. Perianth-tube above the ovary coated by a disc on the inside, or wanting. Placenta thick, straight. Ovules recurved. Stigma 3-4-parted or 4-5-lobed. Fruit a drupe. Shrubs. [Tribe OSYRIDEAE.] 3 Perianth-tube above the ovary not coated by a disc on the inside. Placenta thin, usually flexuous. Ovules straight. Stigma entire or obscurely 2-3-lobed. [Tribe THESIEAE.] 4 3. Leaves, at least most of them, opposite. Flowers in panicles which are sometimes composed of false umbels, 4-6-merous, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Stigma 4-5-lobed. Embryo with very short cotyledons.--Species 2. South Africa. They yield timber and tanning material. (_Rhoiocarpus_ A. DC.) =Colpoon= Berg Leaves alternate. Flowers in false umbels, which are often arranged in racemes, or the female and hermaphrodite solitary, 3-4-merous, dioecious or polygamous. Stigma 3-4-partite. Embryo with long cotyledons.--Species 8. North and East Africa to Natal. Some species yield fragrant wood (African sandalwood), tanning and dyeing materials, and medicaments. (Plate 34.) =Osyris= L.