DESCRIPTION:--_Stem_ simple. _Leaves_ many in a dense terminal rosette, varying from 0·5 to 1 m. long, 10 to 15 cm. broad below and gradually narrowing above, convex on the lower surface, concave on the upper surface, prickly on the edges; prickles stout, slightly recurved. _Inflorescence_ a terminal branched raceme. _Racemes_ up to 0·6 m. long, very dense. _Bracts_ ovate, cuspidate. _Perianth-segments_ 1·3 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, oblong, cucullate at the apex. _Filaments_ linear; anthers not much broader than the filaments. _Style_ cylindric, stigma simple. PLATE 169.--Fig. 1, leaf (× 1/8); Fig. 2, margin of leaf showing prickles; Fig. 3, cross-section of leaf; Fig. 4, bract; Fig. 5, flower bud; Fig. 6, mature flower; Fig. 7, perianth-segments; Fig. 8, portion of inner and outer perianth-segments; Fig. 9, stamens, front and back view. F.P.S.A., 1925. [Illustration: 170.] PLATE 170. LEUCADENDRON HUMIFUSUM. _Cape Province._ PROTEACEAE. Tribe PROTEAE. LEUCADENDRON, _R. Br._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 169. * * * * * =Leucadendron humifusum=, _E. Mey. in Drege, Zwei. Pfl. Documente_, pp. 64, 118, 198; _Fl. Cap._ vol. v. sect. i. p. 549. * * * * * This interesting species of _Leucadendron_ was first collected by Drege between the years 1826 and 1829, and then completely lost sight of, as none of the later collectors are credited with finding it again. In August, 1922, Mr. T. P. Stokoe came across the plant on the Hottentot Holland Mountains, and thus had the honour of bringing to the notice of South African botanists a species which had not been collected for almost one hundred years. We take this opportunity of giving a fuller description of the plant than that appearing in the _Flora Capensis_, and describe the female plant for the first time.