Compilation
Protea acaulis

stems subterranean or prostrate on the ground and up to 1 ft. long, glabrous; leaves extremely variable, 3–8 1/2 in. long, 3/4–3 in. broad at the widest part, rotundate-obovate, obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, usually obtuse, rarely acute, often apiculate, long attenuated into a petiole, distinctly veined, with a callous margin, glabrous, often glaucous; head sessile, sometimes contracted into a short stipes, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long, about 1 1/2 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 8-seriate, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous, outer ovate, obtuse; inner oblong, equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 10–11 lin. long, rather wide, gradually dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved at the base, densely ciliate in the middle part, otherwise glabrous; lip 3 lin. long, 3-toothed, pubescent; teeth subequal, 1 1/2 lin. long; stamens all fertile; filaments 1/6 lin. long, flattened; anthers linear, 1 1/2 lin. long; apical glands 1/4 lin. long, lanceolate, obtuse; ovary 1 lin. long, elliptic-ovoid, covered with long reddish-brown hairs; style 11 lin. long, sickle-shaped, subulate from a narrow lanceolate more or less swollen base, terete above, glabrous; stigma 1 1/2 lin. long, finely subulate, obtuse, gradually passing into the style. null