Compilation
Protea ochroleuca

a small tree 10 ft. high; branches tomentellous, at length glabrous; leaves 3–3 1/2 in. long, 7–12 in. broad, lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, subacute, obtuse at the base, minutely punctate, distinctly veined, tomentose at the base and midrib or glabrous; head sessile, 2 1/4–2 3/4 in. long, about 2–2 1/2 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 6-seriate, silky-pubescent, yellowish-white; outer ovate, ciliate; inner oblong or spathulate-oblong, with a long silky fringe at the apex, shorter than the styles; perianth-sheath very slender and thin, 1 3/4 in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and faintly 5-nerved below, spirally twisted in old flowers, rufo-pilose; lip 7 lin. long, 3-toothed, sparingly hairy along the edges, otherwise glabrous; sparingly hairy along the edges; lateral teeth hirsute, 3/4–1 lin. long; median tooth 1/2 lin. long; stamens all fertile; filaments 1/4 lin. long, swollen, channelled; anthers linear, 4 1/2 lin. long, apical glands 1/3 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, keeled on the inner face; style 2 1/2 in. long, slightly curved, tapering above, faintly keeled on one side, glabrous; stigma 4 1/2 lin. long, filiform, slightly thickened at the apex, rather abruptly passing into the much stouter style. null