SERRURIA comparMeisn. [family PROTEACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xiv. 295, as to Zeyher, 3712, not of R. Br.
Information
branches pilose with long hairs or sometimes only shortly pubescent; leaves 1 1/4–3 in. long, bipinnately divided in the upper half, glabrous; ultimate segments up to 1 in. long, terete, very acute; heads corymbose on a short common peduncle, more or less enclosed by the leaves, about 3 lin. long and in diam., 5–7-flowered; ultimate peduncles 2–4 lin. long, tomentose, with a solitary bract at the base of each; floral bracts 1 3/4–2 lin. long, ovate, sharply acuminate, densely pilose or villous below the acumen; flowers erect in bud; perianth-tube 3/4 lin. long, pilose, glabrous near the base; segments 3–4 lin. long, spreadingly villous; limb 3/4 lin. long, elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, villous; anthers 1/2– 2/3 lin. long; hypogynous scales 1/2 lin. long, filiform; ovary villous; style about 3 lin. long, glabrous; stigma 1/3– 1/2 lin. long, oblong, obtuse. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; mountains of Klein River Kloof, Zeyher, 3712! Pappe!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thom, 575! Niven (in Stockholm Herbarium)!