Leucadendron verticillatum Meisn.

Shrubs up to 2 m tall, slender, erect, developing from a single stem below. Branches bare, erect, slender, glabrous, smooth, reddened. Branchlets slender, erect, densely sub-adpressed-pubescent, densely foliate. Leaves of male plants up to 2.2 cm long, 3.5 mm broad, of female plants up to 2.5 cm 'ong, 4.5 mm broad, all much the same size, narrowly oblaneolate, apex subacute with a small brown mucro often concealed by the surrounding pubescence, narrowing evenly to the base, erect, twisted, densely adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces and edges, veins obscured. Involucral leaves similar to the stem leaves, more crowded, exceeding the head but not concealing it. Male inflorescence 7 mm long, 11 mm diam., solitary, terminal, hemispherical, more numerous than the female, giving off a faint yeasty smell. Basal bracts 3-4 mm long, 1 mm broad, about 15 cm number, acute, densely pubescent, inconspicuous, leaf like. Floral bract 1.5 mm long, 1 mm broad, ovate, acute, pubescent, ciliate, apex tufted. Floral bud 4 mm long, erect, yellow, apex swollen, upper two thirds sparsely pubescent, densely pubescent below. Perianth tube 2.5 mm long, densely villous. Claw 2.5 mm long, slender, short-pubescent, recurved more than 360°. Limb 0.7 mm long, concave-spathulate, hooked, sparsely pubescent. Anther 0.5 mm long, decumbent. Pollen triangular in polar view with rounded apices and sides 40 µ long, polar depth 24µ. Stigma abortive, 0.5 mm long, clavate, entire, acting as a pollen presenter. Style 5.5 mm long, erect, filiform, stout and pubescent in the lower third. Hypogynous scales 2 mm long, acicular. Nectar seen at the throat of the perianth tube. Receptacle 5 mm long, 1.2 mm diam., clavate, acute. Female inflorescence 8 mm diam., solitary, terminal, with up to 12 florets towards the apex, giving off a very faint unpleasant smell. Basal bracts 5 mm long, 2 mm broad below, about 25 cm number, caudate, acute, densely pubescent. Floral bract 3 mm long, 4 mm broad, sub-hexagonal, adnate below, densely pubescent, ciliate. Floral bud 6 mm long, transversely compressed, densely pubescent. Perianth tube 3.5 mm long, densely pubescent. Claw 2 mm long, recurved 180°, slender, pubescent. Limb 0.8 mm long, concave, hooked, sparsely tomentose. Staminode 0.3 mm long. Ovary less than 1 mm diam., ovoid, pubescent. Style 5 mm long, glabrous, filiform. Stigma 0.2 mm diam., terminal, bifid. Hypogynous scales 1.5 mm long, acicular. Nectar seen at the throat of the perianth tube. Receptacle 4 mm long, 1 mm diam., irregular. Mature female head dehiscent, 1.4-1.6 cm diam., globose or somewhat vase shaped, with bracts pubescent, obtuse, gaping above. Fruit a nutlet, up to 4.5 mm long, 3 mm broad, cuneiform, narrowed to the base, with a small blunt apex, grey or mottled, lateral edges and adaxial surface somewhat ridged, partly clothed with a short white transversely compressed pubescence.