346 MR. R. A. ROLFE ON THE SELAGINED 
plant, there are no more partieulars than the eight words above 
quoted. Ifit is the same as Bergius's description, there is nothing 
essentially different from Agathelpis angustifolia, Choisy !, called 
at that time Selago dubia, L., a plant not enumerated by Bergius. 
Can Hermann’s type be found? Linneus (Mant. Pl. p. 171) 
changed the name to Lranthemum parvifolium. Lamarck (Encycl. 
Méth. ii. p. 384; Ill. i. t. 17. fig. 2) appears to copy exactly a 
branch from Commelyn (without representing the anthers) and 
the description from Bergius. Choisy, in founding the genus 
Agathelpis, primarily on Eranthemum angustifolium, Murr., mis- 
quoted * L.," bases a second species on the above figures and de- 
scriptions, which he calls A. parvifolia ; and to show that he had 
not seen a specimen, he quotes * Lam. Berg." In his later 
monograph he enumerates the species, but says “excl. syn. 
Comm.," while he quotes that of Lamarck, which seems to be a 
copy of a small branch from Commelyn, without stamens and 
dissections. Thus the species rests entirely on the description 
of Bergius (as the figures must be excluded), and this agrees very 
well with A. angustifolia, Choisy, and, I believe, applies to it; 
but a glance at this original specimen would make it quite cer- 
tain either way. Choisy (DC. Prodr. xii. p. 23) says of A. par- 
vifolia, * Omni parte minor, corolle tubo recto a precedente 
distinguitur ;" but if this were not borrowed from a figure, there 
are small rigid specimens with straight tubes which belong to 
A. angustifolia. 
P. 154. Hebenstreitia ciliata, Berg.! One specimen, received 
from Thunberg. It is founded on Burm. Afr. p. 109, t. 41. fig. 1, 
andis Discursma CILIATUM, Choisy. Linnæus mistook the plant 
in his herbarium, though his book-name (Mant. p. 420) is only 
an enumeration of Bergius; but Thunberg, Choisy, and Meyer 
rightly understood the species. Lamarck (Encycl Méth. ii. 
p- 78) changed the name to H. hispida, but quoted Bergius and 
the old figure on which the plant was founded. This Choisy 
(DC. Prodr. xii. p. 7) called Dischisma hispidum !, and distin- 
guished it from his original D. ciliatum (Mem. Selag. p. 24) by 
its greater hairiness. Itis, however, nothing but a well-developed 
form of the latter, and not even a variety. 
P. 155. Senago srricta, Berg.! One specimen. Thunberg 
correctly understood it; but not so Meyer and Choisy. It is 
that part of S. tephrodes, E. Mey. ! from locality *c"!; the latter 
