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SELAGO distans. 
Loose-flowered Selago. 
DiDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
a Nat. ord. SELAGINACEA.—SuELAGIDS, Lindley s Vegetable Kingdom, 
SELAGO. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 184. 
8 6. Suffrutices ; foliis fasciculatis, floribus subcorymbosis v. sepius spicatis, 
juod varus liberis v. viz imá basi bractee adnatis. — Walpers Repert. 
S. distans ; caule subtrichotomè ramoso, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis fasci- 
culatis subincurvatis semiteretiusculis obtusis, junioribus viscidulis, 
spicis terminalibus solitariis dissitifloris, bracteis oblongis calyce sesqui- 
longioribus, calycibus inæqualiter quinquefidis viscidulis laciniis acumi- 
natis corolle tubo longioribus.— Walpers l. e. p. 160. E. Meyer 
Comment. 266, 
We believe this to be the S. distans of E. Meyer; but, in 
the absence of authentic specimens, it is difficult to acquire a 
certainty upon the point in a genus like Selago, of which 
scarcely any species have been figured. Walpers enumerates 
68 of them, and they are very much like each other. 
The great peculiarity of this is its loose spikes of flowers, 
and small slender downy leaves, which are solitary on the 
young branches and fascicled on the old ones. 
Fig. 1. represents the corolla split open and magnified ; 
2. is the one-celled characteristic anther of the order of 
Selagids ; 3. is a vertical section of the ovary. 
It is a greenhouse plant, very easily cultivated. The soil 
best adapted is sandy peat, such as that generally used for 
heaths. During the summer an ample supply of water should 
be given to its roots; and in hot weather it must be syringed 
over head, night and morning. It is a desirable species, in 
consequence of its early and long continuance in flower. To 
enable it to exercise this valuable quality, it is necessary to 
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