272 C. SELAGINE® (ROLFE). [Selago. 
the upper parts of the branches. Bracts oblong, obtuse, rather fleshy, 
hispidulous and slightly ciliate, #-1 lin. long. Calyx 4 lin. long, 3-lobed, 
hispidulous ; lobes lanceolate-oblong,. acute, ciliate, lateral twice as long 
as the dorsal. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long; lobes roundish-oblong, upper 
half as long as the tube, lower rather longer. 
Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa: Hereroland ; Swakop River, 
* Dinter, 61! 
19. S. amboensis, Mol/e. Branches about 8 in. long, slender, 
puberulous. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, 1-2 lin. 
long, slightly rugose. Racemes short, lateral on short branchlets on 
the upper part of the branches. Bracts oblong, obtuse, } lin. Jong. 
Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 2-lobed ; segments linear, ciliate, 
} lin. long. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; lobes oblong, rather shorter than 
the tube. Fruit reniform-globose, } lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland ; Omatope, Schinz f 
Nearly allied to the South African S. paniculata, Thunb., which it closely resembles, 
but the calyx-lobes are much narrower and the flowers smaller. The specimen seen 
consists of a single branch. 
20. S. lacunosa, Alotzsch in Peters, Reise AMossamb. Bot. 200. 
Plant 6-12 in, high. Branches puberwious. Leaves linear or linear- 
lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 3-8 lin. long. Racemes short or somewhat 
elongated, loosely arranged along tke branches. Bracts linear-oblong, 
obtuse, somewhat curved, } lin. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. 
Calyx 2-3-lobed, glabrous; lobes minutely ciliate, lateral 4 lin. long, 
dorsal minute or nearly obsolete. Corolla-tube } lin. long ; lobes 
rounded-oblong, half as long as the tube. Fruit reniform-globose, flin. 
long.— Wettst. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 358. 
| Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese Kast Africa: on the banks and on an island of the 
Zambesi River, Peters ! on sandbanks near Lupata, Kirk! British Central Africa + 
Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, Menyharth, 991! 
21. S. alopecuroides, Rolfe in Journ. Bot, 1886, 175. Plant 
1-2 ft. high. Branches puberulous. Leaves numerous, linear-filiform, 
obtuse, glabrous or somewhat puberulous, 2-5 lin. long. Racemes very 
short, subsessile, crowded along the upper part of the branches. Bracts 
linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat curved, membranous and ciliate at the 
margin, 1-1} lin. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 3-lobed, 
glabrous ; lobes ciliate; Jateral oblong, obtuse, } lin. long; dorsal rather 
smaller. Corolla-tube } lin. long; lobes rounded-oblong, a third as long 
as the tube. Fruit reniform-globose, 4 lin. long. —O. K untze in Jahrb. 
Konig]. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv, 270. 
_ Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; about Lopollo, frequent in thickets, Wel- 
witsch, A789! 4790! Huilla, Antunes, 132! Humpata, Chella Mountains, Johnston - 
German South-west Africa: Hereroland; at Okahandya, on grassy plains, 3900 It., 
Marloth ! Swakop River, 1600-3300 ft., Pechuel-Loesche (ex Kuntze), Dinter, 12+ 
