98 SELAGINEE (Rolfe), [ Hebenstreitia. 
2-5 in. high; branches more or less straight ; 
spikes not numerous... We ve ... (24) fastigiosa. 
Plant much branched, usually 5-10 in. high; 
branches more or less diffuse ; spikes numerous 
and often crowded : 
Corolla-lobes oblong, inner pair not much 
longer than the outer ie oak ... (25) repens. 
Inner pair of corolla-lobes linear, much longer 
than the broad outer puir ... ca ... (26) fenestrata. 
Perennial, 1 ft. or more high ; 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : © 
Branches glabrous or minutely puberulous ... (27) Dregei. 
Branches pubescent : 
Branches closely pubescent; calyx minutely 
tridenticulate... es ve ... (28) lanceolata, 
Branches sparsely pubescent, calyx strongly 
tridenticulate —... dis ... (29) leucostachys, 
Leaves broadly ovate or cordate-ovate ... .». (30) cordata, 
1. H. polystachya (Harv., MSS.); perennial, stout and much 
branched, up to 4 ft. high (Galpin) or 6 ft. (Gerrard); branches 
glabrous or puberulous in decurrent lines from the leaf-bases ; leaves 
lanceolate, acute, closely serrate except near the base, glabrous, 
4-3 in. long; spikes very numerous, 1—4 in. long, dense, often con- 
gested into panicles; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 21—3 lin. 
long ; calyx ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 11-11 lin. long, 2-nerved, 
herbaceous between the nerves; corolla white (Galpin), 4—5 lin. 
long ; tube rather slender; lobes oblong, inner pair much narrower 
but scareely longer than the outer; fruit oblong, 1+ lin. long. 
Kacanari ReGion: Orange River Colony ; Drakensberg, Cooper, 1014! and 
without precise locality, Cooper, 3015! Transvaal ; near Svitzkop, Wilms, 1167 ! 
between Middelburg and Crocodile River, Wilms, 1168! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 
6203! in fields by the Elands River, 6500 ft., Schlechter, 3834! Umlomati 
Valley, near Barberton, in swampy ground, Galpin, 1271! 
EasteRn ReGion: Natal; Tugela River, Gerrard, 376! Umvoti district, 
in a swamp, Gerrard, 1248! Noods Berg, 2500 ft., Wood, 104! near Enon, 
Wood, 104! Murchison, 1800 ft., Wood, 801! Arnolds Farm, Newcastle, 
Rehmann, 7032! Oliviers Hoek, sources of the Tugela River, 5000 ft., Allison ! 
in marshes, near Richmond, 3000 ft., Schlechter, 6730! and without precise 
locality, Cooper, 1150! 
2. H. Oatesii (Rolfe in Oates’ Matabele Land, ed. ii. 406, t. 12); 
perennial, much branched, over 1 ft. high; branches pubescent in 
decurrent lines from the leaf-bases; leaves narrowly lanceolate or 
linear, subacute, serrulate except near the base, glabrous, 1-1} in. 
long; spikes elongate, 1-3 in. long in fruit, dense; bracts ovate, 
acuminate, glabrous, 2-21 lin. long; calyx ovate, obtuse, with 
2 nerves near the centre, 1-14 lin. long; corolla 4-5 lin. long ; tube 
slender; lobes oblong, 1 lin. long; fruit oblong, 2 lin. long. 
Sago near dentata, Thunb., Oliv. in Oates’ Matabele Land, 
. i, 368. 
Woo aga ReGion (?): Between Pietermaritzburg and the Crocodile River, 
tes ! 
The plant from Faku’s Territory, doubtfully referred here when the species 
