Hebenstreitia. ] SELAGINEE (Rolfe). 29 
was described, is now made a distinct species under the name of H. Sutherlandi, 
Rolfe, 
3. H. elongata (Bolus) ; perennial, branched at the base, 1-12 ft. 
or more high; branches puberulous, chiefly in deeurrent lines 
from the leaf-bases; leaves numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, 
subobtuse, entire or slightly denticulate above the middle, glabrous, 
4-1} in, long; spikes elongate, 2-8in. long in fruit, dense ; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 21-31 lin. long; calyx ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 2 lin. long, with 2 prominent nerves, herbaceous between the 
nerves; corolla deep orange and red (Wood), 5-7 lin. long; tube. 
slender ; lobes oblong, inner pair narrower and rather longer than the 
outer; fruit oblong, 23 lin. long. 
Katanarr Reeron: Transvaal; Pretoria, on stony hills at 4000 ft., McLea 
in Bolus Herb., 3083! grassy mountain slopes around Barberton, Galpin, 52%! 
Jeppestown Ridge, near Johannesberg, 6000 ft., Gilfillan in Galpin Herb., 
€06L! Rhenoster Poort, Botsabelo district, Nelson, 403! 
EasterRN ReG@ion: Natal; near Currys Post, 4000 ft., Wood, 3620! Biggars 
Berg, Wood, 4228! Riet Vlei, Greenwich Farm, Fry in Galpin Herb., 2726! 
and a cultivated specinen, Hort. Kew / 
A more luxuriant plant than H. dentata, L., and confined to the eastern side of 
the continent. 
4. H. Sutherlandi (Rolfe); perennial, about 1 ft. high, much 
branched ; branches minutely puberulous in decurrent lines from the 
leaf-bases; leaves linear-lanceolate, subacute, regularly serrulate to 
below the middle, 4—12 lin. long ; spikes narrow, somewhat elongate, 
1-2 in. long, many-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
2-21 lin. long; calyx broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1} lin. long, 
with 2 strongly keeled nerves and a second slender pair between 
them ; corolla 33-4 lin. long; tube slender ; lobes oblong, inner 
pair not longer than the outer, and only half as broad. 
Katanart Recron: Basutoland, 8000 ft., Melleish in Sanderson’s Herb., 
34! 
Eastern Reoion : Pondoland; Faku’s Territory, Sutherland / 
5. H. comosa (Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 70); perennial, branched, 
1-4 ft. high; branches minutely puberulous, sometimes only in 
decurrent lines from the leaf-bases; leaves numerous, lanceolate or 
elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, serrate to near the base, glabrous, }—2 in. 
long ; spikes elongate, 2-6 in. long, dense; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, glabrous, 234 lin. long ; calyx ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
2-21 Jin. long, 2-nerved, more or less herbaceous along the centre ; 
corolla yellow or white, with an orange-red blotch on the limb, 
5-6 lin. long; tube slender; lobes oblong, inner pair much narrower. 
and scareely longer than the outer. Hoehst. Bestr. Fi. Cap. und 
Natal. 134; Walp. Rep. iv. 147; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 5. HH. 
comosa, var. serratifolia, Gard. Chron. 1892, xii. 34, 188. 
Var. 6 (?) integrifolia (Rolfe) ; leaves narrowly linear, entire, $-14 in. long, 
otherwise much as in the type. 
Kananari Reason: Transvaal; si Rest, Mudd ! 
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