104 SELAGINEX (Rolfe). [ Hebenstrettia. 
slender ; lobes oblong, inner pair longer and narrower than the outer ; 
fruit oblong, 2 lin. long. 
KataHARI Reeton: Transvaal; Hooge Veld, between Trigards Fontein and 
Standerton, Rehmann, 6766! 6767! 
A dwarf, slender species, readily separated from its allies by its small flowers 
and very spreading bracts. 
12. H. robusta (E. Meyer, Comm. 246); perennial, 13 ft. or 
more high; branches closely pubescent; leaves numerous, linear, 
subobtuse, entire, somewhat fleshy, puberulous, 3-1 in. long; spikes 
elongate, up to 9 in. long in fruit; bracts ovate, mueronate, 24 lin. 
long; calyx ovate-oblong, 2-dentate, 2-nerved, pubescent on and 
between the nerves, 2 lin. long; corolla 5 lin. long; tube stoutish ; 
lobes oblong, inner pair narrower than the outer but scarcely longer ; 
fruit ovoid-oblong, 2 lin. long. E. Meyer in Dreye, Zwei Pflanzen- 
geogr. Documente, 109, 189; Endl. Iconogr. 12, t. 76; Walp. Rep. 
iv. 145; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii.4. H. augusta, Pritz. Ic. Bot. 
Index, 526. 
Coast REGton: Clanwilliam Div. ; between Jackals River and Oliphants 
River, at 500-1000 ft., Drege ! 
Easily distinguished by its robust habit, closely pubescent branches and 
puberulous leaves, 
13. H. ramosissima (Jarosz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 14) ; annual, branched 
chiefly at the base, 3-6 in. high; branches erect, pubescent in 
decurrent lines from the leaf-bases; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 
with 2 or 8 pairs of prominent teeth above the middle, narrowed 
at the base, 4-8 in. long; spikes oblong or somewhat elongated, 
rather dense, }—2 in. long ; bracts spreading or recurved, ovate, 
shortly acuminate, subobtuse, 2-21 lin, long; calyx ovate-oblong, 
subobtuse, 1} lin. long, pubescent; corolla 23-3 lin. long; tube 
stout ; lobes broadly oblong, inner pair very minute and shorter than 
the outer; fruit oblong, 12 lin. long. Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 5; 
Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 357. Selago squarrosa, Choisy in 
DC. Prod. xii. 16, 
Sourn Arnica: without precise locality, Link! Masson! 
Coast REGION: Stellenbosch Div. ; Stellenbosch, Alexander! Swellendam 
Div.; in caroo-like soil by the River Zonder Kinde, at Hassaquas Kloof and by 
the Breede River, Zeyher, 3581! 
Jarosz wrongly described this as perennial, as his own type specimen shows. 
14. H. hamulosa (E. Meyer, Comm. 249); annual, much branched, 
2-6 in. high; branches puberulous; leaves few, linear, subobtuse, 
entire, lower 3-1} in. long, upper diminishing into the bracts ; spikes 
elongate, lax, 1-3 in. long; bracts spreading or recurved, ovate- 
oblong, subobtuse, 14~2 lin. long; calyx ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. 
long ; corolla yellow (Bolus), 21 lin, long ; tube stoutish ; lobes very 
short and broad, subequal. H, Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 91, 189; Walp. Rep. iv. 146; Choisy in DC, Prod. 
xii. 5. 
