Hebenstreitia. | SELAGINER (Rolfe). 105 
Western ReGion: Little Namaqualand ; between Silver Fontein, Koper Berg, 
and Kaus Mountain, Drége. Spektakel Mountain, Morris in Bolus Herb., 5747! 
in fields formerly cultivated near Klip Fontein, 3000 ft., MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. 
Norm. Aust.-Afr., 675! 
15. H. glaucescens (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb, xxvii. 185); 
annual, sparingly branched at the base, diffuse, 2-6 in. high; 
branches minutely puberulous; leaves linear, subobtuse, entire, 
glabrous, not numerous, }-1 in. long ; spikes oblong or somewhat 
elongated, 1-14 in. long ; bracts spreading and recurved, ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, 13-2 lin. long; calyx oblong, obtuse, without 
prominent nerves, 1} lin. long; corolla 2 lin. long; tube stoutish ; 
lobes oblong, inner pair narrower and longer than the outer ; fruit 
oblong, 11 lin. long, each carpel having 3 obtuse longitudinal 
ridges. 
CenTraAL Reoion: Calvinia Div.; Hantam Mountains, Meyer! Brand Vlei, 
Juhanssen, 16! 
WesTteRN REGION: Vanrhynsdorp Div.; Zout River, 750 ft., Schlechter, 
8112! 
16. H. minutiflora (Rolfe) ; annual, branched at the base, diffuse, 
1-3 in. high; branches minutely puberulous; leaves linear, sub- 
obtuse, somewhat denticulate above the middle or subentire, glabrous, 
2-6 lin. long ; spikes ovoid or slightly elongated in fruit and rather 
lax, 1—3 in, long; bracts spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long ; 
calyx oblong, shortly tridentate, with 3 slender nerves, 3 lin. long; 
corolla 13 lin. long; tube stoutish ; lobes broadly oblong, short, sub- 
equal ; fruit oblong, $ lin. long. H. parviflora, E. Meyer, Comm. 
249, partly, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 69, 189 
(letter ¢ only). H. parviflora, var. B, denticulata, Choisy in DC. 
Prod. xii. 5. 
Western Recon: Little Namaqualand ; Modder Fonteins Berg, Rood Berg, 
and Bzels Kop, 4000-5000 ft., Dréye ! 
This species was confused with H. parviflora by E. Meyer, but is readily 
distinguished by its spreading habit and smaller flowers, with a tridentate 
trinerved calyx. The specimens turn blackish in drying. 
17. H. parviflora (E. Meyer, Comm. 249, partly) ; annual, much 
branched, erect, 5-8 in. high; branches minutely puberulous ; leaves 
linear, subobtuse, entire, glabrous, 3-6 lin. long; spikes narrow, 
elongated, 1-3 in. long, dense; bracts ovate-oblong, acuminate, 
1-2 lin, long; calyx ovate-oblong, subobtuse, without prorainent 
nerves, 1 lin. long; corolla 2 lin. long ; tube stoutish ; lobes oblong, 
the inner pair exceeding the outer ; fruit oblong, 14 lin. long. E. 
Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 62, 90, 91, 189 
(excl. letter c); Walp. Rep. iv. 146; Choisy in DC. Prod, xii. 5, excl. 
var. B.. 
Coast Region: Malmesbury Div. ; Hopefield, Bachmann, 1149! 
Cunrrat REGION: Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuwveld Mountains, near Beaufort 
West, Drege. . m 
Western Recon: Little Namaqualand; between Kousies (Buffels) River 
