106 SELAGINEX (Rolfe). [Hebenstreitia. 
and Silver Fontein, Drége! between Silver Fontein, Koper Berg, aud Kaus 
Mountain, Drége! at Zabies, Schlechter, 95! and without precise loculity, « 
Bolus, 6651! 
This species is dimorphic, as Drége’s and Schlechter’s specimens include both 
short- and long-styled forms: in the latter case the short-styled have the corolla 
at least a third longer than the long-styled. 
18. H. stenocarpa (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 186); 
annual, simple or branched at the base, 3-4 in. high; branches 
puberulous; leaves narrowly linear, subobtuse, entire, glabrous, 
3-1 in. long; spikes oblong, 1-1 in. long, many-flowered ; bracts 
ovate, acuminate, 15-2 lin. long; calyx ovate-oblong, obtuse, without 
prominent nerves, $ lin. long; corolla 21 lin. long; tube stoutish ; 
lobes oblong, inner pair narrower and rather longer than the outer; 
fruit oblong, 1 lin. long. 
4 Western Reaion: Vanrhynsdorp Div.; Karee Bergen, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 
168 ! 
19. H. macra (E. Meyer, Comm. 248); annual (?); branches 
herbaceous, erect or ascending; leaves lax, very narrowly linear ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate; eorolla-tube filiform, shorter than the bracts, 
white ; inner pair of lobes linear, outer pair subovate, oblique and 
shorter than the inner pair ; fruit oblique, oblong; carpels subequal, 
not sulcate, the posterior margin much expanded, the anterior con- 
tracted. KE. Meyer tn Drége, Zwei Phlanzengeoyr. Documente, 138, 
189; Walp. Rep. iv. 146 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 5. 
CrntTrat Reeion: Somerset Div.; near Little Fish River and Great Fish 
River, 2000-3600 ft., Drége. 
Only known to me from the description. Whether annual or perennial is not 
stated, but both Meyer and Choisy associate it with species belonging to the 
former group, where also the herbaceous stem would place it. I have not 
succeeded in identifying anything with the description, which, however, is very 
imperfect, 
20. H. discoidea (E. Meyer, Comm. 249) ; annual (?) ; branches 
herbaceous, erect ; leaves narrow, “ subtridactyloid” ; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate; corolla-tube exceeding the bracts; lobes oblique, ovate, 
subequal ; filaments longer than the anthers; fruit orbicular ; carpels 
much curved, so that the base and apex are nearly contiguous, 
cohering by the thickened margins, Walp. Rep. iv.147; Choisy in 
DC. Prod, xii. 5. ’ 
Sourn Africa: without precise locality, Drége. 
Only known to me from the description. The fruit is very remarkable in shape, 
and I cannot find anything at all approaching it. The herbaceous stem would 
indicate that it is an anuual, and as the authors above named both associate it 
with annual species, it probably belongs to this group. 
21. EL crassifolia (Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 4); annual (?), much 
branched, 6-9 in. high, more or less diffuse ; branches stoutish, 
puberulous ; leaves linear or oblong, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, entire, 
glabrous, 3-9 lin. long, occasionally appearing fascicled owing to the 
arrest of axillary branchlets; spikes oblong or elongated, 1-4 in. 
