Hebenstreitia. | SELAGINEX (Rolfe). 107 
long, many-flowered ; bracts ovate or ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate 
with a recurved subacute apex, 2~24 lin. long ; calyx ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, nerves not prominent, 1% lin. long; corolla 5 lin. long; tube 
narrow ; lobes narrowly oblong, 2 lin. long, inner pair narrower than 
the outer; fruit oblong, 1% lin. long. H. robusta, var. B, glabrata, 
E. Meyer, Comm. 247, and in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeoyr. Dorumente, 
55, 62, 109, 189; Walp. Rep. iv. 145. H. tenuifolia, E. Meyer, 
Comm. 248, partly (not of Schrad.), and in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 96, 189 (letter a only). a 
Soutu Argica; without precise locality, Masson ! ie 
Coast ReGion: Clanwilliam Div.; Ezels Bank, in the Ceder Bergen, 
4000 ft., Schlechter, 8807! between Lang: Valley and Oliphants River, 
1000-1500 ft., Drége; by the Oliphants River, Ecklon § Zeyher! Tulbagh Div. ; 
without precise locality, Ecklon ¥ Zeyher! ; 
Cenrrat Reeron: Fraserburg Div.; between Patrys Fontein and Great Brak 
River, Burchell, 1516! Sutherland Div.; between Kuilenberg and Great Reed 
River, Burchell, 1845! Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuwveld Mountains near Beaufort 
West, 3000-5000 ft., Drége. Graaff Reinet Div.; in stony places near Zuure 
Plaats, in the Sueeuwberg Range, 5000 ft., Drege ! 
Western Region; Little Namaqualand ; between Kousie (Buffels) River and 
Silver Fontein, 2000 ft., Drége/ in sandy places near Port Nolloth, Bolus, 6650! 
and without. precise locality, Scully, 73! ; 
Katanart Reoton : Orange River Colony; Witte Bergen, on shady sides of 
the mountains, Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Bowker! uear the Caledon River, Burke! 
22. H. pubescens (Rolfe); annual (‘), erect, 3-6 in. high, un- 
branched (?); branches puberulous ; leaves linear, subobtuse, with 2 
or 8 pairs of small teeth above the middle, glabrous, 4-9 lin. long; 
spikes oblong, 1 in. or more long, dense ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, ciliate and somewhat pubescent on the lower half, 
4-42 lin. long; calyx lanceolate-linear, subobtuse, regularly ciliate, 
nearly 2 lin. long; corolla, 7-8} lin. long ; tube very slender ; 
lobes linear, inner pair 2 lin. long and nearly twice as long as the 
outer. 
CenTRat Region: Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer! 
This has the general appearance of a small seedling state of H. dentata, Linn., 
flowering the first year, but is readily distinguished by the pabescent lower part 
of the bracts, the ciliate calyx, and by the long and very narrow corolla lobes. 
It has all the appearance of being an annual. 
23. H. sarcocarpa (Bolus); annual, much branched, somewhat 
diffuse, 6-8 in. high; branches minutely puberulous ; leaves lax, 
linear, subobtuse, entire, glabrous, 3-14 in. long; spikes oblong or 
elongated, 1-3 in. long, rather dense ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, sub- 
obtuse, 3 lin. long; calyx oblong, obtuse, nerves not prominent, 
1} lin. long ; corolla rose (Bolus), 5-7 lin. long; tube narrow ; lobes 
linear-oblong, 1-1} lin. long, the inner pair exceeding the outer ; 
fruit globose, fleshy, 2 lin. broad. 
Western ReGion: Little Namaqualand ; in stony places near Klip Fontein, 
3000 ft., Bolus in MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 674! Great 
Namaqualand; Aro Ass, Fleck, 487! 
24, H. fastigiosa (Jarosz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 14); annual, branched 
