108 SELAGINEZ (Rolfe). [ Hebenstreitia, 
chiefly at the base, suberect or somewhat diffuse, 2-5 in. high; 
branches more or less straight, puberulous ; leaves linear, subobtuse, 
entire or slightly denticulate above the middle, glabrous, 3-12 lin. 
long ; spikes oblong or somewhat elongated, 3~2 in. long, rather dense ; 
bracts spreading, ovate-oblong, subobtuse, glabrous, 2 lin. long; 
calyx ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 1 lin. long; corolla yellow (Jarosz), 
3 lin. long; tube slender; lobes oblong, minute; fruit ovoid, 14 lin. 
long. Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 6. H. Jastigiata, Steud. Nom. 
ed, 2, 1.724. H. macrostylis, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1898, 317. 
Sourn Arrica: without precise locality, Link / 
Coast KEGion: Clanwilliam Div.; in sandy places near Clanwilliam, at 
3500 ft., Schlechter. Cape Div.; Simons Bay, Wright, 512! in sandy places on 
the mountain behiad Simons Town, Bolus, 4872! Cape Peninsula, between Red 
Hill.and Slang Kop, Wolley Dod, 3023! 
Jarosz wrongly defined this species as a perennial with a frutescent stem, 
which led Choisy, who had not seen it, to doubt the genus, The original specimen, 
however, in the Berlin Herbarium enables the mystery to be cleared up. It is 
very distinct from the two following species, being especially well marked in 
habit. H. macrostylis, Schlechter, is cited here with some doubt, for I have not 
seen the original specimen. But Major Wolley Dod’s Cape Peninsula plant, 
which is said to be identical, appears to be n. 3023 of the collection (the author 
mentions having lost the ticket), which is unquestionably H. fastigiosa, Jarosz. 
The fruit, however, does not agree with the description, and the style is only 
shortly exserted, 
25. H. repens (Jarosz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 15), annual, much branched 
and diffuse, 3-10 in. high ; branches puberulous in decurrent lines 
from the leaf-bases ; leaves linear or lanceolate, subobtuse, with 2 or 
3 pairs of teeth above the middle or rarely subentire, puberulous, 
3-12 lin. long; spikes oblong or somewhat elongated, 3 up to 2 in. 
long in fruit, usually dense ; bracts spreading, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
subacute, 11-2 in, long, glabrous; calyx ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 
1 lin. long; corolla 22 lin. long ; lobes short, the inner pair narrower 
_ than the outer ; fruit ovoid or subglobose, 1-1} lin. long. Choisy in 
DC. Prod. xii. 6. H. dentata, Thunb. Prod. 108 (excl. syn., not of 
Linn.) ; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 477 (excel. var. y); Rolfe in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 356. HI. tenera, Spreng. ex Walp. Rep. iv. 147. 
Polycenia hebenstreitioides, Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. 
ii. 91, ¢. 2, fig. 1; Choisy, Mém. Selag. 21, t. 2, fig.1; E. Meyer, 
Comm. 246, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 98, 105, 
112, 212; Hochst in Flora, 1845, 70; and Beitr. Fl. Cap. und 
Natal. 134; Walp. Rep. iv, 142; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 2. 
P. tenera, Walp, Rep. iv. 143; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 2. 
SoutH Arrica: without precise locality, Forbes! Grey! Auge! Harvey! 
Oldenburg! Link! Zeyher, 314! and cultivated specimens ! 
Coast REGION: Clanwilliam Div.; Lange Kloof, 400 ft., Schlechter, 8387 ! 
Malmesbury Div. ; Darling, Bachma:n, 401! near Hopefield, Bachmann, 101! 
1148! 2133! 2162! on the way to Moorrees Berg, Bachmann, 1143! Vogelstruis 
Fontein, near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1144! by the Berg River, Zeyher, 1388! 
Piquetberg Div.; Alexanders Hoek, 300 ft., Schlechter, 5151! Cape Div. ; 
Signal Hill, near Cape Town, Wilms, 3513! Lion Mountain, Ecklon, 382! 
mountain flats near Cape Town, Ecklon & Zeyher ! in sandy places between Cape 
Town and Duiker Valley, below 100 ft., Drege! Table Mountain and Devils 
