Hebenstreitia.] SELAGINEE (Rolfe). 109 
Mountain, Drege; Cape Peninsula, near Maitland, Wolley Dod, 637! Camps 
Bay, Wolley Dod, 1362! Upper North Battery at Simonstown, Wolley Dod, 
1875! Tyger Berg, Krauss, 1005. Paarl Div.; Achter de Paarl, Drége ; Paarl, 
Alewander ! Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland, Ecklon & Zeyher! Div. ? 
Kuil River, Zeyher! ’ 
This- varies greatly in stature; luxuriant specimens, having a stouter, less 
diffuse habit, and more regularly toothed leaves, look at first rather different, 
se grade into the ordinary form. 4H. tenera, Spreng., is only a very slender 
orm. 
26. H. fenestrata (Rolfe) ; annual, erect or diffuse, 6-8 in. high, 
much branched ; branches terete, sparsely pubescent ; leaves linear, 
obtuse, remotely denticulate near the apex, glabrous, 3-6 lin. long ; 
spikes ovoid, dense, 6 lin. long (in early stage of flowering) ; bracts 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse, 12 lin. long; calyx ovate, 
subobtuse or shortly emarginate, 1 lin. long; corolla 3 lin. long ; 
lobes oblong, the inner narrower and much exceeding the outer; 
fruit ovate, subacute, the spurious cells on the ventral side in- — 
complete ? Pulycenia fenestrata, HE, Meyer, Comm. i. 246, and in © 
Drége, Zwet Pflanzengevgr. Documente, 98, 112, 212; Walp. Rep. iv. 
143 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 2. 
Coast Reeion: Cape Div. ; sand-flats between Tyger Berg and Blue Berg, 
under 500 ft., Drége. Paarl Div. ; near Paarl, 400-800 ft., Drege! 
An imperfectly known species; the only specimen seen is in a very young 
state, 
27. H. Dregei (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 1} ft. or more 
high ; branches terete, mostly glabrous ; leaves numerous, lanceolate, 
acute, with 2 to 4 pairs of acute teeth above the middle, decurrent at 
the base, nearly glabrous, 3-6 lin. long, the lower larger, broader and 
subspathulate ; spikes oblong or elongated, 1 up to 6 in. long in fruit, 
many-flowered ; bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, 23-3 lin. long ; 
calyx oblong, with 3 acute teeth, 3-nerved, 1} lin. long; corolla 
white and yellow (Galpin), 4-5 lin. long; tube slender; lobes 
oblong, short, the middle pair exceeding the outer; fruit globose, 
apiculate, 1 lin. long. Polycenia fruticosa, EH. Meyer, Comm. i. 245, 
and in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeoyr. Documente, 115, 212; Walp. 
Rep. iv. 143 (exel. syn.) ; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 3. 
Coast Reeion: Caledon Div.: Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, 1000- 
2000 ft., Drége! Genadendal Mountains, 1500 ft., Galpin, 4397! Schlechter, 
9800! 
28. H. lanceolata (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, over 1} ft, 
high; branches terete, pubescent ; leaves somewhat lax, lanceolate, 
acute, with 1 to 3 pairs of acute tecth above the middle or subentire, 
more or less pubescent, not decurrent, 4-14 lin. long ; spikes oblong 
or elongated, 1 up to 5 in. long in fruit, many-flowered ; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 23-3 lin, long; calyx oblong, with 3 acute 
teeth, 3-nerved, 2 lin. long; corolla 5 lin, long; tube slender; lobes 
oblong, the middle pair exceeding the outer; fruit ovoid-globose, 
li lin. long. Polycenia lanceolata, E. Meyer, Comm. i. 245, and in 
