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Hebenstreitia.] SELAGINEE (Rolfe). 111 
Wolley Dod, 2117! Doorn Hoogte, Zeyher! Worcester Div.; Elandsberg, 
Wallich ! Uitenhage Div.; by the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 3582! on sand hills 
near the mouth of the Zwartkops River, Ecklon §- Zeyher, 413! on the sea 
coast near the mouth of the Van Stadens River, MacOwan, 732! Port Elizabeth 
Div. ; on the sand flats and rocky shores at Port Elizabeth, below 100 ft., Drége ; 
Port Elizabeth, near the Burying ground, Burchel/, 4318! Bathurst Div. ; sand 
dunes on the beach at Port Alfred, Galpin, 323! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div.; at Somerset East, Bowker ! probably an 
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WesteRn Recion: Little Namaqualand, near the mouth of the Orange River, © 
Drége! 
Remarkably different in habit from all the preceding, and apparently largely a — 
coast plant. 
II, DISCHISMA, Choisy. 
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Calyx 2-partite; segments lateral, linear or lanceolate-blong. 
Corolla tube slender, divided in front to or below the middle, dilated 
behind and expanded into a flat or concave 4-lobed limb; lubes _ 
subequal or the middle pair longer. Stamens 4, didynamous, affixed 
to the margins of the fissure below the lobes; filaments short; 
anthers oblong or linear. Ovary 2-celled; style entire. Fruit 
oblong or ovate, subterete or compressed, rarely spontaneously break- 
ing up into cocci, both cells usually perfect; pericarp indurated, 
Seeds oblong, cylindrical. 
Small branched shrubs or annual herbs, resembling Hedenstreitia in habit ; 
leaves alternate or the lower opposite, often narrow and toothed, rarely short 
‘and broad; spikes terminal, dense, short or elongated, rarely capitate; bracts 
imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, sometimes more or less leat-like. 
Species 11, all South African, one of them naturalized in Western Australia. 
Leaves petiolate or narrowed at the base, linear, lan- 
ceolate, or rarely elliptic : 
Inflorescence capitate or ovoid : 
Bracts 2-3 lin. long, shortly acuminate ... (1) arenarium. 
Bracts 6-8 lin. long, with a long attenuate " 
apex ee whe peu “as .. (2) capitatum, 
Inflorescence spicate : 
Annuals, 2-6 in. high : 
Corolla exserted, 5 lin.long... ... (3) spicatum. 
Corolla not exserted, 2 lin. long ... (4) clancestinum, 
Perennials, }-2 ft. high: 
Branches and bracts more or less pubes- 
cent : 
Spikes elongate, narrow, and rather 
lax oer ise eke 6 
Spikes short in the flowering 
stage, broader, rather dense : 
Leaves tomentose, entire or 
nearly so... an ie 
Leaves glabrous, mostly 
strongly toothed : 
Leaves lancevlate to 
elliptical sos ace (0) @vtnoiden, 
Leaveslinear... .. (8) ciliatum. 
Branches and bracts glabrous ... «. (9) fruticosum, 
Leaves sessile, ovate or nearly as broad as long: 
Leaves longer than broad, rather scattered — ... (10) squarrosum, 
Leaves broader than long, much crowded ... (11) crassum, 
(5) leptostachyum. 
(6) tomentosum. 
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