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112 ‘SELAGINER (Rolfe). [Dischisma. 
1. D. arenarium (E. Meyer, Comm. 251); annual, decumbent, 
usually much branched, 1-6 in. high; branches sparingly pubescent ; 
leaves sessile, linear or lanceolate-linear, subacute, entire or denticulate 
near the apex, glabrous, 3-6 lin. long; spikes ovoid or oblong, 
3-7 lin. long; bracts ovate, acuminate, ciliate near the base, 2—3 lin. 
long; calyx lobes oblong or lanceolate, acute, somewhat villous, 
1 lin. long; corolla yellowish-white, 12 lin. long; tube slender ; 
lobes oblong, minute ; fruit oblong, 1 lin. long. E. Meyer in Drége, 
Zuet Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 113, 179; Hochst, in Flora, 1845, 
70, and Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 134; Walp. Rep. iv. 149; 
— Choisy in DO. Prod. xii. 7. 
Coast Reeron: Clanwilliam Div. ; Zuur Fontein, 150 ft., Schlechter, 8532! 
Malmesbury Div. ; between Groene Kloof and Saldanha Bay, Drége ! Cape Div. ; 
Simons Bay, Wright, 510! Oatlands Point, Wolley Dod, 2983! near Green 
Point, Krauss, 1629. Caledon Div.; Babylons Tower, Cape Herb, ! Div. ? 
Kuils River, Cupe Herb. ; and cultivated specimens ! 
2. D. capitatum (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. ii. 94, 
t. 1, fig. 2); annual, decumbent, usually much branched, 2-8 in. 
high; branches pubescent; leaves sessile, lax, narrowly linear, 
subacute, entire or with 1-3 pairs of teeth near the apex, glabrous, 
3-7 lin. long ; spikes ovoid or oblong, 3-12 in, long; bracts 6-8 lin. 
long, with a broad ovate eiliate and pubescent base, and a long 
alternate linear glabrous apex, sometimes toothed and more or less 
leaf-like ; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, somewhat villous, 1 lin. 
long ; corolla 2 lin. long; tube slender; lobes oblong, scarcely 3 lin. 
long; fruit oblong, minutely verrucose, 1 lin. long. Choisy, Mém. 
Selag. 24, t. 1, fig. 2; E. Meyer, Comm. 251, and in Drége, Zwei 
Pflanzengeogr. Doeumente, 98, 107, 179; Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 
70, and Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 134; Walp. Rep. iv. 149; 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii.7 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 31 ; Rolfe in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xx. 355. Hebenstreitia capitata, Thunb. Prodr. 
103, and Fl. Cap. ed. ‘Schult. 477; Jarosz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 13; Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. ii. 754. Selago hispida, Sieh. ex Choisy in DC. Prod. 
xii. 7 (not of Linn. fil.) Dischisma clandestinum, Schlechter in 
Engl. Jahrb, xxvii. 187, in note (not of E. Meyer). 
South AFRIcA: without precise locality, Forster! Forbes! Masson! and 
cultivated specimens ! : 
Coast Recion: Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; in sandy places near Ebenezer, below 
500 ft., Drége! Clanwilliam Div. ; Pakhnis Berg, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 8617! 
Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1388! 2142! Cape Div. ; near 
Cape Town, Thunberg! Harvey, 517! Cape Flats, Krauss, 1640; Rondebosch, 
Wolley Dod, 641! Simons Bay, Wright! Paarl Div. ; near Paarl, 400 ft., Dréye ! 
Caledon Div. ; River Zonder Einde, Zeyher, 3579! 
This species was also collected by Drummond in the Swan River district, 
Western Australia, where it is believed to be naturalized, 
3. D. spicatum (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii, ii. 94); 
annual, somewhat branched at the base; 3-6 in. high; branches 
densely pubescent ; leaves linear or subspathulate, subobtuse, entire, 
glabrous, }—2 in. long; spikes dense, many-flowered, 1-4 in, long ; 
bracts 3} lin. long, with a broad lanceolate more or less lanate base, 
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