Dischisma.] SELAGINES (Rolfe). 113 
and an attenuate subobtuse and nearly glabrous apex ; corolla white, 
52 lin. long; tube slender; lobes oblong, % lin. long; fruit oblong, 
13 lin. long. Choisy, Mém, Selag. 24; BE. Meyer, Comm. 251, and 
in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 71, 73, 94,179; Walp. 
Rep. iv. 149; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 7; Rolfe in Journ. Linn, 
Soe. xx. 355. Heblenstreitia spicata, Thunb. Prodr. 103. Dischisma 
affine, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 187. 
Coast Region: Vanrhynsdorp Div.; Giftberg, 1500-2000 ft., Drege ! Clan- 
william Div. ; near Honig Vallei and Koude Berg, 3000-4000 ft., Drége. 
Western Reeion: Little Namaqualand; in dry sandy plains at the mouth of 
the Orange River, Drége! on hills at 1500-2000 ft., Cape Herb. ! Vanrhynsdorp 
Div.; Zout River, 450 ft., Schlechter, 8119 ! 
4. D. clandestinum (E. Meyer, Comm. 251); annual, erect, 
rarely slightly branched at the base, 2-5 in. high ; branches somewhat 
pubescent; leaves sessile, linear, subobtuse, entire or with 1-2 
pairs of minute teeth near the apex, glabrous, 3-17, in. long; spikes 
dense, many-flowered, 3-2 in. long; bracts 4-8 lin. long, with a 
broad lanceolate lanate base, and an attenuated linear obtuse glabrous 
apex ; calyx-lobes linear, acute, villous, 1}—-2 lin. long; corolla 2 lin. 
long; tube slender; lobes oblong, minute. FE. Meyer in Drege, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 94, 179; Walp. Rep. iv. 149; 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 7. Hebenstreitia capitata, Hort. Berol. ex 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 6, not of Thunb. Dischisma occludens, 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 188. 
Coast Reaction: Clanwilliam Div. ; Koude Berg, 3400 ft., Schlechter, 8748 ! 
Western Ree@ron: Little Namaqualand ; in sandy places near the Haazen- 
kraals River, 2000 ft., Drége/ 
5. D. leptostachyum (E, Meyer, Comm. 251); apparently a 
small shrub, much branched and over 1 ft. high; branches more or 
less lanate or pubescent when young ; leaves linear, subobtuse, entire 
or nearly so, glabrous or slightly canescent, 3-1 in. long; spikes 
elongated, many-flowered, 2-6 in. long; bracts lanceolate, more or less 
lanate at the margins and base, apex attenuate or acuminate, 4—5 lin. 
long ; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, somewhat pubescent, with the 
margin membranous and ciliate, 2 lin. long ; corolla } in. long; 
lobes linear, subequal, 1 lin. long ; fruit oblong. F. Meyer in Drege, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 91, 109, 179; Walp. Rep. iv. 149; 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 6. 
Coast REGIon: Clanwilliam Div. ; in sandy places between Piquiniers Kloof 
and Pretoris Kloof, 1000-1500 ft., Drege! : 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; in dry plains between Goedemans 
Kraal and Kaus Mountain, 2000-2500 ft., Drege! 
6. D. tomentosum (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 189); 
a herb or perennial shrub, much branched, 6-9 in. high; branches 
tomentose ; leaves rather dense, linear, subobtuse, 2-22 lin. long ; 
spikes dense, rather broad, 3-11 in. long (the young flowering state 
only seen); bracts elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, tomentose, 21-3 lin. 
long; calyx-lobes linear, acute, ciliate, 14-1} lin. long; corolla 
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