Walafrida. | SELAGINE (Rolfe). 119 
1. W. nitida (E. Meyer, Comm. 272); perennial, much branched, 
1-2 ft. high; branches divaricate, pubescent ; leaves not fascicled, 
broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, entire, glab- 
rous, 3-6 lin. long; spikes ovoid or oblong, dense, }—1 in. long ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, 2-3 lin. long; calyx 1} lin. 
long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, puberulous, subequal; corolla 
rose-purple ; tube slender, 4 lin. long ; lobes elliptic-oblong, subequal, 
1 lin. long; fruit ovoid, globose, 1-1} lin. long. ZH. Meyer in Drége, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 118, 126, 229; Walp. Rep. iv. 
144 ; Choisy in DO. Prod. xii. 21. W. trimera, Hochst. in Flora, 
1845, 70; Krauss, Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 134; Walp. Rep. 
iv. 144. Selago nitida, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 187 (in 
note). 
Sourn AFRICA : on sands of the south-east coast, Bowie! 
Coast ReGion: Caledon Div. ; River Zonder Hinde, Zeyher, 3561! Humans- 
dorp Div. ; between Gamtoos River and Kabeljouw River, below 500 ft., Drége! 
Uitenhage Div.; Algoa Bay, Forbes! Cooper, 2486! Uitenhage, Zeyher! 
Pappe ! stony places near the Elands River, Zeyher, 936! 3558! Van Stadens 
Berg, on rocks at 1500-2000 tt., Drege! Zeyher! Ecklon 5 Zeyher! on the road 
between Galgebosch and Melk River, Burchell, 4776! on the sides of Winter- 
hoek Mountains, Krauss, 1106! Port Elizabeth Div. ; slopes of Baakens Valley, 
Tyson, 2189! Port Elizabeth, Hewitson, 139! 
2. W. ciliata (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 1-2 ft. high; 
branches pubescent, often stout; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, strongly ciliate, 3-5 lin. long, generally crowded ; spikes 
oblong, dense, 3-1} lin. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate, ciliate, 2-3 lin. long ; calyx 12 lin. long; lobes subulate- 
lanceolate, acute, ciliate ; corolla purple or sometimes white ; tube 
slender, 2-2: lin. long ; lobes broadly-oblong, 1-1} lin. long; fruit 
ovoid-oblong, 1 lin. long (immature). Selago ciliata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 
285 ; Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 568; Thunb. Prodr. 100, and Fl, Cap. 
ed. Schult. 465; Choisy, Mém. Selag. 39, ¢. 5; EB. Meyer, Comm. 
271, and in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr, Documente, 120, 219; Hochst. 
in Flora, 1845, 70; Krauss, Beitr. Fl. Cap. und Natal. 134 ; Drege 
in Linnea, xx. 202; Walp. Rep. iv. 165 ; Choisy in DC. Prod, xu. 
20; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 350. 
Sourn ArFRicaA:; without precise locality, 
Forsyth ! ; : : 
Coast ReGion: Swellendam Div.; on hills between Buffeljagts River and 
Karmelks River, 500-1000 ft., Drége / on hills near the Buffeljagts River, Zeyher, 
3561! near Swellendam, Pappe! Riversdale Div. ; between Gaurita River and 
Great Vals River, Burchell, 6518! between Great Vals River and Zoetemelks 
River, Burchell, 6573! hills near Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6749! George 
Div. ; margins of woods near George, Krauss, 1135! 
Thunberg! Masson! Oldenburg, 
3. W. myrtifolia (Rolfe) ; perennial, loosely branched, 1-2 ft. 
high ; branches puberulous ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, subacute, 
3-8 lin. long ; spikes ovoid or oblong, dense, 3-1} lin. long ; bracts 
lanceolate, acute, ciliate, 2-3 lin. long ; calyx 1-1} lin. long ; lobes 
lanceolate, acute, ciliate ; corolla purple ; tube slender, 4 lin. long ; 
lobes oblong, 1 lin. long. Selago myrtifolia, Reichb. Mittheil. 1829, 
