Walafiida. | SELAGINES (Rolfe). 121 
linear or linear-oblong, subaeute, often recurved, fleshy, glabrous, 
2-5 lin, long, turning black in drying; spikes oblong or somewhat 
elongated, dense, 3-1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, subacute, ciliate, 
11-22 lin. long; calyx 3-14 lin. long; lobes subulate-lanceolate, 
acute, ciliate, unequal; corolla-tube slender, 1}—2 lin. long; lobes 
orbicular-oblong, 2-1 lin. long ; fruit subglobose, $ lin. long. Selago 
Zeyheri, Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 19. S. sp., Drege in Linnea, 
xx. 202. 
Soutrn Arrica; without precise locality, Masson ! 
Coast Reeion : Uitenhage Div. ; fields near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 83! 
hills of Addo, Zeyher, 769! calcareous places on the flats between the Coega and 
Zwartkops Rivers, Zeyher, 961! 3559! between the Zwartkops and Sunday 
Rivers, under 1000 ft., Ecklon §° Zeyher ! 
8. W. apiculata (Rolfe); perennial, branched chiefly at the base, 
about % ft. high; branches puberulous ; leaves solitary, somewhat 
crowded, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, apiculate, denticulate, puberu- 
lous, 3-4: lin. long ; heads ovoid, dense, 5-8 lin. long; bracts broadly _ 
obovate- or elliptic-oblong, apiculate, concave, slightly eiliate, 15 lin. _ 
long ; calyx 14 lin. long, unilateral ; lobes broadly oblong, subobtuse or ~ 
apiculate, ciliate, nearly as long as the tube; corolla-tube broadly 
oblong, 14 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong or suborbiecular, shorter 
than the tube. Selago apiculata, E. Meyer, Comm. 256, and in 
Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 53,219; Walp. Rep. iv. 151; 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 16. 
Centra Region: Aliwal North Div.; summit of the Witte Bergen, 7000— 
7500 ft., Drége ! 
9. W. rotundifolia (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 1-2 ft. 
or more high ; branches erect, virgate, puberulous ; leaves numerous 
and dense, orbicular or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glaucous, 2-7 lin. 
long ; flowers arranged in dense corymbose cymes or panicles, 3—2 in. 
broad; bracts lanceolate-oblong, subacute, puberulous, 1} lin. long ; 
calyx 1 lin, long ; lobes subulate-lanceolate, puberulous ; corolla-tube 
slender, 21 lin. long; lobes broadly-oblong, 3—{% lin. long; fruit 
oblong, 1 lin. long. Selago rotundifolia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 285 ; 
Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 568; Thunb. Prodr. 100, and Fi. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 465; E. Meyer, Comm. 271, andin Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 128,219; Walp. Rep. iv. 166; Drege in Linnea, xx. 202 ; 
Choisy in DOC. Prod. xii. 20; Rolfe in Journ, Linn. Soc. xx. 350, 
Sourn Arrica: without precise locality, Masson ! 
Coast Recion: Knysna Div.; near Knysna, among heaths, Tyson in Mac- 
Owan § Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 974 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; on grassy hills 
at Krakakamma, Zeyher, 586! 3562! in moist depressions between Klaasniemand 
Fontein and Bethelsdorp, 500 ft., Drege! Uitenhage Div.; on the flats near Van 
Stadens River Mountains, Zeyher, 586! between Krakakamma and Van Stadens 
Berg, Ecklon S' Zeyher! 
10. W. cinerea (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 1-2 ft, or more 
high; branches erect, puberulous; leaves more or less faseicled, 
linear or linear-oblong, subobtuse, glaucous or minutely canescent, 
