Walafrida.] SELAGINE® (Rolfe). 123 
fascicled, linear, subobtuse, rather fleshy, canescent, 2-3 lin. long ; 
spikes ovoid, 8-6 lin. long, more or less aggregated into a corymb 
at the summit of the branches; bracts linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, 
puberulous and eiliate, 13 lin. long; calyx .pubescent, 1 lin. 
long ; side-lobes ovate, middle lobe subulate, all acute and ciliate ; 
corolla white (Galpin); tube 14 lin. long; lobes elliptic-oblong, 
subequal, 1 lin. long. Selago witbergensis, E. Meyer, Comm. 270, 
and in Drége, Zwet Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 52,219; Walp. Rep. 
iv. 165; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 18. 
Sourn ArricA: without precise locality, Verreaua ! ; 
CrntRAL ReGion : Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, among stones and grass, 
5000-6000 ft., Drege. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Ecklon S§ Zeyher, 
39! 51! 
1 have not seen Drége’s original specimen. 
14. W. polycephala (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 1 ft. or more 
high ; branches puberulous ; leaves densely fascicled, usually spreading, _ 
linear, obtuse, nearly glabrous, 2-3 lin. long; spikes ovoid, very 
dense, seldom arranged in corymbs, 6-10 lin. long; bracts ovate~ 
lanceolate, acuminate, nearly glabrous, 2-23 lin. long; calyx 
11-11 lin. long; lateral lobes elliptic-oblong, acute, middle lobe 
subulate-lanceolate, acute, all ciliate; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 
2-21 lin, long; lobes elliptic-oblong, subequal, $ lin. long. Selago 
polycephala, Otto ex Walp. Rep. iv. 164; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 19. 
Sourn AFrica: without precise locality ; cultivated specimens, 
Coast Re@ion : Uitenhage Div.; on the sand-hills near the Zwartkops River, 
Zeyher, 3576! ‘ Kakkerlak Valley,” Zeyher, 3566! 
The original description of this species was made from cultivated specimens, 
which I have not seen. 
15. W. congesta (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, over 6 in. 
high; branches puberulous; leaves fascicled, linear, subobtuse, 
nearly glabrous, 11-2} lin. long; spikes terminal, solitary, ovoid, 
dense, 6 lin. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, hispidulous, 
11-2 lin. long; calyx 1-14 lin. long, hispidulous ; lateral lobes linear- 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; middle lobe very minute or obsolete ; corolla- 
tube linear-oblong, 2 lin. long; lobes obovate-oblong, subequal, about 
a third as long as the tube. Selago congesta, Rolfe in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xx. 356. S. fruticosa, Thunb. Prodr. 98, and Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 460, partly, not of Linn. fil. 
Sourn AFRICA; without precise locality, Thunberg! Masson ! 
16. W. crassifolia (Rolfe) ; perennial, over 6 in. high; branches 
minutely canescent; leaves mostly somewhat fascicled, linear, 
subobtuse, minutely caneseent, fleshy, 3-6 lin. long; spikes capi- 
tate or short, dense, corymbosely arranged and congested at the 
summit of the branches; bracts ovate-oblong, subobtuse, fleshy, 
slightly ciliate near the base, 1} lin. long; calyx 2 lin, long; lateral 
