124 SELAGINEZ (Rolfe). [| Walafrida. 
lobes broadly elliptic-ovate, obtuse, ciliate ; middle lobe similar but 
rather smaller ; corolla-tube campanulate-oblong, 14 lin. long; lobes 
orbicular-oblong, scarcely half as long as the tube. 
CentRat Reeion: Murraysburg Div.; near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 
177! 
17. W. Nachtigali (Rolfe) ; perennial ?, branched chiefly near the 
base, about 6-9 in. high; branches minutely canescent; leaves 
somewhat fascicled or rarely solitary, linear or oblong-linear, sub- 
acute, minutely canescent, 1-7 lin. long; spikes capitate or oblong, 
up to { in. long, often numerous and more or less corymbosely 
arranged at the summit of the branches; bracts oblong-lanceolate to 
linear-oblong, subacute, minutely canescent, 1-13 lin. long ; ealyx 
{1 lin. long; lateral lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, minutely ciliate ; 
_ middle lobe usually smaller, sometimes nearly obsolete ; corolla white 
. (Galpin) ; tube oblong, 3-1 lin. long; lobes elliptic-oblong, about 
half as long as the tube; fruit broadly ovoid or subglobose, slightly 
compressed, $ lin. long. Selago Nachtigali, Rolfe in Verhandl. Bot. 
Ver, Brandenb. xxxi. 205. 
a 
_ Sovurn Arrica: without precise locality, Nachtigal! 
Coast ReGIoN: Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Bawr, 773! plains near 
Queenstown, 3500 ft., Galpin, 1646! 
Katanaki Recion: Griqualand West; plains between Griqua Town and 
Witte Water, Burchell, 1895! near Griqua Town, Orpen in Bolus Herb., 
5752! and without precise locality, Marloth, 1030! Orange River Colony ; 
Mud River Drift, Reimann, 3603 ! Bechuanaland ; Masupa River, in Banquaketse 
Territory, Holub ! 
HasteRn Recion: Natal! Port Natal, Miss Owen! 
18. W. tenuifolia (Rolfe) ; perennial, branched chiefly at the base, 
about 1 ft. high; branches minutely puberulous ; leaves in approxi- 
mate fascicles, filiform, subobtuse, minutely puberulous, 3-7 lin. long ; 
spikes short, subcapitate when young, arranged in dense corymbose 
panicles at the end of the branches, 3-22 in. broad ; bracts oblong, 
subobtuse, concave, very minutely puberulous, 1 lin. long ; calyx 
1 lin. long ; lobes linear-oblong, subobtuse, minutely ciliate ; corolla- 
__ tube oblong, 1 lin. long; lobes subequal, nearly half as long as the 
_ tube ; fruit subglobose, compressed, * lin. long, 
Katanari ReGion : Transvaal ; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1161! 1162! Brank- 
horst Spruit, in the Middelburg District, Wilms, 116la! 
19. W. distans (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 6 in. or more 
high; branches puberulous or minutely hispidulous when old ; leaves 
in approximate fascicles, linear, obtuse, somewhat thickened at the 
margin, glaucous and bearing numerous minute brown dots, 2-3 lin. 
long ; spikes solitary, short ; bracts linear, obtuse, slightly thickened, 
glaucous and bearing numerous minute brown dots, 12 lin. long; 
calyx 1 lin. long; lateral lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, sometimes biden- 
tate at the apex, very minutely ciliate; middle lobe much smaller; 
corolla-tube campanulate, 1 lin. long ; lobes elliptie-oblong, subequal, 
3 as long as the tube. Selago distans, E. Meyer, Comm. 266, and in 
