_ Me, 
Walafrida. | SELAGINES (Rolfe). 127 
spikes small, capitate or oblong, dense, laterally arranged on very 
short lateral branchlets in a compact somewhat elongated panicle — 
towards the summit of the branches; bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
rather fleshy, ciliate at the base, $-1 lin. long ; calyx }—} lin. long; 
lateral lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate ; middle lobe 
very small or obsolete; corolla-tube oblong, } lin. long; lobes 
broadly-oblong, subequal, not half as long as the tube. Selago — 
saxatilis, E. Meyer, Comm. 269, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 54, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 163; Choisy in DC. Prod. 
xii 18. zi 
Sour AFRICA: without precise locality, Scott-Elliot, 537! 4 
Centra ReaGion: Colesberg Div.; among stones near Colesberg, 4500 ft., — 
Drége! Shaw, 53! 56! * 
Katanari Rxeion: Griqualand West; Eitalers Fontein, Rehmann, 3347 ! 
Orange River Colony ; Bloemfontein, Rehmann, 3895! 8896! 
27. W. densiflora (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, more 
or less diffuse, 1-12 ft. high; branches puberulous, somewhat 
flexuose; leaves more or less fascicled, linear, obtuse, glabrous or 
nearly so, 14-5 (rarely to 8) lin. long; spikes globose, at length 
somewhat elongated, dense, laterally arranged on short branchlets 
and forming dense somewhat elongated panicles at the summit of the 
branches ; bracts linear or oblong-linear, subobtuse, nearly glabrous, 
curved, 1—% lin. long; calyx } lin. long; lateral lobes oblong or 
elliptic-oblong, middle lobe subulate, all sparingly ciliate or nearly 
glabrous; corolla white (Burchell) or mauve (Galpin); tube 
oblong, broader above, } lin. long ; lobes elliptic-oblong, subequal, 
half as long as the tube; fruit broadly-ovoid, 3-2 lin. long. Selago 
densiflora, Rolfe in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 222. 
Kananart Region: Griqualand West; between Griqua Town and Moses 
Fontein, Burchell, 2184! Honeynest Kloof, Rehmann, 3396! and without precise 
locality, Marloth, 910! Orange River Colony; Caledon River, Burke, 422! 
Zeyher, 1380! Cliphants Fontein, Rehmann, 3513! Draai Fontein, Rehmann, 
3631! 3634! hills near the Vaal River, Mrs. Bowker, 650! Bechuanaland ; plains 
near Mafeking, Bolus, 6434! Transvaal ; Kudus Poort, near Pretoria, Reimann, 
4678! hill-sides near Johannesburg, 5000 ft., Galpin, 1380! Houtbosch, Reh- 
mann, 6205! Hooge Veld, at Standerton, Rehmann, 6822! Kalk Spruit, between 
the Vaal River and Heidelberg, Schenck! near Little Oliphants River, 5100 ft., 
Schlechter, 3807 ! ae 
Eastern Ree@ton; Natal; Roadsides between Mooi River and Estcourt, 
3500 ft., Wood, 3485! between Pietermaritaburg and Newcastle, Wilms, 2119! 
near Howick, 3500 ft., Schlechter, 6788! Natal, Miss Owen! 
28. W. paniculata (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 1-2 ft. 
or more high; branches minutely puberulous, more or less flexuose ; 
leaves more or less fascicled, linear or linear-oblong, subobtuse, 
glabrous or nearly 80, 1:-8 lin, long; spikes ovoid or oblong, 
usually dense, laterally arranged on short branchlets and forming 
elongated narrow panicles towards the summit of the branches ; 
bracts oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly glabrous, aes lin. 
long ; calyx 3-} lin. long; lateral lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; 
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the middle lobe very small or often absent ; corolla white (Bowker) ; 
