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_ tube oblong, } lin. long; lobes elliptie-oblong or rounded, shorter 
_ than the tube; fruit ovoid, somewhat compressed, + lin. long. 
~  Selago paniculata, Thunb. Prodr. 99, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 
a 462; Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 745; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 
—_ 353. 8. choisiana, EH. Meyer, Comm. 268, and in Drege, Zwei 
_ Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 62, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 163 ; Choisy in 
_ DC. Prod, xii. 18, 8. amboensis, Rolfe in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
v. 272. 
Coast Region: Clanwwilliam Div.; at Oliphants River and near Villa 
~ Brackfontein, Ecklon S§ Zeyher, 88! 69! Mossel Bay Div.; in the drv channel 
4 y 3 3 
pf anarm of the Gauritz River, Burchell, 6460! 
__Cenrrat Recion: Sutherland Div. ; at the Great Reed River, Burchell, 
1865! Beaufort West Div. ; near Rhenoster Kop, 3000 ft., Drege! Graaff Reinet 
 Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 293! Bowker! Colesberg Div.; 
Colesberg, Shaw, 50! 51! 52! 55! Albert Div. ; Cooper, 655! 
Western Recion : Namaqualand, without precise locality, Wyley ! 
KaLAnarI Reeion: Griqualand West; between Kuruman and the Vaal 
River, Cruikshank, in Bolus Herb., 293! Klipdrift, Barber! Kimberley, Reh- 
mann, 3435! and without precise locality, Rehmann, 3430! Vaal River, 
Nelson, 164! Orange River Colony ; bed of Umdelu River, Mrs. Bowker, 474! 
and without precise locality, Hutton! Bechuanaland; Batlapin Territory, 
Holub ! 
EAsTERN ReeGion: Tembuland; Imvane, Baur, 81 ! 
Also in Tropical Africa, 
A polymorphic and widely-diffused species, if all the above are correctly referred 
here. 
29. W. geniculata (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 1-12 ft. 
high ; branches often more or less spreading, minutely canescent ; 
leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, subobtuse, minutely canescent, 
1;-8 lin. long ; spikes elongate, often somewhat lax, 1-4 in. long, 
often numerous and arranged in lax panicles at the summit of the 
branches ; bracts lanceolate-oblong, acute, ciliate at the base, 1 lin. 
long; calyx 4% lin. long, pubescent; lateral lobes lanceolate-oblong, 
~ acute, ciliate; middle lobe not half as large as the lateral lobes; 
corolla purple or sometimes white ; tube oblong, 3—1 lin. long; lobes 
broadly oblong, unequal, scarcely half as long as the tube; fruit 
ovoid-oblong, { lin. long. Selago geniculata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 284 ; 
Thunb. Prodr. 98, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 460; Rolfe in Journ. 
Dinn. Soc. xx. 350; not of EH. Meyer or Choisy. S. leptostachya, 
Ei. Meyer, Comm. 266, and in Drege, Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 
54, 56, 59, 65, 129, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 161; Choisy in DC. Prod. 
xii. 11, excl. var. eckloniana. S. polygaloides, Choisy in DO. Prod. 
xii. 11, not of Mém. Selag. 
Soutn Arrica: without precise locality, Thunberg! Masson! Thom, 294! 
Coast Reaction: Riversdale Div.; near the Gauritz River, Bowie / Mossel 
Bay Div.; on dry hills on the east side of the Gauritz River, Burchell, 6441! 
Humansdorp Div.; between Melk River and Gamtoos River, Burchell, 4792 ! 
Uitenhage Div. ; Zwartkops River, among shrubs below 100 ft., Drége! Ecklon! 
Zeyher, 497! 1382! Komando Kraal, east of the Sunday River, Zeyher, 862 ! 
Albany Div. ; Grahamstown, Bolton / MacOwan, 218! and Miss Bowker ! Victorin 
East Div.; Alice, Pappe! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 860! 
Zwartkei River, 3500 ft., Bawr, 989! plains near Queenstown, 3500-3600 ft., 
Galpin, 1701! 
