“Selago.| SELAGINE® (Rolfe). 139 
12. S. Schlechteri (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 1 ft. or 
more high; branches densely puberulous; leaves more or less 
fascicled, linear or lanceolate-lincar, subobtuse, minutely puberu- 
lous, 3-8 lin. long; flowers mostly aggregated in small compact 
thyrsoid panicles at the ends of the branches; bracts linear, 
subacute, incurved, villous, 13 lin. long; calyx } lin. long; lobes 
oblong, subobtuse, strongly ciliate, longer than the tube ; corolla- 
tube oblong, 1 lin. long; lobes broad!y oblong, unequal, about half 
as long as the tube; fruit ovoid, $ lin, long. 
EasteERN Rea@ion: Natal; among stones near Curries Post, 5000 ft., 
Schlechter, 6810! 
13. S. Burchellii (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 2-3 ft. 
high (Burchell) ; branches pubescent, chiefly in decurrent lines from 
the leaf-bases; leaves more or less fascicled, sometimes crowded, 
lanceolate-linear, subacute, minutely puberulous, 3-5 lin. long ; heads 
roundish, small, numerous and aggregated into compact narrow 
panicles at the summit of the branches; bracts lanceolate-oblong, 
subobtuse, slightly ciliate, 1-11 lin. long; calyx 4 lin. long ; lobes 
triangular-oblong, subacute, ciliate, longer than the tube; corolla 
purple (Burchell) ; tube oblong, 3 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, 
unequal, nearly as long as the tube. 
Coast Reeion: George Div.; between Touw River and Kaymans River, 
Burchell, 5775! near George, Burchell, 5997 ! 
14. S. Forbesii (Ro!fe) ; perennial, much branched, 1} ft. or more 
high; branches puberulous, or sometimes pubescent in decurrent lines 
from the leaf-bases; leaves in approximate fascicles, crowded, linear, 
subobtuse, hispidulous, 2-4 lin. long ; flowers arranged in compact or 
dense thyrsoid panicles at the summit of the branches; bracts 
lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, slightly ciliate at the base, 1-11 lin. 
long ; calyx 1 lin. long; lobes oblong, subobtuse, slightly ciliate, 
nearly as long as the tube, corolla-tube oblong, 1-1} lm. long; 
lobes broadly oblong, more than half as long as the tube. 
Coast Recron: Uitenhage Div.; Algoa Bay, Forbes! Port Elizabeth Div. ; 
Cape Recife, Burchell, 4383 ! 
15. S. canescens (Linn. fil. Suppl. 284); perennial, much 
branched, 1-12 ft. high; branches puberuluus or pubescent ; leaves in 
approximate fascicles, linear, subobtuse, puberulous, 2-3 lin, long ; 
flowers arranged in compact or somewhat lax thyrsoid panicles at the 
summit of the branches; bracts lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 
subobtuse, strongly ciliate at the base, 1-1} lin. long; calyx ¢ lin. 
long; lobes broadly oblong, subobtuse, strongly ciliate, _unequal, 
nearly as long as the tube; corolla-tube oblong, 1-1; lin. long ; 
lobes broadly oblong, unequal, nearly as long as the tube. Thunb. 
Prodr. 98, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 460; Rolfe in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
xx, 349 (not of E. Meyer and Choisy). 
