140 SELAGINEZ (Rolfe). [Selago. 
SoutuH Arrica: without precise locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Reeion: Swellendam Div.; Grootvaders Bosch Mountains, Bowie ! 
Port Elizabeth Div.; near Port Elizabeth, Holub/ at 1100 ft., West in Mac 
Owan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1939 ! 
This species has been much confused, and most of the specimens referred to 
S. canescens, Linn. fil., by authors belong to n. 33, 8. albida, Choisy. 
16. 8. ramulosa (E. Meyer, Comm. 265, not of Link); perennial, 
much branched, 1-2 ft. or (ex Burchell) up to 5 ft. high; branches 
puberulous or pubescent ; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, sub- 
obtuse, minutely puberulous or hispidulous, 3-5 lin. long; flowers 
arranged in compact or somewhat lax panicles at the end of the 
branches, bracts oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, strongly ciliate at the base, 
1-1} lin. long; calyx nearly 3 lin. long ; lobes very unequal, vblong, 
broader at the base, subobtuse, strongly ciliate, shorter than the 
tube ; corolla lilac (Galpin) ; tube oblong, 1 lin. long ; lobes broadly 
oblong, unequal, about as long as the tube. HE. Meyer in Drége, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 120, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 160. S. 
Meyert, Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 8. 
Coast Reeton: Swellendam Dir, ; near Karmelks River, below 1090 ft., 
Drege! George Div.; near Woodville, 709 ft., Tyson in MacOwan and Bolus, 
Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 984! Humansdorp Div. ; hill-sides at Humansdorp, 
300 ft., Galpin, 4402! 
S. ramulosa, Link, remains altogether doubtful. See note at the end of the 
genus, 
17. §. villicaulis (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 12 ft. or 
more high ; branches villous ; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, 
subobtuse, puberulous, 3-5 lin. long ; flowers in a compact thyrsoid 
or narrow panicle at the summit of the branches ; bracts oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute, villous, 13-14 lin. long; calyx 2 lin. long, 
villous ; lobes oblong, subacute, nearly as long as the tube; corolla- 
tube oblong, 1} lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, nearly as 
long as the tube. 
Coast Region: Knysna Div.; near the Gowkamma River, Burchell, 5598! 
Knysna, Pappe ! 
18. S. linearis (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 1 ft. or more 
high ; branches puberulous; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, 
subobtuse, puberulous or hispidulous, 2-3 lin, long ; spikes short, 
terminal ; bracts linear or subulate, subobtuse, hispidulous or nearly 
glabrous, 1} lin. long; calyx % lin. long; lobes oblong, subobtuse, 
ciliate, about as long as the tube; corolla-tube oblong, 1 lin. long ; 
lobes broadiy oblong, unequal, rather shorter than the tube. 
he ag Reeton: Uniondale Div.; Long Kloof, near Ongelegen, Bolus, 
This specimen is in poor condition. 
19. S. Thuabergii (Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 9); perennial, much 
branched, 1-2 ft. or more high; branches puberulous; leaves 
