Selago. | SELAGINER (Rolfe). 141 
in approximate fascicles, linear, subobtuse, puberulous, 3-4 lin. long ; 
flowers in small heads arranged in ample rather dense elongated 
panicles towards the summit of the branches; bracts lanceolate- 
oblong, subobtuse, ciliate, 1-11 lin. long; calyx 4 lin. long; lobes 
oblong, subobtuse, ciliate, about half as long as the tube ; corolla-tube 
8_] lin, long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, nearly as long as the 
tube. S. glabrata, var. B, Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. ii. 
105, exel. syn., and in Mém., Selag. 35. 8. tephrodes, Drége, in 
Linnea, xx. 202 (not of E. Meyer). 
Sourn Arrica: without precise locality, Thom! and cultivated specimens ! 
Coast Recion : Caledon Div. ; Zwarteberg, near the hot springs, 1000-2000 ft., 
Zeyher, 3574! between Bot River and the Zwart Berg, Ecklon SX Zeyher! 
Swellendam Div.; Grootvaders Bosch, Bowie! George Div.; Onteviqua Moun- 
tains, Mund § Maire, 155! Knysna Div.; Plettenberg Bay, Bowie! 
20. S. glabrata (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. ii. 104% 
excl. syn. and var. 8) ; perennial, much branched, 1-1} ft. or more 
high ; branches puberulous; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, 
subobtuse, nearly glabrous, revolute at the margin, 2-4 lin, long ; 
flowers in elongated lax spikes arranged in a narrow lax panicle towards 
the summit of the branches ; bracts linear, subacute, nearly glabrous, 
1 lin. long; calyx 2 lin. long, nearly glabrous ; lobes oblong, sub- 
obtuse, glabrous or slightly ciliate, about as long as the tube ; 
corolla-tube oblong, 1-14 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, 
about half as long as the tube; fruit ovoid-globose, 3—-+ lin, long. 
Choisy in Mém. Selag. 34, excl. syn. and var. B; Walp. Ann. iv. 166, 
partly ; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 9 partly ; Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 
69; Krauss, Fl. Cap. und Natal. 133. 
SoutH AFRICA: without precise locality, Bowie ! 
Coast Region: Caledon Div.; at Caledon, dlevander! Swellendam Div. ; 
in Grootvaders Bosch, Cape Herb.! Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetemelks River, 
Burchell, 6636! Ausvogel Berz, Zeyher (ew Choisy) ; foot of Aasvogel Berg, 
Krauss, 1099. Uitenhage Div. ; uear * Kreg,” Zeyher (ex Choisy). : 
‘This species has been much confused, and it is not absolutely certain what the 
original was. The variety B was afterwards referred to the preceding species by 
the author himself. 
91. §. laxiflora (Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 8); perennial, much 
branched, 1 ft. or more high ; branches puberulous or pubescent ; 
-jeaves in approximate fascicles, filiform or linear, — subobtuse, 
puberulous, 2-3 lin. long; flowers arranged in lax panicles at the 
summit of the branches; bracts ovate-elliptic, acute or apiculate, 
villous, 14 lin. long; calyx $ lin. long, villous ; teeth oblong, obtuse, 
about half as long as the tube; corolla-tube oblong, 1 lin. long ; 
lobes oblong, unequal, about as long as the tube. S. geniculata, 
Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genev. ii. ii. 102, excl. var. B (ex 
Choisy). 3 
Sourn AFRICA: without precise locality, Lambert (ex Choisy), Zeyher 
4 1 Nelson! ; i ; 
Wve ebaion Clanwilliam Div.; Brak Fontein, near Olifants River, 
Zeylier, 26! 
