148 SELAGINE® (Rolfe). [ Selago. 
‘spreading, hispidulous, 1-2 lin. long ; spikes ovoid or oblong, dense, 
4-12 lin. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, sub- 
obtuse, puberulous, ciliate at the base, about 14 lin. long; calyx 
1 lin. long; lobes oblong, subobtuse, ciliate, the two upper about as 
long as the tube, the rest smaller; corolla white (Burchell) ; tube 
oblong, 1-1} lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, scareely half 
as long as the tube. 
CrntRAL ReGIon: Sutherland Div. ; Roggeveld Mountains, Burchell, 1810/1! 
on the Wind Heuvel, Koedoes Mountains, Burchell, 1287! between Kuilenberg 
and Great Riet River, Burchell, 1348 ! 
41. 8. polystachya (Linn. Mant. 250, not of E. Meyer); perennial, 
much branched, 1-2 ft. high; branches canescent or minutely 
puberulous ; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear or oblong-linear, 
subobtuse, canescent or sometimes hispidulous, 3-5 lin. long ; flowers 
in short oblong spikes, which are sometimes numerous and aggregated 
into compact corymbose panicles at the summit of the branches ; 
bracts lanceolate-linear, subobtuse, ciliate near the base, 11-2 lin. 
long; calyx’14 lin. long, villous; lobes oblong-linear, subobtuse, 
‘longer than the tube; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 23-3 lin. long ; 
lobes broadly oblong, about a quarter as long as the tube. Choisy, 
Mém. Selag. 40; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx, 348. SS. cinerea, 
EE. Meyer, Comm. 263, and in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 
78, 109, 219 (not of Linn. jil.); Walp. Rep. iv. 158; Choisy in DC. 
Prod. xii, 10 partly ; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soe. xx. 348. 
Soura Arica: without precise locality, Masson! Nelson! Mund! Thom! 
Harvey, 451! 
Coast Reaion: Clanwilliam Diy.; in sandy places between Berg Vallei and 
Zwartbast Kraal, 600-1000 ft., Drege! between Piquiniers Kloof and Pretoris 
Kloof, 1500 ft., Drége! mountains near Oliphants River, Bolus, 5748! Piquet- 
‘berg Div.; Piquet Berg, Schlechter, 7916! Cape Div.; Cape Flats, Relmann, 
1955! 1959! Tulbagh Div. ; New Kloof, 1000 ft., Drége. Stellenbosch Div. ; 
near Somerset West, Cape Herb. ! George Div. ; Outeniqua Mountains, in 
Montagu Pass, Rehmann, 290! 
8. cinerea, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 69, and Krauss, Fl. Cap. und Natal. 133, 
from among shrubs near the Koega River in Uitenhage Div., Krauss, 1090, may 
belong here. The species has been much confused by authors. 
42. S. scabrida (Thunb. Prodr, 99); perennial, much branched, 
3-1; ft. high ; branches puberulous or hispidulous ; leaves more or 
less fascicled (the fascicles more or less approximate) ; oblong or 
linear-oblong, subobtuse, scaberulous or hispid, 13-5 lin. long ; 
heads roundish or oblong, mostly numerous and arranged in compact 
or somewhat lax corymbs at the summit of the branches ; bracts 
linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, hispidulous or pubescent, 2-21 lin. 
long; calyx 13-2 lin. long, villous; lobes subulate-linear, subacute, 
twice as long as the tube; eorolla-tube linear-oblong, 13-2 lin. long ; 
lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about a third as long as the tube ; 
fruit ovoid-oblong, 1 lin. long. Thunb, Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 461; 
Choisy, Mém. Selag. 41 ; E. Meyer, Comm. 265, and in Drége, Zwei 
Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 74, 115, 219 ; Walp, Rep. iv. 160, 167; 
