152 SELAGINER (Rolfe). [Selago. 
the branches ; bracts linear-oblong, subobtuse, 1 lin. long, adnate at 
the base to the short pedicel; calyx 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous ; 
lobes oblong, subacute, about a third as long as the tube; corolla 
_ violet-blue (Sanderson) ; tube linear-oblong, 2 lin. long; lobes broadly 
oblong, subequal, about a quarter as long as the tube. 
Eastern Reeion: Natal; on stony slopes near Inanda, 1800 ft., Wood, 53! 
521! Bothas Railway Station, Wood, 4863! Bothas Hill , overlooking Potgieters 
Farm, 1200-1500 ft., Sanderson, 88! ‘Iransvaal ; Ingoma in Vryheid District, 
Gerrard §& McKen, 1240! 
52. 8. aggregata (Rolfe); perennial, branched chiefly near the 
base, 1} ft. or more high; branches pubescent; leaves more or less 
faseicled, crowded, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, serrate 
or denticulate, puberulous, 4-8 lin. long; flowers aggregated in 
corymbose or rarely somewhat thyrsoid heads 2~31 in. broad at the 
summit of the branches; bracts linear-oblong, subobtuse, nearly 
glabrous, 2 lin. long; calyx 11 lin. long, nearly glabrous; lobes 
oblong, subobtuse, about a quarter as long as the tube ; corolla blue 
(Wilms); tube linear-oblong, 2 lin. long ; lobes broadly oblong, 
about a quarter as long as the tube. 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1165! near Paarde 
Plaats, in the Lydenburg District, Wilms, 1165a ! 
EastERN ReGion; Natal; near Greytown, Wilms, 2193 ! 
53. §. Nelsoni (Rolfe) ; perennial, chiefly branched at the woody 
base, 3-12 ft. high ; branches closely pubescent ; leaves in approxi- 
mate fascicles, lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, subobtuse, entire or 
denticulate near the apex, nearly glabrous, 2-6 lin. long; spikes 
capitate or short, corymbosely arranged in compact heads 1-12 in. 
broad at the summit of the branches; bracts oblong, subobtuse, 
puberulous, 1-1 lin. long; calyx 1 lin. long ; lobes broadly oblong, 
obtuse, slightly ciliate, about a third as long as the tube; corolla- 
tube oblong, 13-14 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about 
a third as long as the tube. 
Katanart Recton: Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 439! Rehmann, 
6208 ! 6209! 6210! 
54. 8. foliosa (Rolfe) ; perennial, branched chiefly towards the 
base, 13-21 ft. high; branches pubescent ; leaves more or less 
fascicled, crowded, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 
pubescent, j-13 in. long; flowers aggregated in compact (rarely 
somewhat lax) corymbs at the ends of the branches; bracts oblong, 
obtuse, concave, puberulous and ciliate, 14-12 lin. long; calyx 
13-1} lin. long, minutely puberulous ; lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliate, 
about a quarter as long as the tube; corolla purple (Tyson); tube 
oblong, 2 lin. long ; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about a third as 
long as the tube, 
Eastern ReGion: Griqualand East; mountain slopes at Clydesdale, near the 
et River, 8000 ft., Tyson, 2528! Tyson m MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 
