Selago. | SELAGINEE (Rolfe). 157 
_ crowded, oblong, subobtuse, pubescent, 2-6 lin. long ; heads 5-6 lin, 
diam., dense, terminal and lateral at the summit of the branches ; 
bracts lanceolate-oblong, pubescent, adnate at the base to the short 
pedicel, about 13 lin, long; calyx 1} lin. long, pubescent; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate, about a quarter as long as the tube; corolla- 
tube linear-oblong, about 14 lin. long ; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, 
subequal, about a third as long as the tube. 
Katanari Reeron: Transvaal; near Lydenberg, Atherstone ! 
66. S. Muddii (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, 6-12 in. high ; 
branches pubescent; leaves somewhat fascicled, rather crowded ; 
ovate-oblong, subacute, puberulous, 2}—4 lin. long; heads mostly 
solitary, dense-flowered, 5-7 lin. diam. ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
subobtuse, puberulous, 2 lin. long; calyx 1} lin. long, minutely 
puberulous; lobes oblong, subobtuse, ciliate, about a quarter as long 
as the tube; corolla lilac (Mudd); tube linear-oblong, 1% lin. 
long ; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about a third as long as the 
tube. 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal ; Berg Plateau, Mudd ! 
67. §. Rehmanni (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, }—$ ft. high ; 
branches puberulous; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear, subacute, 
puberulous, 3-5 lin. long; heads mostly solitary, dense-flowered, 
3 lin. diam.; bracts lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, very minutely 
puberulous, 2 lin. long; calyx 123-1} lin. long, nearly glabrous; 
lobes oblong, subobtuse, about a third as long as the tube; corolla- 
tube linear-oblong, 1% lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, 
about a quarter as long as the tube. 
Karanari Reeion: Transvaal ; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 6212! 
Some of the flower-heads are completely abnormal, owing to the ovaries being 
transformed into globose galls, as the result of puncture by insects. 
68. S. peduncularis (E. Meyer, Comm. 262); erect, herbaceous, 
resembling S. trinervia, E. Meyer, but more slender, and with fewer 
branches; leaves alternate, linear, acute at both ends, with some 
small leaflets in the axils; flowers 1 lin. long, 20-30 arranged in 
subeorymbose cymes, slightly larger than those of S& trinervia, E. 
Meyer ; bracts suborbicular-ovate, subacute, concave, scarcely exceed- 
ing the calyx-tube ; lower pedicels 2 lin. long; calyx-lobes 5, very 
obtuse, as long as the corolla-tube ; fruit subglobose. Walp. Rep. iv. 
157; Choisy in DC. Prod, xii. 13. : 
Eastern Reoion: Natal; between Umzimkulu River and Umkomanzi — 
River, 200 ft., Drége. 
Only known to me from the description, in which it is compared with S. — 
trinervia, E. Meyer. 
69. S. lepidioides (Rolfe); annual (#), branched chiefly at the 
base, 1 ft. or more high; branches pubescent; leaves somewhat 
fascicled, linear or oblong-linear, subacute, hispidulous, 2-4 lin. 
