162 SELAGINE (Rolfe). [ Selago. 
82. 8. hirta (Linn. fil. Suppl. 285); annual, decumbent, much 
branched, 4-9 in. high; branches pubescent ; leaves opposite or sub- 
opposite, solitary, spathulate with a broadly elliptic-oblong blade, 
obtuse, ecrenulate or dentate, somewhat pubescent, 4-11 in. long ; 
spikes narrow, elongate, dense, 1-5 in. long in fruit; bracts 
lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, more or less recurved at the apex, 
pubescent, 14—2 lin. long ; calyx 1 lin. long, villous ; lobes subulate- 
oblong, scareely a quarter as long as the tube; corolla-tube oblong, 
$ lin. long; lobes oblong, minute, about a third as long as the tube ; 
fruit ovoid, 3—1 lin. long. Thunb. Prodr.100, and Fl. Cap, ed. 
Schult. 464; E. Meyer, Comm. 258, in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 98, 219, and in Linnea, xx. 201; Walp. Rep. iv. 152 ; 
Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 16, evel. syn. (not of Mém. Selag.); Rolfe 
in Journ, Linn. Soc. xx. 351. 
Coast Recton: Malmesbury Div.; Moorrees Berg, near Hopefield, Bach- 
mann, 1152! Paarl Div. ; near Paarl, 400-600 ft., Drege ! Tulbagh Div.; Ceres 
Road, 900 ft., Schlechter, 9080! Tulbagh Waterfall, Cape Herb. ! Worcester 
Div.; in fields at Roode Zand, Thunberg ! Swellendam Div.; Hassaquas Kloof, 
Zeyher, 3578! 
S. hirta, Choisy, in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. ii. 107, is now referred to 
S. quadrangularis, Choisy. 
83. S. hamulosa (E. Meyer, Comm. 257) ; annual, much branched, 
erect or somewhat decumbent, 23-31 in. high; branches puberulous ; 
leaves opposite or subopposite, solitary, spathulate-lanceolate, sub- 
obtuse, nearly glabrous, 3-8 lin. long; spikes oblong, rather lax, 
6-12 lin. long; bracts lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, more or less 
recurved towards the apex, puberulous, 1} lin. long; calyx * lin. 
long, pubescent ; lobes triangular-oblong, subaeute, ciliate, shorter 
than the tube; corolla-tube oblong, + lin. long; lobes oblong, 
minute, subequal, scarcely'a quarter as long as the tube; fruit 
ovoid, 1 lin. long. K. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 94, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 152; Choisy in DC. Prod. 
xii. 16. 
WesteeaNn Recion: Little Namaqualand; among grasses at Hanzenkraals 
River, 1500-2000 ft., Drege ! 
84. §. decumbens (Thunb. Prodr. 100); annual, often much 
branched, diffuse or decumbent, 4-8 in. high ; branches pubescent ; 
leaves solitary or somewhat fascicled, spathulate, or petiolate with an 
ovate limb, subobtuse, denticulate or dentate, pubescent, 2-6 lin. 
long; flowers arranged in short dense heads 3-5 lin. long, mostly 
terminal ; bracts lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, pubescent, 11—2 lin. 
long, the lower usually foliaceous ; calyx 1 lin. long, villous; lobes 
linear-oblong, subobtuse, longer than the tube ; corolla-tube cblong, 
1-12 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, scarcely half as long 
as the tube; fruit ovoid-oblong, * lin. long. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 465; Rolfe in Journ. Linn, Soe. xx. 354. S. cordata, E. 
Meyer, Comm. 257, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 55, 
