Selago.| SELAGINEE (Rolfe). 165 
oblong, unequal, about a quarter as long as the tube; fruit oblong, 
1 lin. long. SS. hirta, Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Glenév. ii. ii. 107, 
and in Mém. Selag. 37, not of Linn. fil. S. fasciculata, var. B 
hirta, E. Meyer, Comm. 259, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 77, 88, 219; Rolfe in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xx. 351. 8, 
decuinbens, Choisy in DU. Prod. xii. 18, not of Thunb. 
Soura AFRICA: without precise locality, Forster! Roxburgh! Bergius! 
Coast Reeion: Cape Div.; Table Mountain, 1500-3500 ft., Drege! Mae- 
Gillivray, 654! 655! Ecklon, 734! Galpin, 4416! Bolus, 4503! a Harvey, 
36! Table and Devils Mountains, Zeyher, 3572! Newlauds, near Deyils Peak, 
Wilms, 3516! Constantia Berg, Wolley Dod, 1916! “ around the Cape,” Milne, 
1z4! Tulbagh Div. ; rugged places, New Kioof, 15,0-2000 tt., Dréye! 
89. S. Burmanni (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii, ii. 108) ; 
annual, branched chiefly at the base, erect, }—% ft. high; branches 
minutely puberulous ; leaves mostly solitary, somewhat crowded, 
lanceolate, acute, dentate or denticulate, glabrous or nearly so, 
3-9 lin. long; flowers aggregated in dense corymbs 1-3 in. broad at 
the summit of the branches; bracts linear or lanceolate-linear, 
acute, glabrous or minutely puberulous, 1}—2 lin. long; calyx 
1-11 lin. long, minutely puberulous ; lobes linear or subulate, four 
to five times as long as the tube ; corolla-tube linear, 2-2} lin. long ; 
lobes broadly oblong, very unequal, from half to nearly as long as 
the tube. Choisy, Mém. Selag. 38, and in DC. Prod, xii. 15. 8, 
arguta, E. Meyer, Comm. 260, and in Dreye, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
r 
Documente, 71 (‘argentea”’ by error), 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 155. 
Soutu AFRICA: without precise locality, Burmann (ev Choisy). 
Coast Region: Vanhyusdorp Div.; in a vailey on Gift Berg, at 1500 ft., 
Drége! ‘ 
90. S. spuria (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 629) ; perennial or annual, 
branched chiefly at the base, erect, 1? ft. high ; branches puberu- 
lous or glabrous ; leaves solitary or slightly fascicled, crowded near 
the base, linear or lanceolate-linear, subacute, acutely dentate in the 
upper part, glabrous or rarely pubescent, 7-H in, long ; heads 
roundish when young, elongating into spikes in fruit, numerous, 
and aggregated into dense corymbs 3-5 in. broad at the summit of 
the branches; bracts linear or lanceolate-linear, subacute, glabrous, 
11-3 lin. long; calyx 1}-2 lin. long, glabrous ; lobes linear or 
subulate, subacute, very unequal, three to four times as long as the 
tube ; corolla purple, lilac or white ; tube linear or filiform, 2-4 lin, 
long ; lobes broadly oblong, very unequal, two to three times shorter 
than the tube; fruit oblong, 1 lin. long. Lann. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 877; 
Thunb. Prodr. 99, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 463 ; Choisy, Mém. Selag. 
36; E. Meyer, Comm. 260, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 71, 74, 78, 81, 87, 101, 106, 118, 219; Walp. Rep. iv. 
156; Choisy in DOC. Prod. xii. 14; Hochst. in Hlora, 1845, 69; 
Krauss, Fl. Cap. und Natal. 133; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx, 
342. 8. rapunculoides, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. 319; Thunb. Prodr, 
99 and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 463; Choisy, Mém. Selag. 35; £, 
