170 SELAGINE# (Rolfe). [ Selago. 
100. S. ramosissima (Rolfe); perennial, profusely branched, 
4-9 in. high; branches minutely puberulous; leaves not fascicled, 
ecowded, imbricate, more or less adpressed to the branches, oblong, 
obtuse, hispidulous, 3-1 lin. long; heads roundish or shortly oblong, 
dense, 5-6 lin. long; bracts oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, hispidulous 
and ciliate, 1-14 lin. long; ealyx 1-14 lin. long, closely villous; 
lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliate, nearly as long as the tube; corolla 
white (Galpin); tube linear-oblong, 11 lin. long ; lobes broadly 
oblong, unequal, about half as long as the tube. S. ericina, 
Drége in Linnea, xx. 201; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 12, not of 
EE. Meyer. 
Coast ReEGion: Cape Div.; Table Mountain, 500 ft., Schlechter, 160! 
Bredasdorp Div.; Zeekve Vley, 100 ft., Schlechter, 10546! Swellendam Div. ; 
on mountain ridges along the lower part of the River Zonder Einde, Zeyher, 
3573! on dry hills near the eastern bank of the Breede River, Burchell, 7479 ! 
Mossel Bay Div. ; near Great Brak River, 300 ft., Galpin, 4415! 
S. ericina, E. Meyer, is now referred to 8. triquetra, Linn. fil, 
101. §. Morrisii (Rolfe); perennial, much branched, 3-1 ft. 
high ; branches minutely puberulous, more or less divaricate ; leaves 
not fascicled, more or less adpressed to the branches and imbricate, 
oblong-linear, obtuse, minutely puberulous, 3—% lin, long; spikes 
broad, ovoid-oblong, dense, 4-7 lin. long; bracts lanceolate-linear, 
subacute, not recurved at the apex, hispidulous, strongly ciliate below 
the middle, 14-12 lin. long; calyx 1 lin. long, pubescent; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate, rather shorter than the tube ; corolla- 
tube linear-oblong, 1-14-lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, 
about a third as long as the tube. 
WesveRNn ReGion: Namaqualand; without precise locality, Morris in Herb. 
Bolus, 5750! 
102. S. lamprocarpa (Schlechter) ; perennial, much branched, 
about 1 ft. high; branches pubescent or hispidulous; leaves not 
fascicled, erowded, somewhat spreading, lancevlate-linear, subobtuse, 
hispidulous or minutely puberulous ; spikes short or oblong, dense, 
4-% In. long; bracts ovate-oblong, subobtuse, hispidulous, slightly 
ciliate at the base, 1} lin. long; calyx 1 lin. long, villous; lobes 
triangular-oblong, subacute, rather shorter than the tube ; corolla- 
tube oblong, 1} lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, rather more 
than half as long as the tube. 
Var. 8, major (Schlechter) ; leaves rather larger ; spikes bearing fewer and 
much larger flowers ; bracts 24 lin. long ; calyx 14 lin. long; corolla-tube 24 lin. 
long; fruit ovoid-oblong, 14-14 lin. long. 
Cunt RAt Keaion: Ceres Div.; Cold Bokkeveld, on Gydouw Berg, 6000 ft., 
Schlechter, 10047! Var. major: Ceres Div. ; Cold Bokkeveld, on ‘Tatel Berg, 
200 ft., Schlechter, 10093 ! 
The difference in the size of the flowers in the two forms is remarkable, but 
they agree well in other respects. 
103. 8. triquetra (Linn. fil. Suppl. 284); perennial, much 
branched, }-1 ft. high ; branches puberulous; leaves not fascicled, 
