Selago.] SELAGINE& (Rolfe). 171 
crowded and somewhat spreading, oblong-linear, obtuse, canescent or 
minutely puberulous, $—12 lin. long ; spikes narrow, oblong or some- 
what elongated, dense or somewhat lax, 1-13 in. long; bracts 
lanceolate-linear, subobtuse, puberulous or hispidulous, ciliate near 
the base, 1; lin. long; calyx 1 lin. long, pubescent; lobes oblong, 
obtuse, ciliate, rather longer than the tube; corolla-tube oblong, 
4-1} lin. long; lobes broadly oblung, unequal, about a third as 
long as the tube. Thunb. Prodr. 99, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 461; 
Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 350 partly, not of E. Meyer nor 
Choisy. 8. ericina, EZ. Meyer, Comm. 254, not of Choisy. 
Sour Arrica: without precise locality, Thunderg! Masson! Roxburgh! 
Thom, 341! 
Coast Reeion : Worcester Div.; mountains near Worcester, 800 ft., Tyson in 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust-Afr., 970! and in Herb. MacOwan, 
2922! Albany Div.; road-sides near Zondagh (Sunday) River, Bowie / 
Wesrern Reoion: Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; Bokkeveld Berg, Schenck ! 
A much confused species, which I had previously failed to distinguish from 
the plant called 8. triquetra by E. Meyer and Choisy, The latter is now called 
S. fruticulosa, Rolfe. 
104, S. nigrescens (Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx 352). perennial, 
much branched, 1-11 ft. high; branches erect, minutely puberulous ; 
leaves not fascicled, somewhat lax, not spreading, linear, subobtuse, 
somewhat keeled, hispidulous ; spikes oblong, rather dense, 1-2 in. 
long; bracts linear-lanceolate, subacute, ciliate, 14 lin. long; calyx 
4-1 lin. long, pubescent; lobes linear, subacute, ciliate, unequal, 
about as long as the tube; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 14-2 lin. 
long ; lubes broadly oblong, subequal, about a third as long as the 
tube. 
SoutH AFRICA: without precise locality, Thunberg ! 
Only known from the original specimen in Thunberg’s Herbarium which is 
labelled ‘* Selago diffusa,” (sheet y), though it apparently has nothing to do with 
the description of that species. The leaves turn black in drying. 
‘105. 8. aspera (Choisy in DOC. Prod. xii. 12); perennial, much 
branched, 3-1 ft. or more high; branches canescent or minutely 
puberulous ; leaves not fascicled, numerous and crowded, linear, sub- 
obtuse, canescent, 1-3 lin. Jong; spikes oblong, dense, }—2 in. long ; 
bracts linear, subacute, puberulous, ciliate, 1}-2 lin. long; calyx 
1-1} lin. long, villous; lobes triangular-oblong, subacute, ciliate, 
nearly as long as the tube; corolla-tube linear-oblong, 2 lin, 
long ; lobes broadly oblong, subequal, about a third as Jong as the 
tube, 
Coast Recion: Caledon Div.; Caledon, Cape Herb.! Swellendam Div. ; 
between Kochmans Kloof and Gauritz River, Ecklon § Zeyher / Bathurst Div. ; 
Port Alfred, Souta! Div. ?; “calcareous hills behind Kaos River,” Cape Herb. ! 
106. S. Thomii (Rolfe) ; perennial, much branched, }—1} ft. high ; 
branches very minutely puberulous ; leaves not fascicled, somewhat 
crowded, linear, subobtuse, keeled, hispidulous, 1-2 lin. long ; spikes 
oblong, dense, 3-% in, long; bracts linear, subacute, hispidulous, 
