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Microdon.| SELAGINER (Rolfe). 
V. MICRODON, Choisy. 
Calyx campanulate or tubular, shortly and subequally 5-toothed, 
adnate at the base to the bract. Corolla-tube cylindrical or slightly 
enlarged at the throat ; limb spreading ; lobes 5, subequal, the upper 
united to about the middle. Stamens 4, didynamous, affixed to the 
throat of the corolla, the outer pair slightly exserted, the other 
shorter than the lobes; anthers short, perfectly 1-celled. Ovary 
2-celled, one eell smaller and with the ovule abortive ; style exserted, 
obtuse at the apex. Fruit included within the calyx, semi-ovoid or 
oblong, one cell perfect and with crustaceous endocarp, the other 
smaller, membranous, empty, and usually adherent to the perfect 
cell. 
Small, much branched heath-like shrubs, Leaves linear, oblong or sub- 
orbicular, sometimes fuscicled. Spikes ovate, oblong or somewhat elongated. 
Bracts ovate or suborbicular, often large and spreading, adnate at the base to 
the calyx. 
Species 5, endemic. 
Inflorescence more or less elongated ; 
Leaves oblong to suborbicular —... fe ... (1) lucidus, 
Leaves linear vey a a evs ... (2) cylindricus, 
Inflorescence ovoid or suborbicular, sometimes oblong 
in fruit : 
Corolla-tube 43-6 lin. long... as ... (3) orbicularis. 
Corvlla-tube 2-3 lin, long : 
Leaves 6-9 lin. long 4 ais .» (4) ovatus. 
Leaves 4-5 lin. long a tS ... (5) linearis. 
1. M. lucidus (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii, ii. 97, excl. 
syn. Linn. fil.) ; perennial, much branched, erect, 1-2 ft. or more 
high; branches more or less puberulous; leaves rarely faseicled, 
crowded, ovate-elliptie, oblong or sometimes suborbicular, subobtuse 
or apiculate, coriaceous, somewhat glaucous, 3-5 lin. long; spikes 
elongated or oblong, dense or somewhat lax, 1-4 in. long; bracts 
ovate or suborbicular-ovate, mucronate or acute, sometimes denticulate, 
usually shining, minutely puncticulate, 2-3 lin. long; calyx narrowly 
campanulate, 2 lin. long, minutely puncticulate, sometimes hispidu- 
lous; lobes triangular, acute, about a fifth as long as the tube; 
corolla white; tube linear-oblong, 3-4 lin. long; lobes broadly 
oblong, subequal, about a quarter as long as the tube. Choisy, Mém. 
Selag. 27, excl. syn. Linn. fil.; E. Meyer, Comm. 253, and in Drége, 
Zwet Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 76,77, 202; Walp. Rip. iv. 168, 
excl. syn, Linn. fil.; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 22. Selago lucida, 
Vent. Jard. Malmais. t. 26. 8S. bracteata, Thunb. Prodr. 100, and 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 465 ; Rolfe in Journ, Linn. Soc. xx. 354. 
Sourn AFRIcA: without precise locality, Thunberg! Masson! Niven! 
Verreauz! Wallich ! Ecklon 5 Zeyher! 
Coast Re@ion: Piquetberg Div. ; Piquetberg, 1500-2000 ft., Drége! Tulbagh 
Div.; rocky places in New Kloof, 1500-2000 ft., Drege! at Witsen Berg 
and Skurfde Berg, Zeyher, 1884! Winterhoek Berg, 1300 fi., Bolus, 5218! 
Pappe ! 
