178 SELAGINER (Rolfe). [ Gosela. 
Sourn AFRICA: without precise locality, Ecklon, 123! Ecklon & Zeyher, 36! 
Coast ReGion: Piquetberg Div.; Piquiniers Kloof, Ecklon § Zeyher! 
Kardouw, Zeyher! 
Vil. AGATHELPIS, Choisy. 
Calyx tubular, shortly 5-toothed, adnate at the base to the bract. 
Corolla-tube slender, elongated, very little enlarged at the throat, 
mouth slightly constricted; lobes 5, obovate-oblong, subequal, 
spreading. Stamens 2, inserted above the middle of the tube, 
included ; filaments short; anthers oblong or linear; staminodes 0. 
Ovary 2-celled; style entire. Fruit included within the calyx, 
oblong, by abortion 1-celled and 1-seeded. 
Small, much branched, heath-like shrubs. Leaves small or linear, often 
fascicled. Spikes usually elongated and narrow, many-flowered. Bracts ovate or 
oblong, more or less adnate to the calyx and including it, Flowers sessile. 
Species 3, endemic. 
Bracts not shining : 
Leaves linear ... jes bs oes ie ... (1) angustifolia, 
Leaves oblong... an re Pe eae ... (2) parvifolia. 
Bracts shining aaa tas ‘si es ss ... (3) nitida. 
1. A. angustifolia (Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genév. ii. ii. 95, 
(excl. syn. Selago polygaloides) t. 1, fig. 3) ; branches terete, puberu- 
lous ; leaves numerous, sessile, linear, subacute, glabrous, 3—9 lin. long ; 
spikes more or less elongated, 1-8 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; 
bracts ovate-oblong, acute or subacuminate, keeled, glabrous, 2-3 lin. 
long; calyx oblong, 1-1} lin. long, 5-ribbed, with the ribs more or 
less scaberulous, 5-dentate; teeth very short, oblong, obtuse ; 
corolla-tube slender, generally more or less curved, 4-5 lin. long, 
lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse, * lin. long. Choisy, Mém. Selag. 25 
(exel. syn. Selago polygaloides) t. 1, fig. 3; E. Meyer, Comm. 252, 
and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 87, 88, 89, 162 ; 
Drege in Linnea, xx. 201; Walp. Rep. iv. 170; Choisy in DOC. 
Prod. xii. 23. Selago dubia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 629. Hranthemum 
angustatum, Linn. Mant. 171. Eranthemum angustifolium, Murr. 
Syst. ed. 13, 55. Selago angustifolia, Thunb. Prodr. 99, and Fi. 
Cap. ed. Schult. 462. Agathelpis adunca, E. Meyer, Comm. 252, 
and in Drége, Zwet Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 71, 74, 109, 113, 
162; Walp. Rep. iv. 171; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 23. A. 
mucronata, E. Meyer, Comm. 252, and in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 76, 80, 115, 162; Walp. Rep. iv. 170; Choisy in DC. 
Prod. xii. 24. A. sp., Drege in Linnea, xx. 201. 
Soutn ArFRIcA: without precise locality, Auge! Bunbury, 169! Forsyth! 
Forster! Niven! Rowburgh! Thom! Sieber, 66! Ecklon, 78! Forbes! Harvey, 
416! Bowie! 
Coast Reeion: Vanrhynsdorp Div.; Gift Berg, 1500-2000 ft., Drége. 
Clanwilliam Div.; between Wupperthal and Ezels Bank, 3000 fc., Drege! 
between Piquiniers Kloof and Pretoris Kloof, 1500 ft., Drége! Clanwilliam, 
Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2181! Piquetberg Div. ; Piquet Berg, 1000-2000 ft., 
Drége ! Malmesbury Div. ; between Groene Kloof and Klip Berg, below 400 ft., 
