^Selago. 



C. SELAGINE.E (roLFE). 



267 



Leaves hispidulous on the midrib and margin 

 Leaves hispidulous-pubcscent all over . 

 Leaves linear. 



Calyx ^ lin. long 



Calyx \ lin. long . . . • . 



Flowers sessile or subsessile. 



Corymbs as broad as, or broader tlutii, long, often 

 somewhat lax. 

 Calyx-lobes longer than the tube . 

 Calyx-lobes equalling the tube 

 Heads densely congested, as long as broad . 

 Intiorescetice thyrsoid ... . . . 



Inflorescence spicate or shortly racemose, more or less 

 lateral near the ends of the branches 

 Corolla-tube \-^ lin. long. 



Flowers shortly pedicelled . . . . . 



Flowers subsessile ..... 



12. s. y 



t/f(.<!(P. 



. 13. S. Thomsoni. 



Corolla- tube l- 



lin. long. 



Leaves and calyx-segments linear-oblong (Western species). 



Leaves and stems minutely puberulous . . 14 



Leaves and stems pubescent . . . .15. 



Leaves and calyx-segments linear (Eastern species) 16 



Calyx 2-3-lobed. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate . 

 Leaves linear. 



Inflorescence more or less lax. 

 Leaves 1-2 lin. long. 

 Flowers sessile 

 Flowers shortly pedicelled 

 Leaves 3-8 lin. long 

 Inflorescence congested into a 

 spike .... 



Welivit.ichib. 

 Kffpfneri. 

 Holuhii. 



17. ^. angolensis. 



narrow compounii 



1. S. ccerulea, llolfe. Plant \-\ ft. higl), with woody rootstock. 

 Branches erect, copiously pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate- 

 linear, subobtuse, pubescent, more or less fascicled, o-8 lin. long. 

 Racemes very short, aggregated in congested terminal corymbs, l-^^J in. 

 diam. Bracts linear-oblong, obtuse, hispidulous-pubescent, 1 lin. long. 

 Pedicels adnate to the base of the bract. Calyx campanulate, hispidulous- 

 pubescent, 5-lobed, J lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate, 

 the lower two broader than the othei-s, twice as long as the tube. 

 Corolla blue (ir%«e) ; tube h lin. long ; lobes rounded-oblong, two up{>er 

 small, the others broad and longer than the tube. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; summit of X\ ika 

 Plateau, 7000 ft, Whijle I 



2. S. viscosa, /('oZ/e. Plant 1 ft. or more high, and rather la.x. 

 Branches viscous-pubescent. Leaves rather lax, lanceolate-linear, sub- 

 obtuse, hispidulous, ;>-8 lin. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, 

 arranged in lax terminal corymbose panicles. Bracts oblong, obtuse, 

 ciliate, 1 lin. long. Calyx campanulate, nearly g 

 long; lobes oblong, subobtuse, ciliate, subequal, nearly 



labrous, r>-lobed, ^ lin. 

 twice as lonu: as 



