272 V. SELAGIXE.E (uolfe). [Selayo. 



the upper parts of the branches. Bracts oblong, obtuse, mther fleshy, 

 hispidulous and sliglitly ciliate, ^^-1 lin. long. Calyx ^ lin. long, -J-lobed, 

 hispidulous ; lobes lanceolate-oblong, acute, ciliate, lateral twice as long 

 as the dorsal. Corolla-tube J lin. long; lobes roundish-oblong, upper 

 half t\s long as the tube, lower rather longer. 



liower Guinea. (lennan South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Swakop River, 

 JDiu/r,\ 61 : 



11). S. axnboensis, Jiolfe. Branches about 8 in. long, slender, 

 puberulous. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, 1-2 lin. 

 long, slightly rugose. Racemes short, lateral on short branchlets on 

 the upper part of the branches. Bracts oblong, obtuse, J lin. long. 

 Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 2-lobed; segments linear, ciliate, 

 K lin. long. Corolla-tube J lin. long ; lobes oblong, rather shorter than 

 rhe tube. Fruit reniform -globose, | lin. long. 



Iso-wer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Ambolaml ; Omatopo, Schinz ! 



Nearly allied to the South African 5". panirula/a^ Thunb., which it closely resemble!^, 

 but the calyx-lobes are much narrower and the flowers smaller. The specimen seen 

 consists of a single branch. 



20. S. lacunosa, Klotisch in Peters, Jleise Mossamh. Bot. 2bb. 

 Plant G-12 in. high. Branches puberulous. Leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 0-8 lin. long. Racemes short or somewhat 

 elongated, loosely arranged along the branches. Bracts linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, somewhat curved, J lin. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. 

 Calyx 2-:)-lobed, glabrous ; lobes minutely ciliate, lateral J lin. long, 

 dorsal minute or nearly obsolete. Corolla-tube h lin. long ; lobes 

 rounded-oblong, half as long as the tube. Fruit reniform-globose, | lin. 

 long.— Wettst. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 3r)8. 



Mozanab. I>ist« Portuguese East Africa : on the banks and on an island of the 

 Zambesi River, Peten^ ! on sandbanks near Lupata, Kirk 1 British Central Africa : 

 Northern Zambcsia ; Boruma, Menijharth, 991 ! 



21. S. alopecuroides, Rolfe in Joum. Bot, 188G, 17."j. Plant 

 1-2 ft. high. Branches puberulous. Leaves numerous, linear-filiform, 

 obtuse, glabrous or somewhat puberulous, 2-') lin. long. Racemes very 

 short, subsessile, crowded along the upper part of the branches. Bracts 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, somewhat curved, membranous and ciliate at the 

 margin, 1-1 1 lin. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Calyx ;^-lobed, 

 glabrous; lobes ciliate; lateral oblong, obtuse, | lin. long; dorsal rather 

 smaller. Corolla-tube \ lin. long ; lobes rounded-oblong, a third as long 

 as the tube. Fruit reniform-globose, h lin. long. — 0. Kuntze in Jahrb. 

 Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 270. 



Ztower Guinea* Angola: Huilla ; about Lopollo, frequent in thicket?, M'el- 

 tvitsc//, nS^l 4790! Huilla, ^»^M«e^, 132 ! Humpata, Chella Mountains, Jo^w«^o» .' 

 German South-west Africa: Hereroland; at Okahandya, on grassy plains, 3900 It., 

 Marloih ! Swakop River, 1600-3300 ft., Pechuel-Loesche (ex Kuntze), Dinter, 12 I 



