SELAGINACEiE. 



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cated in bud. Stamens four, arising from the top of the tube 

 of the corolla. Ovary superior. Style one, filiform. Stigma 

 nearly capitate. Leaves alternate, generally sessile, toothed or 

 entire, usually in clusters. — Herbaceous plants, or small branched 

 shrubs ; principally natives of the Cape and the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. 



SELAGO. 



Gen. Char. {JDidynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-cleft ; tube 

 of corolla filiform, limb nearly equal; capsule simple or two- 

 lobed, each lobe with a seed. 



Name of doubtful origin. A genus of pretty Cape shrubs 

 with beautiful spikes of flowers : as Gillii, with rose-coloured 

 flowers; micrantha and Mspida, with yellow; cinerea, fulvo- 

 maculata, and distans, with violet ; divaricata, corymbosa, 

 and many others, with white flowers in spikes : they are all 

 hardy greenhouse plants, and require little care. One 

 species, ovata, is now called Microdon ovatum, which genus 

 includes also htcidum, both with white flowers, from the 

 Cape, and suitable for the greenhouse. 



GESNERIA CEJE. 

 Exogens, with showy flowers in racemes or panicles, rarely 



