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Selago corymbosa

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Identification
Selago corymbosa L. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SELAGO corymbosa Linn. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 95, (1912) Author: By R. A. ROLFE.
Names
SELAGO corymbosa Linn. [family ], Sp. Pl. ed. i., 629;—Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 876; Berg. Pl. Cap. 156; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 431; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 459; Choisy, Mém. Selag. 30; E. Meyer, Comm. 263, and in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 55, 73, 88, 99, 100, 128, 138; Walp. Rep. iv. 158; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 10; Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 69; Krauss, Fl. Cap. und Natal. 133; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 342.
SELAGO corymbosa E. Meyer var. β polystachya [family ], Comm. 263 (excl. syn.); Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 10. —J. and C. Commelin, Hort. Amstel. ii. 79, t. 40.
Information
perennial, much branched, 1–2 ft. or more high; branches pubescent or puberulous; leaves in approximate fascicles, linear or filiform, subobtuse, puberulous or nearly glabrous, 1–4 lin. long; flowers very numerous, corymbosely arranged at the summit of the branches in a compact or somewhat lax head 1/2–4 in. broad; bracts oblong, obtuse, more or less ciliate, slightly curved, often adnate at the base to the pedicel, 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; calyx 1/2 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, ciliate, generally longer than the tube; corolla white; tube oblong, 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; lobes broadly oblong, unequal, as long as or shorter than the tube; fruit ovoid-oblong, 1/2 lin. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuw Berg Range, 4500 ft., Bolus, 1977! between Compas Berg and Rhinoster Berg, 4500–5000 ft., Drège. Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 611! Colesberg Div.; at Naauw Poort, Burchell, 2760! Colesberg, Shaw! Albert Div.; Cooper, 1771!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; rocky places on Blue Berg, between Bosch Kloof and Honig Vallei, Drège! Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Pappe! between Cape Town and the foot of Table Mountain, Burchell, 59! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 740! Fleck, 436! MacGillivray, 615! Lion Mountain and Table Mountain, 500–1500 ft., Drège! Wynberg, Wallich! Devils Peak, Wilms, 3512! Wolley Dod, 2405! Cape Flats, Krauss, 1100, Rehmann, 1957! Paarl Div.; among shrubs at Berg River, near Paarl, 400 ft., Drège! Paarl, Elliott! Riversdale Div.; between Great Vals River and Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6585! Mossel Bay Div.; in a dry channel of an arm of the Gauritz River, Burchell, 6494! Knysna Div.; Melville, Burchell, 5440! Uniondale Div.; Lange Kloof, at Apies River, Burchell, 4948! Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Berg, below 1000 ft., Drège! between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, below 1000 ft., Drège! among shrubs on the Van Stadens Mountains, Zeyher, 268! Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 3568! 3569! Grasrug, Baur! Algoa Bay, Cooper, 1487! Albany Div.; Howisons Poort, near Grahamstown, Baur! Hutton! Bothas Hill, 2000 ft., Drège! near Grahamstown, Bolton! and without precise locality, Williamson! King Williamstown Div.; fields near King Williamstown, Cooper, 40! Tyson in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 845! Durban, 101! British Kaffraria; without precise locality, Cooper, 3010!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; Fakus Territory, Sutherland! Natal, without precise locality, Cooper, 3009!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Thunberg! Banks & Solander! Forsyth! Grey! Harvey, 401! 467! Mund! Thom, 536! Villette! Walton! and cultivated specimens!
Notes
S. polystachya, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 69, and Krauss, Fl. Cap. und Natal. 133, collected by Krauss (1101) in clayey soil throughout the Swellendam district, may belong here. S. polystachya of Linnæus was erroneously referred here by E. Meyer.

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