251 PLANTS COLLECTED ON MT. RUWENZORI. 
GAMOPETALZ. 
By Spencer Le M. Moore. 
The collection includes the following well-known plants :— Adenostemma 
viscosum, Forst., 7000 ft. : lgeratum conyzoides, Linn., 6000 ft.: Dichro- 
cephala latifolia, DC., 6000 ft.; Pluchea Dioscoridis, DC., 3500 ft. : Eclipta 
erecta, Linn., 3500 ft.; Gynura cernua, Benth., 6000 ft.; G. crepidioides, 
Benth., 6000 ft. ; Sonchus asper, Hill, 3500 Н.; Evolvulus alsinoides, Linn., 
3500 ft. ; Leucas martinicensis, R. Br., 7000 ft. ; and Leonotis nepetæfolia, 
R. Br., 7000 ft. 
RUBIACEÆ. 
PENTAS PURPUREA, Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxix. (1873) 83, var. 
E. 6000 ft. January. 
Distrib. Nile Land, Mozambique, Lower Guinea. 
PENTAS PUBIFLORA, sp. nov. 
Неграсеа, ascendens, caule subtereti sursum ramuloso mox lineis duabus 
pubescentibus exemptis glabro novellis dense pubescentibus, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis lanceolatisve acutis vel caudato-acuminatis basi in petiolum 
brevem angustatis supra scabriuscule puberulis. subtus pubescentibus 
costis seeundariis utrinque. 109-13 leviter arcuatis, stipulis а basi seti- 
feris setis pubescentibus, eymis caulem ramulosque terminantibus foliis 
subeequalibus vel iis brevioribus dense pubescentibus, floribus pro rata 
parvulis. subsessilibus pentameris, "alyeis dense pubescentis lobis tri- 
angulari-deltoideis 2 (vel 1) lineari-lanceolatis quam reliqui multo 
majoribus, corolla tubo extus dense pubescente faucibus villosulis lobis 
tubum haud semisequantibus lineari-laneeolatis acutis extus dense pubes- 
centibus, staminibus paullo infra fauces insertis filamentis glabris 
antheris exsertis, disco eminente pubescente, ovario 2-loculo, stylo 
incluso glabro. 
Hab. Ruwenzori Е. 6000 ft. January. 
Folia modica 6:0—10:0. em. long., 2-0-3:5 em. lat, membranacea, subtus 
grisea, Stipularam sete cirea 0:6 em. long. Cymie 5*0-9-0 em. long., 
adusque 10:0 em. diam. Pedicelli circa 0°1 em. long. Flores albi. 
Calycis lobi majores cirea 0:3 em. long., reliqui 0075-0715 em. Corolla 
tubus sursum leviter amplificatus, intus. pubescens, 0-45 cm. long., basi 
07125 cm., faucibus 0:2 em. diam.: lobi 0*2 em. long. Filamenta 0:2 em., 
antheræ 0:12 em. long. Ovarium hemisphæricum, dense pubescens, 
015x015 em. Stylus 0:2 cm., hujus rami 0:1 em. long. Capsula 
sparsim pubescens, longitrorsum costata, disco elevato coronata et alycis 
lobis adusque 0°15—0-4 em. auctis instructa, in toto 0*3 em, long, vix 
totidem lat. 
