266 PLANTS COLLECTED ON MT. RUWENZORI. 
liplolongioribus ; pedicellis tenuibus brevibus ; calycis tubo campanulato 
extus piloso laciniis lineari-lanceolatis quam tubo subtriplo longioribus 
quam petalis subduplo brevioribus margine pilosis ; corolla secus cl. 
detectorem cerulea ; filamentis pubescentibus quam antheris atro- 
violaceis eire. 24plo longioribus, antheris 2 anterioribus tenuiter barbatis; 
stylo infra stigma dense piloso. 
Species Lobelia Telekei, Schweint., affinis, differt bracteis cire. ро quam 
floribus longioribus haud florem decies superantibus, floribus majoribus, 
folis glabris. Ab L. Rhynchopetalo differt bracteis angustioribus pilo- 
sioribus et calycis laciniis brevioribus. 
Hab. Ruwenzori E. 12,500—14,500 ft. 
Blue spike 10-15 ft. ; dried leaves cling to the lower part of the stem. In 
flower April 2, 1906. 
Folia in specimine nostro +25 em. longa et 5:0 cm. lata. — Bractem 
+6°5 em. longe. Flores £4:5 сш. longs. Calycis tubus +5 mm. 
longus, laciniæ +1°6 em. longa. Petala +3°6 em. longi. Filamenta 
2:4 em. longa. Ап еге 10 em. longe. Stylus +2°5 em. longus. 
Mr. Dawe (in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxxvii. 538, 539) records four species 
of Lobelia Sect. Rhynchopetalum as occurring on Mt. Ruwenzori, 
L. Gibberoa from 6—1000 ft., L. Stuhimanni from 9800-11000 ft., 
L. Deckenit 11,000 ft., and L. Rhynchopetalim from about 12,000 ft. up 
to the glaciers. 
The plant here deseribed is probably identical with the last of. these from 
Mt. Ruwenzori, but it seems to differ in certain particulars from the 
L. Rhynchopetalum of the high mountains of Abyssinia, and I have 
therefore ventured to separate it. 
In addition to the above, Dr. Engler records (Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. 401) 
L. Telekei from Mt. Ruwenzori at 3800 metres. 
ТовемА ($ Rhynchopetalum) STUHLMANNI, Schweinf. in Emin Pascha, Im 
Herz von Afrika, 291, Taf. 11 (1893) (nomen) : et ел Engl. Pflanzenw. 
Ost- Afr. C. A01 (nomen). 
Е. 10,000-12,000 ft. April. 
* Blue spike about 15 ft." Leaves fall off lower part of stem. 
Dr. Gilg informs me this agrees with the specimens at Berlin. I have 
made the following notes on the flowers :— 
Braetez lanceolate: acuminatissimas quam flores parum longiores заре 
5:0—6:0 em. longs, oculo nudo glabræ sub lente margine tenuiter cilio- 
late ; calycis tubus campanulatus 4-375 mm. longus, laciniw anguste 
lanceolatie quam corolla breviores +2°2 ст. longa: petala +3 em. 
longa. Antheræ atro-violaceæ 1'1 em. longs». Filamenta +5 mm. 
longa verisimiliter tandem multo longiora. 
