168 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
Miganta scanpens, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 1743.  (Willugbzya 
scandens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. i. 371.) 
Marshy forest, Musozi. Fl. January, 112 & 130. 
Widely distributed. 
MicrogLossa DENSTFLORA, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 
vii. (1864) 200. 
Ruchigga. Fl. November, 450. 
Distrib. Nile Land, Mozambique District (Northern part), 
Upper Guinea. 
BLUMEA racERA, DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. 14. 
River Rufta. Fl. December, 510. 
Widely distributed through the tropies of the Old World. 
SPILERANTHUS SUAYEOLENS, DC. Prod. v. 370. 
Below Ruchigga. FI. December, 489. 
Distrib. Nile Land, South Central, Lower Guinea. Also in 
Egypt. 
BLEPHARISPERMUM PUBESCENS, sp. nov. 
B. caule scandente angulato eximie striato glabro vel glabres- 
cente spinis debilibus brevibus decurvis hine inde onusto, 
ramulis cerebro foliatis griseo-pubescentibus, foliis ad 
normam generis mediocribus ovatis acutis vel acuminatis 
basi nunc latissime truncatis nune spathulatis nune in 
petiolum brevem cuneatim angustatis margine dentatis 
vel breviter dentato-lobulatis rarius integris vel sub- 
integris. membranaceis griseo-pubescentibus supra cito 
seabriusculo-puberulis pube glandulis minimis lucentibus 
intermixta, capitulorum glomerulis solitariis spheroideis, 
capitulis heterogamis 4-(rarissime 5-) flosculosis flosculis 
fem. 2 (rarius 3) hermaph. 2 sterilibus, involucri phyllis 
receptaculique paleis late oblongis his cymbiformibus 
apice sepe dentatis, flor. hermaph. corollis campanulato- 
tubulosis 5-lobis, flor. fem. parvis anguste tubulosis 3- 
dentatis, acheniis fertilibus oblongo-obovatis compressis 
utrinque l-eostatis margine longe albo-ciliatis ceteroquin 
glabris, pappi squamis circa 10 alteris quam alters paullo 
longioribus subulatis achh. sterilium 5-6 latis vel 
angustis. 
Hab. Near Mulema. Fl. April, 225 & 599. 
Folia 3:5-6:0 cm. long., 1:5-2:5 (rarissime 3:5) em. lat., 
