208 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
A Second Contribution to the Flora of Afric .— RUBIACE® and 
Composit II. By Spencer Le M. Moone, B.Se., F.L.S. 
Read 5th April, 1906. 
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(PraATES 13-15.) 
Like those which formed the subject of my first contribution to 
the African Flora *, the plants described or referred to in the 
following pages are preserved in the herbarium of the British 
Museum, and have, of course, been studied there. In addition 
to Composite, the Order to which the first memoir was ex- 
clusively devoted, Rubiace: have been selected on this occasion, 
chiefly because the representatives of that Order forming part 
of a large and important collection recently made by Mr. John 
Gossweiler in Angola, happening to pass through my hands, 
cursory examination revealed much of interest among them, 
and this seemed to promise a solid return for the trouble of 
elaboration. As a perusal of this memoir will show, many of 
Mr. Gossweiler's Composite have also proved interesting either 
from novelty or rarity or locality. Plants of the following 
collectors are also dealt with :— 
l. The late Mr. John Buchanan. The 1895 collection is 
valuable not only for its contents, but because it was 
sent solely to the British Museum. 
. Mr. Alexander Whyte. This important collection was 
described by the Museum staff some years ago f, but a 
few doubtful things remained over. Among these are two 
Rubiacesm (Polyspheria zombensis and Tricalysia milan- 
Jiensis) and a Helichrysum (H. dilucidum), which are here 
described. 
3. Miss M. S. Henderson, of the Livingstonia Institute. In 
1904 this lady presented to the Trustees a small but 
valuable parcel of specimens from the Nyika Plateau, 
Nyassaland, and this has yielded a sprinkling of novelties. 
In addition, the collections of Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot (Ruwen- 
zori Expedition, 1893-4), Dr. R. F. Rand (Rhodesia, 1897-8), 
Mr. H. T. Ommanney (Johannesburg District, 1901-2), Mr. F. 
bo 
* Journ, Linn, Soc., Bot. xxxv. (1902) pp. 305-367. 
T Trans, Linn. Soc. ser. II. Bot. vol. iv. (1894) pp. 1-67. 
