432 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PENTAS. 
2. Pentas Lonarrupa, K. Schum. in Pflanz. Ost-Afr., Bd. v. 
p. 377. 
In rock clefts in the higher regions of East Africa, Holst, 418. 
(Specimens not seen.) 
3. P. GLABRESCENS. Baker, in Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 67. 
Easily distinguished from P. verticellata by the hairy, broadly 
ovate petioled leaves. 
Somaliland, in rocks. Mrs. Lort Phillips and Miss Edith 
Cole, 11, 12, 13, 14. Miss Cole, no. 9, seems to me a glabrous 
maritime form of this. 
4. P. Scuwernrurtan, 8. Eliot, sp. nov. 
Frutex 1-metr. ramis obscure striatis breviter hirsutis ; foliis 
5-10 cm. long., 14-24 mm. lat. densis lanceolatis pilosis ad 
apicem attenuatis; acute subapiculatis vel fere obtusis ad basin 
attenuatis breviter (2-3 mm.) petiolatis, venis circa 12-jugis, 
plurime supra subtusque elevatis sed cost supra ssepius depressa 
hirsutaque, supra sparse, subtus densiuscule; stipularum setis 
5-10 mm.; cymis haud congestis, floribus vix pedicellatis ; 
calycis tubo sub-campanulato fructu lineis 10 elevatis con- 
spicuis ornato, 5 mm. long., 4 mm. lat., lobis ovatis ad 7 mm. 
long.; corolle tubo 25-30 mm. ad faucem ampliato interne 
albo barbato antheris (formis visis) inclusis ; lobis ovatis sub- 
apiculatis, externe hirsutis 5-7 mm. long. 
Arabia. “Fuch,” Menacha Yemen, Schweinfurth, 1370 ! 
Jebel Hain, Al Hatte, near Aden, Hunter, 4! 20! 258! in an 
elevated valley, Ad Heggias, Figari ! 
Flowers white, fragrant ; March to May, at from 5-7,000 feet. 
3. P. nancrotata, K. Schum., MSS. (an confertifolia 7 ). 
‘** Arabia and Comores.” 
6. P. conrertiroLia, Baker, in Kew Bulletin (1895), p. 67. 
About 5,000 feet altitude. 
Zambesi—Congo Watershed. Fuambo, Carson, 113! 23! in 
Herb. Kew. 
7. P. pauctrtora, Baker, in Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 66. 
Distinguished from P. Schweinfurthii by the 4-7 nerved 
leaves and the longer 3-nerved calyx bracts. 
Flowers (pink) February, to 8,000 feet, Golis Range. 
Aylmer, 10! Aalayra, Wardi, Darraas, Mrs. Lort Phillips, and 
Miss Edith Cole, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10° 
