MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PENTAS. 435 
11 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis glandulis minutis alternis ; corolle 
tubo gracile 15 mm., lobis 4 mm. obtuse inflexis, margine 
crispato, interne ad faucem barbato. 
Transvaal. Barberton in bushy hillsides (Thorncroft, no. 49), 
Wood, 4152!, Galpin, 749! . 
12. Penras Evata, K. Schum. in Pfl. Ost-Afr., Bd. v. p. 377. 
Himo to 2,800 m., Volkens, 1822. 
13. P. occtpentatts, Benth. et Hook. f. ex Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., 
li. 46. 
Ruwenzori. East side Kivata, Scott Elliot, 7684! and 7687! 
Wimi River, Scott Elliot, 7914! West Butagu Valley, Scott 
Filliot, 8022! 
West Africa. Cameroons, Mann, 1993! 1227! Fernando Po, 
Mann! Kalbreyer ! 
Flowers May to July at 7,700-9,000 feet on Ruwenzori. 
14. P. Scurmperiana, Vatke, in Linnea, xl. (1876) p. 192. 
Abyssinia. Mount Scholoda in rocky declivities, Schimper, 
38! north side, Schimper, 916! Tigre Mount Semcigata, 
Schimper, 513! Quartin Dillon, 126! Parkyns! Franqueville! 
Aukobe, Rothe, 313! 
Flowers (pinky white) July to September, over 7,000 feet 
altitude. 
15. P. parvirotia, Hiern, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), vol. xvi. 
(1877) p. 262. 
Eastern Desert and Mombassa. Ukambane, Scott Elliot, 
6416! Kibwezi, Scott Elliot, 6298! Mkuyuni Teita, Scott 
Elliot, 6167! Ndara Teita and Kitiu, Hildebrandt, 2458! 
Maungu, Johnston! Mombasa Island, Hildebrandt, 1994! 
Wakefield ! 
Flowers (red to crimson) at the beginning of the lesser and 
greater rains; apparently almost always below 4,000 feet 
altitude. 
16. P. Tuomsonu, S. Elliot, sp. nov. 
Frutex congestus ubique tomento ferrugineo-sericeo vestitus ; 
foliis lanceolatis acutis ad basin attenuatis, supra pilosis, subtus 
dense (venis venulisque) tomentosis, margine subrevoluto 
7-15 em. long. et 2-3 cm. lat., venis 12-16—jugis, petiolis 
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