2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLAxVEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 68 



So far only a part of the East African botanical collections has 

 been studied, but even this partial study indicates that the series is 

 of unusual interest. This is notably true of the specimens obtained 

 upon Mount Kenia, one of the three highest peaks of tropical 

 Africa. It is expected that ultimately it will be possible to publish 

 a complete report upon the botanical collections. The present paper 

 consists of descriptions of some of the apparently new species 

 segregated in the groups thus far studied. There are included also 

 a number of necessary nomenclatorial transfers. 



The writer is indebted to Mr. Spencer Le M. Moore of the 

 British Museum for the description of the new heath of the difficult 

 genus Erica. 



RADICULA CRYPTANTHA (A. Rich.) Standley 

 Nasturtium cryt>tanthnm A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i: 15. 1847 



RADICULA INDICA (L.) Standley 

 Sisymbrium indicum L. Mant. PI. 93. 1767 



RUBUS KENIENSIS Standley, sp. nov, 



Caules dense fulvo-pilosi, aculeis numerosis brevibus recurvatis 

 armati ; folia pinnata, 3-5-foliolata, stipulis linearibus vel lanceolatis, 

 foliolo terminali ovali vel ovali-orbiculari, basi subcordato vel rotun- 

 dato, apice acuto vel abrupte acuminato, foliolis lateralibus angus- 

 tioribus petiolulatis, omnibus rugosis dentatis, supra sparse et 

 breviter pilosis, subtus dense pilosis, venis subtus prominentibus 

 ct aculeatis ; paniculae pauciflorae ; sepala oblonga vel ovalia vel 

 obovata, cuspidata ; petala suborbicularia alba ; drupae numerosac, 

 siccae vel subsiccae, breviter pilosae, pyrenis rugosis. 



Stems stout, brown, densely pilose with short fulvous eglandulose 

 hairs, bearing numerous short stout compressed recurved spines; 

 leaves pinnately 3 or 5-foliolate, the stout petioles 2.5-5 cm. long, 

 armed, like the rachis, with numerous short stout recurved spines, 

 densely short-pilose ; stipules linear or lanceolate, about i cm. long, 

 attenuate ; terminal leaflet oval to ovate-orbicular, 6.5-9 cm. long, 

 4-6 cm. wide, subcordate or rounded at the base, acute to abruptly 

 acuminate at the apex, on a petiolule 2-4 cm. long, the lateral leaf- 

 lets slightly narrower than the terminal one, rounded ^r obtuse at 

 the base, on petiolules 3-5 mm. long, all the leaflets firm, more or 

 less rugose, finely and irregularly dentate, sparsely short-pilose on 

 the upper surface, densely pilose beneath, at least when young, the 



