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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 68 



His description, however, is too incomplete to be certain, l^iola 

 mearnsii is a near relative of V. abyssinica Steud. but the latter is 

 well distinguished by the narrower, acute leaves, narrow stipules, 

 larger capsules and flowers, and especially by the spreading 

 pubescence. 



ERICA KENIENSIS S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Fruticulus glaber ramulis elongatis erectis apice floriferis, foliis 

 suboppositis nisi alternis satis dense erecto-imbricatis subsessilibus 

 angustissime lineari-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis glabris pagina 

 superiore planis pagina inferiore carinatis, floribus tetrameris in 

 foliorum summorum axillis solitariis pedicellis juxta medium bibrac- 

 teolatis quam corolla plane brevioribus fultis, calycis segmentis 

 erectis basi latis sursum lanceolatis acuminatis corollam fere semiae- 

 quantibus. corollae urceolatae lobis rotundatis obtusissimis, stamini- 

 bus 8 filamentis paullo supra basin antherarum dorsifixis antheris 

 cjuadrato-oblongis loculis superne liberis obtusis basi curvato- 

 aristatis, ovario globoso quam stylus inclusus breviore. 



TABLE I 



Leaves 



Pedicels 



Bracteoles 



Calyx and 

 Corolla 



Anthers 



Whyteana. 



Siiiynnertonii.. 



Keniensis 



Frequently in 3 mm. long. 



verticels o r, 

 subverticels 

 of 4. 



Usually in ver- 

 ticels or sub- 

 verticelsof 3. 



Rather m o r etCalyx segm'nts 



than 

 long. 



6-7 mm. long. 3-4 mm. long. 



Usually s u b - 2 mm. 

 opposite o r 

 alternate. I 



mm. I reflexed. 



Corolla tube 3.5 

 X3 mm. 



Calyx segm'nts 



reflexed. 

 Corolla tube 4 



X3.5 mm. 



1.5 mm. long. 



Calyx segm'nts 



erect. 

 Corolla tube 5.5 



X3.5 mm. 



Oblong through- 



out, 0.7 

 long. 



Narrowed above, 

 I mm. long. 



Not narrowed 

 above, 1 mm. 

 long. 



Hab. British East Africa, Alt. Kenia. bamboo zone, from W'est 

 Kenia Forest Station to summit, at about 3,000 meters, E. A. 

 M earns 1734. Type in the Herbarium of the British Museum.^ 



Planta bispithamea. Folia pleraque 6-7 mm. long., 0.75-1 mm. 

 lat., crassiuscula. in sicco brunnea. Pedicelli 2 mm. long. ; bract- 

 eolae anguste lineares, 1.5 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 2.5 

 mm. long., margine microscopice ciliolata. Corolla rosea, in toto 

 5.5 mm. long., 3.5 mm. lat. Filamenta 3 mm. long., antherae i mm. 



^ Mearns's nos. 1485, 1662, and 1767, from Mt. Kenia, are also this species. — 

 P. C. S. 



