NO. 5 NEW EAST AFRICAN PLANTS STANDLEY 11 



Ovarium i mm. diam., subprofunde 8-sulcatum ; ovula in loculo 

 plura. Stylus 2.75 mm. long-. 



The affinity of this is with the Southern Tropical montane 

 species E. zvhyfcaiiu Britten and E. szvynncrtonii S. Moore. The 

 chief differences between the three are as in Table L 



ASTROCHLAENA MENISPERMOIDES Standley, sp. nov. 



Caules graciles prostrati, pilis fulvis stellato-pubescentes ; foli- 

 orum laminae ovato-orbiculares vel rhombeo-orbiculares vel sum- 

 mae late rotundato-ovatae, apice late rotundatae vel obtusae, basi 

 truncatae usque subcordatae, integ-rae, pilis brevibus stellatis pubes- 

 centes ; pedunculi plerumque 3-flori, bracteis linearibuis ;i sepala 

 oblonga vel anguste oblonga, exterioribus obtusis, dense stellato- 

 pubescentibus, interioribus acutis, costa excepta glabris ; corolla 

 glabra ; capsulae glabrae ; semina dense et minutissime puberulae. 



Stems slender, prostrate, about i meter long, branched, stellate- 

 pubescent with fulvous hairs; petioles slender, 0.5-2 cm. long; leaf 

 blades ovate-orbicular or rhombic-orbicular, or the uppermost 

 broadly rounded-ovate, 1.5-2.8 cm. long, 1.4-3.5 cm. wide, usually 

 broader than long, broadly rounded to obtuse at the apex, truncate 

 or subcordate at the base, entire, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces 

 with fulvous hairs: peduncles axillary, slender, 1.5-2.8 cm. long, 

 mostly 3-flowered, the bracts linear, 2-3 mm. long, the pedicels 

 5-10 mm. long, recurved in age; sepals 8-10 mm. long, oblong or 

 narrowly oblong, the outer obtuse, densely stellate-pubescent, the 

 inner acute, glabrous except along the costa ; corolla about 3.5 cm. 

 long, glabrous, the tube 4-5 mm. in diameter ; capsule 7-9 mm. in 

 diameter, glabrous ; seeds densely and ver\^ minutely pubescent. 



Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 630249, collected in 

 the vicinity of Nairobi, British East Africa, altitude about 2,000 

 meters, May 26 to June i, 1909, by E. A. IMearns (no. 236). 



Readily distinguished from the other East African species by 

 the broad, small leaf blades, associated with the long, prostrate 

 stems. The corolla appears to be rose purple. 



CONVOLVULUS KENIENSIS Standley, sp. nov. 



Caules herbaceae, scandentes, pilis brevissimis patulis fulvis 

 pilosae ; folia petiolata. laminis late cordato-ovatis vel triangulari- 

 ovatis, interdum subhastatis, apice acutis usque acuminatis, basi 

 leviter vel profunde cordatis, lobis basalibus rotundatis vel angu- 

 latis, integris, junioribus dense piloso-sericeis, vetustioribus sparse 



