70 “EAST AFRICAN PLANTS. 
Hab,—In Mont. ‘‘ Ahlgebirge,” 1500-2000 met. No. 866! 
‘*Frutex” densis 0°5 met. alt. 
ell-marked variety of this species, without the coarse yellow 
hairs interspersed through the stellate tomentum on the ramuli and 
BARLERIOIDES, S, Moore, 
pubescente, foliis oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis basi in petiolum 
brevem angustatis pubescentibus subtus pallidioribus 1-1} une. long. 
corolle insertis antheris oblongis subparallelis uno loculo paullo 
altiore, stigmate obscure bifido, capsula stipitata ovata uspidata 
puberula 2 ini is 
latis, 
Hab.—In Mont. ‘‘ Serrusgebirge.” No. 1401! Suffrutex, 0°5 met. 
alt. Floribus lacteis. 
ERICOcoMA PALLIDA, S. Moore, n.sp.—Caule lignoso tereti ciner o- 
puberulo ramulis foliosis crispe albido-tomentosis, foliis oblongis vel 
oblongo-ovatis obtusis vel leviter emarginatis #-15 une. | 3-3 
une 
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long. villosulis, andreecio perianthio multototies breviore stamin 
s . . * Tio o 
Sericocoma somarensts, S. Moore, n.sp. (tab. 185, fig. 4).—Caule 
stricto tereti pallido, ramulis junioribus puberulis deinde glabris, foliis 
segmentis subeequalibus subulato-linearibus } unc. long. dorso villoso- 
plumosis, andreecio perianthio dimidio breviore staminodiis nullis inter- 
" jectis filamentis latis subulatis glabris, ovario ovato leviter stipitato, 
stylo recto, stigmate capitato, micropylo inferiore. 
pred: Mont. “‘Ahlgebirge,” 1100 met. No.1519! Frutex 3 
met. alt. : 
According to Moquin-Tandon’s clavis of genera, this should perhaps 
go with Zrichinium, though ite leaves would separate it 
from the great mass of species of that genus, We have Mr. Ben- 
tham’s authority for the view that the presence or absence of teeth 
ance in the classification of Amaranths. The micropyle of Serico- 
toma is said to be always superior, but I do not it 
would be safe to establish a new genus for the present plant on 
