﻿8-14 ft., the diameter of the lower part of the stem being about 

 2 in. The leaves are in a basal rosette a short distance from the 

 ground ; the bracts extend from the apex to the rosette of leaves, 

 and do not vary much in shape. The flowers are of a violet colour, 

 and are either sessile or subsessile. It grows, together with a 

 tree Senecio, on the sides of the valleys, which are generally stony, 

 at a height of from 12,500 to 13,500 ft. Some dead ones were 

 found higher up, just below 15,000 ft. Lobelia Telekei grows in 

 open peat swamps, or on the floor of the valleys. 



L. Tayloriana, n. sp. (Plate 341). Caule erecto crasso tereti 

 intus cavo in racemum longum et simplicem et dense bracteatum 

 producto, foliis longis vel longissimis angustissime oblanceolatis 

 vel ligulatis sessilibus membranaceis versus apicem obsolete crenatis 

 adultioribus glaberrimis, bracteis confertis ovato-lanceolatis vel 

 lanceolato-ellipticisglabris acutisvel acuminatis quam floribus paullo 

 longioribus, eos autem fere celantibus gradatim deorsum longioribus 

 in folia transeuntibus, floribus pedicellatis pedicellis ancipitibua, 

 calycis tubo hemisphaarico quam sepalis lanceolatis acutis tubo longi- 

 oribus, petalis calyce fere triplo longioribus, staminibus stylo aequi- 

 longis petala paullo excedentibus basi coalitis. 



Hab. Mt. Kilimanjaro, from the upper slopes above Morang as 

 far as 10,000 ft., Rev. \V. E. Taylor, 1888, Herb. Mus. Brit. ! 



Stem stout, erect, hollow, unbranched, terminating in a long, 

 simple, dense, spiciform, conical raceme. Leaves attain a length 

 of a little over a foot, and a breadth of H-lf in. ; they are crowded, 

 alternate, sessile, of a membranous or almost papery texture, 

 narrowly oblauceolate or broadly strap-shaped, towards the apex 

 obsoletely crenate, and are traversed by a thick fleshy midrib, when 

 old are perfectly glabrous. Bracts vary rather in shape, according 

 to their position on the stem, where the flowers commence to be 

 borne (i.e., they are borne 1 ft. from the summit, and from that 

 point almost to the apex) they are ovate-lanceolate, m. Ion-, 



lower they pass into the leaves, while higher they become shorter, 

 so that their relative length to that of the flower varies considerably. 

 Flowers are 1^-lf in. long, and are borne on ancipitous pedicels 



in. in length. The corolla only splits on the upper side, and 

 is not otherwise lobed. Sepals lanceolate, not all quite the same 

 length, but are all longer than the tube. Stamens slightly exceed 

 the corolla in length, the filaments are united to the base, the two 

 lower anthers are bearded. 



This plant is named in honour of the Rev. W. E. Taylor, who 

 has sent considerable collections of plants from East Equatorial 

 Africa to the British Museum. 



It is closely allied to Lobelia Deckenii, which also grows on Mt. 

 Ki limanj aro, but it differs in several important particulars — the 

 pedicels of the flowers are distinctly ancipitous, the sepals are 

 longer, and the whole plant is of a very much stouter growth. The 

 diameter of the stem l\ ft. from the summit is l£-lf in. 



In L. Tayloriana it will be noticed the bracts lengthen and 

 pass gradually into the leaves, while in L. Greyoriana they differ 



