138 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY “ 
New East Arrican Puants rrom Mr, Atexanper WayrTe. 
Mr. Alexander Whyte, well known for his work in Nyassa Land, 
has aaa ag given the British Museum a collection made upon 
the coast of British Kast Africa. Mr. Whyte botanized north of 
Mombasa to Witu and Lamu, and south of that town to Shimoni. 
Of the ce apart and NeakiiBiveed the following appear to be new. 
Vernonia (§ TepnHropzs) homilantha, sp.nov. Verisimiliter 
fruticosa cate erecto folioso subtereti dense ac breviter subfulvo- 
pubescente oblongis 
apice oitadinatinds “ibique nigro- apiculatis brid tere in petiolum 
brevem gradatim attenuatis marginibus e dentatis vel etiam 
dentato-lobulatis summis integris vel iuttior eiiuiattd omnibus 
pag. sup. scabridulis pag. inf. dense pubescentibus, capitulis par- 
vulis. circa 8-flosculosis in cyma terminali aperte ramosa multi- 
campanulati na tebis abbreviati glanduloso-puberuli phyllis 38- 
serialibus extimis parvis subulatis reliquis longioribus itkongts vel 
oblongo- obovatis obtusis medio nigrolineatis, flosculis bene exsertis, 
acheniis brevibus cylindrico-turbinatis setosis evanide costatis, 
pappi involucrum longe superantis setis exterioribus paucis inter 
se inequilongis interioribus scabridis albis. 
ab. rth of Mombas 
Foliorum lamina peas 5-0-6- 0 em. long., et 1-7-2:5 cm. ~~ 
chartacea; petiolus + 0°5 cm. long. Cyma circa 12°0-15°0 ¢ 
et dia 
long. et diam., foliis magnopere imminutis raro bracteata ; pest 
euli proprii legitimi 0°2-0°4 cm. long. Involucrum modo 0-25 
long. ; ti extima 0-1 i, ., intima vi oe Ne 
adusque 0°12 cm. lat. Corolle intense setboses extus “glands 
er sessilis bg prec onuste; tubus cylindri 0°35 cm. 
bi lobis lineari-lanceolatis, 0-2 em. sii, 
" Re heeni 
et 1 0 cm. Tong. ; pappi sete exteriores 0:1-0°2 cm., ‘teach 
0-4 em. lon 
ear V. cinerascens Sch. Bip., but with quite different leaves, 
uch larger cymes, a shorter and fewer-rowed involucre with obtuse 
leaves a cylindrical corolla to its florets with narrower and longer 
lobes, smaller a oe a different outer pappus. 
Barlaris (§ Eu-Barterta) Whytei, sp. nov. Ramis gracilibus 
subteretibus pilis Woigoié onustis mox plahiesedtitiba, foliis sub- 
sessilibu us _ panduriformi- ellipticis | breviter cuspidatis basi cordatis 
indutis et pilis paucis strigosis 
appressis, floribus in racemis unilateralibus plurifloris axillaribus 
terminalibusve digestis, foll. flor. ovatis obtusis quam calyx brevi- 
oribus bractex subsimilibus, sepalis majoribus inter se subequalibus 
mcf ovatis obtusis antico integro una cum ee flor. sh A signe 
1g) 
rulew tubo tenui calycem longe superante beri iimbi lobia 
obovatis homered staminibus brevissime exsertis, staminodiis 2 
antheriferis tertio filiformi, capsula di tapeeg os 2-sperma. 
b. Hoek south of Mombas 
Folia 6-0-11-0 cm. long., 3-05 Oem. lat. ; petioli 0-4 em. long. 
Racemi usque ad 8-flori, 2°5-8-0 cm. long. Foll. flor. + 1°83 cm. 
