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As was also to be expected, a large proportion of the plants is identical 
with those previously known from Nyasaland. Such, for instance, is the 
Milanji “cedar” ( Widdringtonia Whytei), which apparently finds its southern 
limit of distribution on these highlands, where, though plentiful in places, it 
is a smaller tree than on Mt. Milanji. Several orchids illustrate the same 
distribution ; such are Lissochilus papilionaceus, Satyrium Buchananii, 
S. occultum, and Disa hamatopetala, To the same category belong Dioscorea 
Buchanan, Hibiscus shirensis, Khaya nyasica, Eriosema shirensis, Piptadenia 
Buchanani, Anthocleista zambesiaca, Милла sambesina, and many others. А 
good many of the species range more or less widely over East Tropical 
Africa, while another element of the flora embraces South Tropical African 
species which do not occur north of the Zambesi. 
There is also an Angolan element represented by such species as Asparagus 
angolensis, a grass, Eragrostis Hierniana, Maba Mualala (Ebenaceæ), and 
Pseudolachnostylis Dekindtii (Euphorbiaceæ), ete. An interesting novelty is 
Pseudocalyx africanus, Pseudocalyæ being a Madagascar genus not hitherto 
known from Tropical Africa ; and a new grass, Pecilostachys flaccidula, is 
another example of the extension of range of distribution of a venus hitherto 
recorded only from Madagascar. 
There are a number of very fine trees in the Gazaland forests, some 
of them yielding excellent and valuable timber. These belong mostly to 
the families МеПасе», Sapindacew, Leguminose, Combretaceze, Зароѓасеге, 
Loganiacew, Euphorbiacez, and Urticaceæ. Among the Meliacese may be 
noted Jebergia Meyeri, which is a large handsome tree reaching a height 
of 90 feet; Æ. arborea is a smaller tree only reaching 30 feet, but it is 
much used by the natives for the manufacture of pilows and bowls. 
Trichilia umbrifera is a huge tree growing on the banks of the river; 
T. chirindensis is also a huge tree attaining a height of 120 feet; Lovoa 
Swynnertonit attains the even greater height of 160 feet, and Khaya nyasica, 
allied to the well-known А. senegalensis, reaches 150 feet. Among the 
Celastrineze may be noted the Chirinda Redwood, Catha edulis : it is one of 
the largest forest trees, with very rough bark and handsome timber. 
Among the Sapindaceg are Phialodiscus plurijugatus, which also occurs in 
Angola, Lecaniodiscus fracinifolia, and Bersama ^wynnertonii, and a form of 
Bersama nyasse. Among the Leguminose are Schefflerodendron gazense, 
one of the largest forest trees, with ochraceous yellow bark and very 
hard, heavy, whitish timber ; Sophora (?) zambesiaca, a large tree with white 
flowers; and Piptadenia Buchanani, which also occurs in Nyasaland, and 
reaches a height of 140 feet. Mrythrina Humeana is a large tree up to 
80 feet in height, and is somewhat thorny, with smooth pale grey-green 
bark. Among the Combretaceze are species of Combretum and Terminalia, 
and Pteliopsis myrtifolia ; the last-named is a large tree of the open woods, 
