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Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, south-west ridge, juvenile foliage of 16513, 

 leaves glaucous beneath, 2400 m., June 28, 1946, 16514; Luchenya Plateau, local 

 in small pure scrubby stands on slopes not too steep to support the larger local 

 form of the species, tree 5-10 m. high, branches short, upturned to upright, 1800 

 m., July 5, 1946, 16668; ibid., often the dominant tree of remnant strips of primary 

 forest in gullies and ravines, tree 30 m. or more high, diameter at breast-height up 

 to 2 m., bark fibrous, fissured into broad ridges very thick on old trees, wood 

 termite-resistant and very durable, photos, 1890 m., July, 1946, 16718; ibid., ju- 

 venile foliage, leaves glaucous above, more so beneath, 1890 m., July 7, 1946, 

 16719; ibid., material from a young plantation tree about 10 m. high, the so-called 

 "scaly form" of W. whytei, said never to have leaves of juvenile type even in 

 the early stages of its growth, 1890 m., July 8, 1946, 16744; -ibid., abundant in 

 primary forest, especially in gullies and ravines, tree up to about 30 m. high, ma- 

 terial from a tree about 12 m. high and 35 cm. in diameter, which still had some 

 juvenile leaves on 15 lower branches, 1890 m., July 14, 1946, 16838. Nyasaland, 

 S. Rhodesia, and the Transvaal. 



Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. Syn. Conif. 26. 1847; Hochst. ex A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 278. 1850-1851; Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 3 36. 

 1917. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, dominant tree of a type of forest of 

 which only small remnants survive, tree to 35 m. tall and 1.5 m. in diameter, bark 

 fibrous, rather thin, wood reddish-brown, very fragrant, 2250 m., Aug 11, 1946, 

 17159. Eritrea, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, 

 and Nyasaland. 



ANGIOSPERMAE 



RANUNCULACEAE 6 



Clematis simensis Fresen. Mus. Senckenb. 2: 267. 1837. 

 Clematis sigensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 271. 1910. 



Clematis kissenyensis Engl, in Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exp. 1907- 



1908 2: 207. 1911. 

 Clematis altissima Hutch. Kew Bull. 1923: 180. 1923. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, climbing to 5 m. in riparian rain-forest, vine, 

 leaves more or less rugose, dull pale green, 1700 m., May 31, 1946, 16106. Mlanje 

 District: Mlanje Mountain, on west slope, common in bushy second-growth forest, 

 vine 2-4 m. high, 1650 m., July 18, 1946, 16860. Eritrea to S. Rhodesia, Belgian 

 Congo, Angola, Cameroon Mt., and Fernando Po. 



Clematis hirsuta Perr. & Guill. in Guill., Perr. & Rich. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. 1: 1. 

 1831. 



Clematis glaucescens Fresen. Mus. Senckenb. 2: 268. 1837. 



Clematis inciso-dentata A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 2. 1847. 



[Clematis grata (non. Wall.) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 7. 1868.] 



Clematis petersiana Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 170. 1861. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, scrambling in bushy second growths, 

 vine 2 m. high, leaves grey below, sepals cream, stamens yellow, 1350 m., Aug. 

 3, 1946, 17112; ibid., common in second-growth forest, vine 2-4 m., flowers 

 greenish, 1100 m., Aug. 3, 1946, 17119. Widely spread in tropical Africa from 

 Senegal and Eritrea to Angola and Mozambique. 



These two gatherings of this very polymorphic species represent different 

 forms. Brass 171 12 has the indumentum of the leaves more dense and th» flowers 



6 By E. Milne-Redhead, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



