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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



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Milne -Redhead 4536 (TYPUS varietatis in Herb. Kew.). Solwezi District: Mutanda Bridge, 

 in Drachystegia woodland, shrub 2.4 m. high, buds on older shoots, native name (Chika- 

 onde) kanpo, June 21, 1930, E. Milne -Redhead 557 (Herb. Kew.). Ndola District: Ndola, 

 1935, C. E. Duff 203 (Herb. Kew.). 



Duff 203 has the leaves broad, but rather less obovate and more oblong, thus 

 approaching typical H. monopetalus. 



It becomes rather a matter of choice whether the above new variety is de- 

 scribed under H. monopetalus or H. glabrescens Hutch, et Dalz. The characters of 

 the latter, however, do not convince me as specific, and I prefer to treat H. mono- 

 petalus in a wide sense. 



H. monopetalus is very variable in its foliage and indumentum, but var. obo- 

 vatus seems to be a relatively distinct race, predominantly in south tropical Af- 

 rica, distinguished by its broad obovate leaves. The midrib beneath is finely 

 strigose to pubescent, but apparently never tomentellous as in typical H. 

 monopetalus. 



MENISPERMACEAE 7 



Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels, Pflanzenreich 46 (4 94 ): 236. 1910. 

 Menispermum hirsutum L. Sp. PI. 341. 1753. 

 Cebatha hirsuta (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 9. 1891. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, frequent on termite-mounds in dry woodlands of 

 lake-plain, vine 5-8 m. high, flowers green, native name (Chinyanja) Nangunega, 

 480 m., Sept. 7, 1946, 17562. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, occasional in dry 

 bushy forest, vine 5-8 m. high, flowers green, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 17901. Widely 

 spread through tropical Africa, also in Arabia and India. 



Stephania abyssinica (Dill. & A. Rich.) Walp. Repert. 1: 96. 1842. 



Clypea abyssinica Dill. & A. Rich. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 14: 263. 1840. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, common in bushy forest 

 second growth, vine sprawling over the ground or climbing to a height of 2 m., 

 flowers red, fruits pink, 1890 m., July 14, 1946, 16835. Widely spread throughout 

 tropical Africa. 



Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich, in Guill., Perr. & Rich. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. 1: 

 11. 1831. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, occasional on sandy river-banks, 

 vine 2-3 m. high, fruit globose, soft and fleshy, native name (Chinyanja) chi- 

 lambe, 180 m., Oct. 6, 1946, 17997; ibid., trailing on sandy beach, vine, flowers 

 green, 180 m., Oct. 6, 1946, 18011. Widely spread throughout tropical and sub- 

 tropical Africa. 



BE R BE RID ACE AE 8 



Berberis holstii Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 181. 1895. 



Berberis petitiana C. K. Schn. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 455. 1905. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common in grassland shrubberies, shrub 

 1-1.5 m. high, sterile, leaves glaucous below, petioles red, 2500 m., Aug. 18, 

 1946, 17325. Highlands from Abyssinia to Nyasaland. 



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

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



