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In considering B. petitiana C. K. Schn. to be conspecific with B. holstii Engl., 

 I am following R. E. Fries (Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 9: 319. 1925), who, however, 

 used the later name for the species. Although Mr. Brass* material is sterile, 

 there can be little doubt that it is this species. This Nyasaland record is of in- 

 terest as hitherto the plant was not known to occur south of Dobega in the Iringa 

 District of Tanganyika. 



NYMPHAEACEAE 9 



Nymphaea lotus L. Sp. PI. 1: 511. 1753. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, frequent in muddy pools, herb, 

 flowers white, 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17960. Egypt, tropical Africa generally, and 

 Madagascar. 



Nymphaea caerulea Savigny, Decade Iigyptienne 1: 74. 1798. 

 [Nymphaea stellata (non Willd.) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 52. 1868.] 

 Nymphaea calliantha Conard, Ann. Cons. Jard. Bot. Geneve 7-8: 19. 1903. 



Kota-kota District: Kota-kota, flowers blue, 450 m., Aug., 1946, Vernay 

 17401*. Chia area, in open lagoons, leaves brownish-green above, purple below, 

 sepals green, petals lilac, stamens pale yellow with lilac apex, 480 m., Sept. 1, 

 1946, 17465; ibid., common in small water-holes on dry lake-plain, flowers pale 

 blue, 480 m., Sept. 5, 1946, 17544, Widely spread through tropical Africa; also in 

 Egypt. 



In placing these Nyasaland gatherings under N. caerulea, I am taking a broad 

 view of the species, similar to that taken by Exell and Mendonca in Carrisso, 

 Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 46 (1937). 



CAP P ARID ACE AE 10 



Capparis tomentosa Lam. Encyc. 1: 606. 1785. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, frequent in second growth rain-forest on banks 

 of streams, vine 10-20 m. high, petals pale green, filaments pale pink, 480 m., 

 Sept. 4, 1946, 17523. Widely spread in tropical Africa. 



Capparis rosea (Klotzsch) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 99. 1868. 



Petersia rosea Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 168. pi. 30. 1862. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, common in dry bushy forest of elevated alluvial 

 plain, shrub 2-3 m. high, flowers greenish-white, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 17895; 

 ibid., common in dry bushy forest of elevated river-plain, shrub 1.5-2 m. high, 

 flowers greenish-white, 200 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17910. Nyasaland and Portuguese 

 East Africa. 



Cadaba'kirkii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 90. 1868. 



Mombera District: 30 miles S. of Njakwa, on termite-mounds in Brachystegia 

 woodland, shrub 3-4 m. high, leaves more or less fleshy, flowers yellowish-green, 

 1200 m., Aug. 9, 1946, 17142. Kota-kota District: Chia area, frequent on termite- 

 mounds in woodlands of lake-plain, shrub 2-3 m. high, inflorescence viscid, 

 flowers green, 480 m., Sept. 2, 1946, 17502. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, oc- 

 casional in dry bushy forest on elevated alluvial plain, shrub 1.5-2 m. high, upper 

 leaves and inflorescence viscid, flowers yellowish-green, fruit immature, native 

 name (Chinyanja) nswadji, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 17889. Central Tanganyika, 

 eastern N. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



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

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



