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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



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Impatiens sp. 



Zoraba District: Zomba Plateau, on an open seepage slope, herb 20-30 cm. 

 high, fleshy, stems red, flowers mauve, 1450 m., June 9, 1946, Vernay 16286*. 



The flowers of this specimen are not adequate for dissection and I am doubt- 

 ful about it. I suspect that it is the same as the specimen at Kew: Portuguese 

 East Africa: Nyassa Province: Between Unango and Mtonia, 1896, Rev. P. 

 Johnson s.n.; which is closely similar to my /. zombensis var. micrantha (see 

 above) but has the labellum pubescent outside and the fruits becoming hairy. The 

 last character is particularly well-shown by Mr. Vernay' s specimen. If this sug- 

 gestion is right then Mr. Vernay's specimen will constitute an additional form or 

 variety of /. zombensis. Unfortunately the Rev. Mr. Johnson's specimen is not 

 good enough to serve as a type. 



RUTACEAE 



Oricia swynnertonii (Bak. f.) Verdoorn, Kew Bull. 1926: 413. 1926. 



Teclea swynnertonii Bak. f. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 40: 35. pi. 2, f. 1-5. 1911. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, open rocky situation in rain-forest, tree 8 m. 

 high, flowers cream, 1400 m., Sept. 20, 1946, 17663. Nyasaland and S. Rhodesia. 



Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. Tab. Encyc. 2: 116. 1797; Verdoorn, Kew Bull. 

 1926: 400. 1926. 

 Paullinia asiatica L. Sp. PI. 365. 1753. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, occasional in rain-forest borders, vine 3-4 

 m. high, flower not seen, fruit green, 1450 m., June 4, 1946, 16205. Cholo Dis- 

 trict: Cholo Mountain, scrambling in rain-forest, subscandent, 8 m. high, fruit 

 orange, eaten by the natives, 1200 m., Sept. 23, 1946, 17769. Eastern and cen- 

 tral Africa from the A.-E. Sudan southwards to the Transvaal, also in Madagas- 

 car, the Mascarene Islands, and tropical Asia. 



Clausena anisata "Claussena' '] (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 

 256. 1849; Oliv. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5 suppl. 2: 34. 1861; Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 1: 308. 1868; Engl, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. ed. 2. 19A: 322. 

 1931. 



Amyris anisata Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 337. 1799. 



Kota-kota District: Chenga Hill, brushy dry forest amongst rocks, shrub 4 m. 

 high, deciduous, now in young leaf, flowers white, 1600 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 17609. 

 Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Aeglopsis chevalieri Swingle, Mem. Soc. Bot. France 8d: 240. pi. 2, f. 1-9, pi. 3. 

 1912. 



BELGIAN CONGO: Cultivated in the Jardin d'Essais du Frere Gillet, tree 4-7 

 m. high, 20 cm. in diameter at breast-height, flowers greenish-white, inconspicu- 

 ous, fruit 3.5-4.5 cm. in diameter, hard, orange, seeds immersed in very sticky 

 mucilaginous substance, said to be used as a grafting stock for citrous fruits, 530 

 m., May 16, 1946, 16022.* Native of the Ivory Coast and the Gold Coast. 



The leaves of Brass 16022 are rather smaller than usual, perhaps because of 

 the environment. 



SIMAROUBACEAE 



Balanites ? pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schlecht. Bot. Jahrb. 51: 162. 1913. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, in dry brushy forest of elevated river-plain, 

 tree or shrub 4 m. high, leaves thick and fleshy, fruit orange, native name (Chin- 

 yanja) nalunga, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 17906. 



