1953] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYAS ALAND 



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Kasungu District: Kasungu, in Bracbystegia woodlands, shrub 10-25 cm. 

 high, several short stout leafless stems erect from a large stock, surrounded by 

 last season's leaves lying on the ground, petals yellow, calyx red, fruit im- 

 mature, 1000 m., Aug. 25, 1946, 17421, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, 

 Portuguese East Africa, N. and S. Rhodesia, and the Transvaal; no specimens 

 from Nyasaland up till now in Herb. Kew.,but recorded in Check-Lists For. Trees 

 & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 2: 29. 1936. 



LEGUMINOSAE 



Lotononis laxa Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. PI. Afr. Austr. 177 (1836) var. multiflora 

 Dummer, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 3: 315. 1913- 



Kota-kota District: Chenga Hill, common in open low Bracbystegia woodland, 

 perennial herb, grey-pubescent, rootstock woody, thick, young shoots flowering 

 after burning of the grass, flowers yellow, later red, 1600 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 17589. 



Both the typical plant and the variety, which is only doubtfully worth distin- 

 guishing, were at first known only from South Africa. There are at Kew several 

 gatherings of the typical plant made since 1914 in Kenya and Tanganyika Terri- 

 tory, and of the variety from Tanganyika Territory and Karamoja in Uganda. I be- 

 lieve it to be native and not an introduction in these places. Mr. Brass* Nyasaland 

 record, which is the first from that country, stands geographically between Tang- 

 anyika and the South African area. 



Crotalaria glauca Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 974. 1803; Bak. f. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42: 

 259. 1914; Leg. Trop. Afr. 25. 1926; Verdoorn, Bothalia 2: 415. 1928. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, in Bracbystegia woodlands, one plant seen, 

 annual herb 60 cm. high, flowers green, fruit inflated, 1430 m. May 30, 1946, 

 16091*', one example in Bracbystegia woodlands, herb, stem and pods glaucous, 

 flower not seen, 1500 m., June 7, 1946, 16319*. Widely distributed in tropical 

 Africa. 



Crotalaria anthyllopsis Welw. ex Bak. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 15. 1871; Bak. f. 



Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42: 263. 1914; Leg. Trop. Afr. 26. 1926; Verdoorn, 



Bothalia 2: 414. 1928. 

 Blantyre District: Blantyre, in Bracbystegia woodlands, herb 10-30 cm. high, 

 with compact bushy habit, leaves greyish beneath, 1100 m., June 17, 1946, 16338. 

 Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, N. and S. Rhodesia, 

 and Angola, also on the Bauchi Plateau in northern Nigeria and (fide Bak. f.) in 

 the Congo. 



Crotalaria cephalotes Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 156. 1847; Bak. f. 



Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42: 276. 1914; Leg. Trop. Afr. 28. 1926; Verdoorn, 



Bothalia 2: 384. 1928. 

 Blantyre District: Blantyre, in Bracbystegia woodlands, herb 15 cm. high, 

 standard brownish, wings and keel yellow, 1000 m., May 24, 1946, Vernay 16025*. 

 Widely distributed in tropical Africa. 



Crotalaria nyikensis Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 250. 1897; Bak. f. Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. 42: 280. 1914; Leg. Trop. Afr. 29. 1926; Verdoorn, Bothalia 2: 402. 

 1928. 



Crotalaria kyimbilae Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 54: 380. 1917; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 29. 1926. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, amongst rocks in Bracbystegia woodland, 

 herb 70 cm. high, flowers yellow, 1400 m., July 24, 1946, 16895*. Southwestern 

 Tanganyika Territory and Nyasaland (where previously known only from the Nyika 

 Plateau). 



