1953] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYAS ALAND 



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Cro talari a sp. 



Dedza District: Dedza, frequent in Bracbystegia woodland, perennial herb up 

 to 50 cm. high, young shoots flowering after burning of the grass, flowers yellow, 

 standard streaked with purple, 1500 m., Sept. 13, 1946, 17625. 



This is probably related to Crotalaria chrysochlora Bale. f. ex Harms (Wiss. 

 Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exp. 2: 244. 1911), but with straighter stems, longer 

 peduncles, and larger flowers. More material is wanted, with pods. 



Argyrolobium shirense Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 207. 1895; Bak. f. 

 Leg. Trop. Afr. 68. 1926. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, in Bracbystegia woodlands, herb 1 m. high, 

 flowers yellow, showy, fruit immature, 1500 m., June 5, 1946, 16267. Cholo Dis- 

 trict: Cholo Mountain, frequent in rain-forest regrowths, subshrub 1 m. high, flow- 

 ers yellow, 1200 m., Sept. 28, 1946, 17858. Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese 

 East Africa, Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



Adenocarpus mannii (Hook f.) Hook f. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 189. 1864; Bak. f. 

 Leg. Trop. Afr. 69. 1926. 

 Cytisus mannii Hook f. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 6: 8. 1862. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, occasional in brushy for- 

 est-regrowths, shrub 3 m. high, flowers yellow, dry empty pods persistent from 

 last season's flowering, 1900 m., June 28, 1946, 16510. North Nyasa District: 

 Nyika Plateau, occasional in second-growth forest, shrub 2 m. high, flowers yel- 

 low, 2440 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17165. Mountains of eastern Africa from the Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan (Imatong Mountains) southwards to Nyasaland; also in the British 

 Cameroons and on Fernando Po. 



Parochetus communis Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 240. 1825. 



Parocbetus major Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 241. 1825; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 

 70. 1926. 



£omba District: Zomba Plateau, creeping and matted in grass on edge of rain- 

 forest, herb 15 cm. high, flowers blue, 1500 m., June 4, 1946, Anthony 16223. In 

 the mountains of eastern Africa, with altitudinal range 1500-3350 m.; in the Bel- 

 gian Congo, Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East 

 Africa, and Nyasaland; also extending through Asia, from India, Ceylon, Burma, 

 Siam, and Java to China. 



Lotus discolor E. Mey. Comm. Pi. Afr. Austr. 1: 92. 1836; Brand, Bot. Jahrb. 25: 

 213. 1898; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 88. 1926. 



Lotus ligrensis Bak. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 61. 1868; Brand, Bot. Jahrb. 25: 213. 



1898; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 88. 1926. 

 Lotus namulensis Brand, Bot. Jahrb. 25: 213- 1898; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 87. 1926. 

 Lotus brandianus Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 28: 401. 1900; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 87. 1926. 

 Crotalaria minor C. H. Wright, Kew Bull. 1901: 121. 1901. 

 Lotus minor (C. H. Wright) Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 89- 1926. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, grassy edges of rain-forest, herb 60-80 cm. 

 high, of weak ascending habit, flowers pale yellow, standard red-purple streaked 

 with purple, 1820 m., May 31, 1946, 16136. Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, west 

 slope, in open grassland, herb about 40 cm. high, branches spreading and ascend- 

 ing, flowers white, 1830 m., June 21, 1946, 16400; Luchenya Plateau, frequent in 

 grasslands, perennial herb prostrate and ascending, branches red, petals white 

 streaked with red, 2100 m., July 3, 1946, 16647; common in grasslands, perennial 

 herb, prostrate or ascending, flowers white striped with red, 2100-2200 m., July 

 11, 1946, 16791. British Cameroons (Bamenda, Johnston J. 205/3 If in Herb. Kew.), 

 Belgian Congo, Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, S. 

 Rhodesia, and South Africa. 



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