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Brass 17154 differs from Aeschynomene heurckeana solely in having a few 

 hairs on the faces of the joints of the fruit; from A. dissitiflora it also differs in 

 the smaller leaflets and shorter inflorescences. 



Aeschynomene glauca R. E. Fr. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exp. 12(1): 

 84. 1914; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 297. 1929. 



Dedza District: Dedza, sporadic in Brachystegia woodland, perennial herb 10- 

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

 streaked with purple, 1500 m., Sept. 13, 1946, 17628. Southwestern Tanganyika 

 Territory, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, and N. Rhodesia. 



I have not seen the type of this species, but there is good agreement with the 

 original description. I associate with Brass 17628 the following specimens in 

 Herb. Kew.: 



Tanganyika Territory (Davies 682, Greenway 3643, Emson 395, all from near 

 Mbozi). 



Portuguese East Africa (Kirk s.n. from Mungazi, 910-1070 m., Sept. 1859, 



Archdeacon W. P. Johnson 454, Torre 244). 

 Nyasaland (Galpin s.n. from Sulima Bay, L. Nyasa, Sept. 22, 1935). 



Aeschynomene nyikensis Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 259. 1897; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 

 297. 1929. 



Dedza District: Dedza, common in Brachystegia woodlands, shrub about 2 m. 

 high, viscid, erect, slender, flowers orange-yellow, 1500 m., July 23, 1946, 16883, 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, locally common in moist gullies in Brachy- 

 stegia woodland, shrub 2-2.5 m. high, plant viscid, flowers yellow, 1400 m., July 

 25, 1946, 16936. Southwestern Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, 

 Nyasaland, and (fide Bak. f. I.e.) Angola; a variety in S. Rhodesia (Suessenguth 

 & Merxmueller, Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 17. 1951). 



Smithia elliotii Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 304. 1929. 



Zomba District: Zoraba Plateau, plentiful on grassy edges of rain-forest, per- 

 ennial herb 60-80 cm. high, of ascending spreading habit, flowers purple, 1820 

 m., May 31, 1946, 16118. Belgian Congo, Uganda, Tanganyika Territory, Nyasa- 

 land and Madagascar (Perrier de la Bhthie 4211! in Herb. Kew.). I know of no pre- 

 vious published record of S. elliotii from Nyasaland, though Buchanan 159 and 

 665 (Herb. Kew.), both from Zomba and up till now wrongly named S. sensitiva 

 Ait., are S. elliotii; these incidentally may be the basis of the Nyasaland record 

 of S. erubescens (E. Mey.) Bak. f. (Leg. Trop. Afr. 304. 1929). 



Smithia recurvifolia Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 215. 1895; Bak. f. 

 Leg. Trop. Afr. 307. 1929. 



Smithia congesta Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 259. 1897; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 308. 1929. 

 Smithia drepanophylla Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 260. 1897; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 308. 

 1929. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common on forest edges, shrub 1.5-2 m. 

 tall, inflorescence viscid, flowers yellow, 2440 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17171; common 

 on forest borders, shrub 1.5-2 m. high, bracts green, fringed with yellow hairs, 

 flowers yellow, 2300 ra., Aug. 13, 1946, 17198. Tanganyika Territory and Nyasa- 

 land. 



Smithia scaberrima Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 215. 1895; Bak. f. Leg. 

 Trop. Afr. 308. 1929. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, shrub 1.5-2 m. high, leaves shining grey- 

 green above, racemes secund, flowers reflexed on the pedicels, yellow, fruit not 

 seen, a showy shrub, 1430 m., May 29, 1946, 16075. Mlanje District: Mlanje Moun- 



