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yellow, 1400 m., Aug. 2, 1946, 17111, ? Kasungu District: North Road between 

 Nzimba and Kasungu, frequent in Brachystegia woodland, shrub 1 m. high, flowers 

 yellow, 1200 m., Aug. 23, 1946, 17383, Kasungu District: Kasungu, common in 

 Brachystegia woodlands, shrub 1-1.5 m. high, flowers yellow, 1000 m., Aug. 26, 

 1946, 17426. Nyasaland to Angola, Katanga Province of the Belgian Congo to 

 S. Rhodesia. 



Eriosema englerianum Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 40: 41. 1907. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, common on grassy flood-banks of streams of 

 dry lake-plain, shrub about 1 m. high, stems upright, usually simple, numerous, 

 flowers yellow, 480 m., Sept. 5, 1946, 17538. Katanga Province of the Belgian 

 Congo to S. Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 



Eriosema ellipticum Welw. ex Bak. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 227. 1871. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, Nchena-chena Spur, abundant on grass- 

 lands, shrub 1-1.5 m. high, leaves grey below, flowers yellow, showy, 1900 m., 

 Aug. 20, 1946, 17350; Nchena-chena, plentiful in Brachystegia woodlands, shrub 

 1-3 ni. high, flowers yellow, conspicuous, 1340 m., Aug. 21, 1946, 17375. Angola 

 to southern Tanganyika and Nyasaland. 



Flemingia 26 grahamiana Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 1: 242. 1834. 



Flemingia rhodocarpa Bak. in Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. 2: 231. 1871; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. 

 Afr. 514. 1929. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, frequent in Brachystegia woodlands, 

 shrub about 1 m. high, flowers greenish-white, usually sterile, 1400 m., July 27, 

 1946, 26988*. Chia area, common on grassy dry flood-banks of woodland streams, 

 shrub 1 m. high, flowers greenish-white, fruit red, conspicuous, 480 m., Sept. 3, 

 1946, 17509. Eastern and central tropical Africa from Abyssinia southward to 

 the Transvaal and Natal, extending westwards into the Belgian Congo and the 

 Shari; also in tropical Asia — Aden, southern India, and apparently China 

 (Yunnan). 



I agree with Burtt Davy (Man. Fl. PI. Transvaal 414. 1932) in considering F. 

 rhodocarpa and F. grahamiana as the same species. The identity of these two 

 was first made known by Oliver in a paper by Dyer on the dye "waras" in Pharm. 

 Jour. (31 May 1884). 



Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr. in Guill., Perr. & Rich. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. 

 227. pi. 53. 1832-33; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 520. 1929. 

 Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, locally abundant in dry stony woodland, the 

 local "ebony," tree 6-8 m. high and about 10 cm. in diameter, flowers white, 

 native name (Chinyanja) pingo, 200 m., Oct. 5, 1946, 17988. Widespread in trop- 

 ical Africa, extending southward to the Transvaal. 



Dalbergia arbutifolia Bak. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 232. 1871; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. 

 Afr. 522. 1929. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, frequent on sandy river-banks, scan- 

 dent shrub 8-10 m. high, flowers cream-coloured, 180 m., Oct. 6, 1946, 18009. 

 Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, and N. and S. 

 Rhodesia. 



Dalbergia lactea Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 29: 251. 1897; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. 

 Afr. 525. 1929. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje, frequent on termite mounds in Brachystegia woodland, 

 tree 5-8 m. high, flowers purple, fruit very young, 750 m., Sept. 30, 1946, 17880. 



26 Flemingia Roxb. ex Ait. f. (1312) appears to be a later homonym of Flemingia Roxb. 

 ex Rottl. (1803), which is said to be a synonym of Thunbergia Retz. There seems a good 

 case for conserving the familiar Flemingia Roxb. ex Ait. f. 



