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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



427 



Cassia raimosoides L. Sp. PI. 379 (1753) var. glabriuscula Ghesq. Bull. Jard. 

 Bot. Brux. 9: 160. 1932. 

 North Nyasa District? Nchena-chena, occasional in Brachystegia woodland, 

 shrub 1 m. high, flowers yellow, 1340 m., Aug. 21, 1946, 17372. Both the species 

 and the variety pantropical, teste Ghesquiere, op. cit. 161. 



Bauhinia petersiana Bolle in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 24. 1861; Bak. f. Leg. 

 Trop. Afr. 656. 1930; Wilczek, Fl. Congo Beige 3: 274. 1952. 

 Blantyre District: Blantyre, in Brachystegia woodlands, tree, softly brownish- 

 puberulent, native name (Chinyanja) pandula, 1100 m., June 18, 1946, 16356. 

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

 Africa. 



Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 3 16. 1950. 

 Berlinia paniculata Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 25: 311. 1865; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 

 687. 1930. 



Isoberlinia paniculata (Benth.) Hutch, ex Greenway, Kew Bull. 1928: 203. 1928. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, common locally in Brachystegia wood- 

 land, tree 8-12 m. high and 30 cm. in diameter, bark dark grey, rough, inner bark 

 yellow, branches spreading into a flat-topped crown, leaves glossy above and 

 beneath, flowers brown, fruit immature, native name (Chinyanja) mchenga, 1400 

 m., Aug. 1, 1946, 17098. Kasungu District: Kasungu, frequent in Brachystegia 

 woodland, tree to 15 m. tall and 30 cm. in diameter, native name (Chinyanja) 

 mchenga, 1000 m., Aug. 26, 1946, 17430. 



Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 3: 403 (1952) separates this from Julbernardia as 

 P seudoberlinia paniculata (Benth.) Duvign. 



Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 311. 1950. 

 Brachystegia globiflora Benth. Hook. Ic. PI. 14: 43. 1881. 



Berlinia globiflora (Benth.) Harms in Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 (1): 472. 1915; Bak. f. 



Leg. Trop. Afr. 689. 1930. 

 Isoberlinia globiflora (Benth.) Hutch, ex Greenway, Kew Bull. 1928 : 2 3. 1928. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, plentiful in sandy woodlands of lake-plain, tree 

 to 10 m. high, outer bark close, grey, inner bark pale, native name (Chinyanja) 

 kamponi, 480 m., Sept. 1, 1946, 17475. Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, N. and 

 S. Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa. 



Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 3: 403 (1952) separates this from Julbernardia as 

 P seudoberlinia globiflora (Benth.) Duvign. 



Brachystegia 2 * 1 boehmii Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 197. 1895; Bum 

 Davy & Hutch. Kew Bull. 1923: 151. 1923: Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 721. 

 1930; P. Topham, Kew Bull. 1930: 353. 1930; Hoyle, Fl. Congo Beige 3: 

 474. pi. 33. 1952. 



Brachystegia flagristipulata Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 198. 1895; Burtt 

 Davy & Hutch. Kew Bull. 1923: 152. 1923; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 722. 1930; P. 

 Topham, Kew Bull. 1930: 355. 1930. 



Brachystegia filiformis Hutch. & Burtt Davy, Kew Bull. 1923: 150. 1923; Bak. f. Leg. 

 Trop. Afr. 722. 1930; P. Topham, Kew Bull. 1930: 356. 1930. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, one of chief species of secondary-growth wood- 

 lands which occupy most of this area, tree 6-8 m. high, [in fruit,] 1000 m., Aug. 

 26, 1946, 17428. Tanganyika Territory to S. Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa, 

 and Angola, and intermediate countries. 



A variable, widely distributed species which usually occupies the lower 

 slopes of hills and ridges and is recognized by its long drooping leaves and 

 pinkish-brown, rather rough pods. 



Brachystegia by A. C. Hoyle, Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford. 



