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this plant at present. See Brenan, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 

 5 (Tanganyika Territory) (2): 338 (1949). 



Acacia (cf.) subalata Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. yO: 276. 1880; Bak. f. Leg. 

 Trop. Afr. 850. 1930. 

 Acacia benthami Rochebr. Toxic. Afr. 2°. 192. 1898; non A. benthamii Meisn. in Lehm. 

 PI. Preiss. 11. 1844-45. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, in Acacia albida woodland, tree or shrub 5 m. 

 high, flowers yellow, 200 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17914. Somaliland to the Transvaal 

 and Natal. 



The determination is probably right, but I should feel happier with pods. 



Acacia xanthophloea Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 511. 1875; Bak» f. Leg. Trop. 

 Afr. 851. 1930. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, common on sandy river-banks, tree 

 to 20 m. high and 0.5 m. in diameter, bark yellow, very conspicuous, flowers yel- 

 low, fruit young, native name (Chinyanja) chezimi, 200 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17928. 

 Kenya to the Transvaal and Zululand. 



Albizzia harveyi Fourn. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 12: 399. 1865; Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 

 865. 1930; Gilbert & Boutique, Fl. Congo Beige 3: 173. 1952. 

 Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, frequent in Acacia albida woodland, tree 5-6 m. 

 high, flowers greenish-white, fragrant, 200 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17912. Kenya, Tan- 

 ganyika Territory, Nyasaland, N. and S. Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa, Bech- 

 uanaland, and the Transvaal. 



Albizzia gummifera (J. F. Gmel.) C. A. Sm. Kew Bull. 1930: 218. 1930; Brenan, 

 Kew Bull. 1952: 511. 1953. 



Sassa gummifera J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1038. 1791. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, frequent in gulley rain-forest, tree up to 12 m. 

 high, 10-50 cm. in diameter at breast-height, branches flat, spreading, making a 

 handsome pale-foliaged tree, flowers not seen, fruit immature, 1450 m., June 5, 

 1946, 16255. Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, abundant "in rain-forest canopy 

 layer, tree to 30 m. high and 60 cm. in diameter, deciduous, young leaves reddish, 

 conspicuous in the forest, in bud only, native name tanga-tanga, 1200 m., Sept. 

 25, 1946, 17803. Southeastern Nigeria, Cameroons, Spanish Guinea, Gaboon, 

 Belgian Congo, Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese 

 East Africa, Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia, and Angola. 



Albizzia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. F. Wight, U. S. Dep. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. 

 137: 12. 1909; Brenan, Kew Bull. 1952: 520. 1953. 



Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskriv. Guin. PI. 322. 1827. 



Crfolo District: Cholo Mountain, Cholo, plentiful in rain-forests, tree 20-30 m. 

 high and up to 75 cm. in diameter, flowers white, native name tanga-tanga, 1100 

 m., Sept. 29, 1946, 17859. Widely distributed in tropical Africa, from Senegal in 

 the west to Uganda in the east, and as far southwards as the Transvaal and 

 Natal. 



ROSACEAE 



Parinari mobola Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 368. 1871; Ha uman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 

 21: 193. 1951. 



North Nyasa District: Nchena-chena, occasional in Brachystegia woodlands, 

 much branched and shapely tree to 12 m. tall and to 35 cm. in diameter, young 

 leaves and shoots brown-pubescent, flowers pink, native name (Chinyanja) muula, 

 1340 m., Aug. 21, 1946, 17377. Kasungu District: Kasungu, frequent in Brachy- 



