1954] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYAS ALAND 



439 



scandent shrub 2-4 m. high, deciduous, now coming into leaf, flowers white, 200 

 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 17926. Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasa- 

 land, N. and S. Rhodesia. 



MYRTACEAE 



Syzygium cordatum Hochst. ex. Krauss, Flora 27: 425. 1844. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, the principal tree in forests of moist 

 gullies, tree to 16 m. tall and 50 cm. in diameter, leaves more or less glabrous, 

 flowers greenish-white, native name (Chinyanja) mnyowi, 1300 m., Aug. 5, 1946, 

 17129. Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, common in moist gullies in Bracbystegia 

 woodland and on edge of rain forest, tree to 10 m. high and 0.4 m. in diameter, 

 bark thick, rough, leaves glaucous beneath, flowers white, native name (Chin- 

 yanja) nyowi, 1200 m., Sept. 26, 1946, 17825. East and South Africa from Uganda 

 to Natal. 



Syzygium masukuense (Bak.) R. E. Fr. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exp. 

 1: 177. 1914. 

 Eugenia masukuensis Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 267, 1897. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in rain forest, tree 10 m. high and 40 cm. 

 in diameter, leaves yellowish beneath, flowers white, buds reddish, 1600 m., July 

 26, 1946, 16966. Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DO Prodr. 3: 259. 1828. 

 Calyptranthes guineensis Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 974. 1800. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, common in primary rain-forest, tree 15- 

 20 m. high and 25-30 cm. in diameter, flowers white, 1500 m., July 29, 1946, 

 17027. 27b ? District: North Road, between Mzimba and Kasungu, in Bracbystegia 

 woodiand, tree 5-6 m. high, flowers white, 1200 m., Aug. 23, 1946, 17382. 27h Wide- 

 spread in tropical Africa, extending into South Africa. 



MELASTOMATACEAE 



Osbeckia abyssinica Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 2: 8. 1898. 



Mlanje District: Likubula Gorge, occasional on moist sandy banks of river, 

 shrub 1-2 m. high, flowers rose-pink, fruits, dry, 840 m., June 20, 1946, 16384. 

 Abyssinia to Nyasaland. 



Antherotoma naudini Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 1: 745. 1867; Gilg in 

 Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 2: 9. 1898. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, occasional along paths and on moist open 

 slopes in woodlands, 10-15 cm. high, upper leaves reddish, reflexed, flowers 

 pale pink, 1500 m., June 5, 1946, 16233. ( Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, 

 plentiful on shallow seepage-wet soil in Bracbystegia woodland, herb 5-10 cm. 

 high, flowers purple, 1400 m., July 24, 1946, 16914. Madagascar, and widespread 

 in tropical Africa. 



Dissotis debilis (Sond.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. 28: .58. 1871; Gilg in Engl. 

 Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 2: 14. 1898. 

 Osbeckia debilis Sond. Linnaea 23: 47. 1850. 



Blantyre District: Blantyre, in Bracbystegia woodlands, herb 20-50 cm. high, 

 stems usually several to many, erect from a woody base, flowers purple, 1100 m., 

 June 18, 1946, 16383. Kota-kota District: Kota-kota, in grass country, shrub 0.6 

 m. high, flowers purple, 460 m., Aug. 7, 1946, Shortridge 17393. Widespread in 

 East Africa, Angola, and South Africa. 



27b 17027 is var. guineense, 17382 var. macrocarpum Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 J : 738 

 (1921), both widespread in tropical Africa, the latter in savannah. 



