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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



449 



Senegambia through the Sudan to Abyssinia and Kenya and southwards to Angola, 

 S. Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa. 



Oldenlandia rupicola (Sond.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 293 (1891) var. rupicola f. brach- 

 ystyla Bremek. Verh. Nederl. Akad. Wet. Afd. Natuurk. II. 48 a : 208. 1952. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, common on open banks 

 of streams and in brushy forest re growths, herb, procumbent, ascending or sub- 

 scandent, flowers white, anthers blue, 1820 m., June 25, 1946, 16421; ibid., com- 

 mon in grasslands, herb, flowers white, 1950 m., July 16, 1946, 16848. 31 Tan- 

 ganyika and Nyasaland, and through the mountains of Portuguese East Africa, 

 the western part of S. Rhodesia, and the Transvaal to Natal. 



Kohautia confusa (Hutch. & Dalz.) Bremek, Verh, Nederl. Akad. Wet. Afd. 

 Natuurk. II. 48 2 : 89. 1952. 



Oldenlandia confusa Hutch. & Dalz. Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 13 L 193 L 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, occasional in woodlands, slender annual herb 

 30 cm. high, flowers pale blue, 1430 m., May 30, 1946, 16089, Senegambia, 

 French Guinea, Tanganyika Territory, and Nyasaland. 



Kohautia cuspidata (K. Schum.) Bremek, Verh. Nederl. Akad. Wet. Afd. Natuurk. 

 II. 48 2 : 74. 1952. 



Oldenlandia cuspidata K. Schum. Bot. Jahrb. 23: 413. 1896. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, several examples on an exposed rocky crest, 

 herb 20 cm. high, flowers dark pink, showy, 1820 m., May 31, 1946, 16129*; ibid., 

 common on an exposed rocky summit, herb 20-40 cm. high, flowers blue to violet, 

 showy, 1820 m., May 31, 1946, 1613L Nyasaland to Angola and Southwest Africa. 



Kohautia longifolia Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 297 (1861) var. 

 longifolia; Bremek. Verh. Nederl. Akad. Wet. Afd. Natuurk. II. 48*: 68. 

 1952. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, in Brachystegia woodlands, herb 80 cm. high, 

 leaves brownish-green, flowers violet, 1100 m., June 17, 1946, 16335.* Kota- 

 kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in Brachystegia woodland, uncommon, herb, flow- 

 ers blue, lobes reflexed, 1400 m., July 27, 1946, 16976. Tanganyika Territory, 

 Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa to Zululand. 



Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 4: 392« 1796; Wernham, Jour, 

 Bot. 51: 274. 1913- 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, in riverine rain-forest, common, scrambling 

 shrub 6-7 m. high, flowers not seen, fruit unripe, 1450 m., June 4, 1946, 16208, 

 Widespread in tropical Africa; also in Madagascar and the Mascarenes. 



Pauridiantha cf. holstii (K Schum.) Bremek. Bot. Jahrb. 71: 212. 1940. 



Urophyllum holstii K» Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 379. 1895. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, in montane-forest undergrowth, shrub 

 2 m. high, flowers white in bud, 2250 m., Aug. 16, 1946, 17250.* 



The specimen is most probably P. holstii, but since it is only in young bud, 

 it is wise not to be too confident about the identification, especially as P. holstii 

 has hitherto been known only from Kenya and Tanganyika Territory, possibly 

 Uganda too. 



Leptactina benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.) Good, Jour. Bot. 64 (suppl. 

 2): 9. 1926. 



Heinsia benguelensis Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 77. 1873. 



Brass 16848 has not been seen by Dr. Bremekamp. 



