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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN [Mol. 8, No. 5 



Kota-kota Districts Chia area, in dry brushy forest on banks of waterholes on 

 lake plain, shrub, prostrate, radiating branches forming mats a metre or more wide, 

 buds only, 480 m., Sept. 5, 1946, 17537, Tanganyika Territory to Angola and the 

 Transvaal. 



Rothmannia fischeri (K. Schum.) Bullock in Oberm. Ann. Transv. Mus. 17: 224. 

 1937. 



Gardenia fischeri K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 380. 1895. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, substage layer of rain-forest, tree 10 m. high, 

 very beautiful, flowers cream-coloured, streaked and flecked with red, fragrant, 

 native name (Chinyanja) nandua, 1100 m., Sept. 26, 1946, 17832. Mlanje District: 

 Mlanje, rain°forest on bank of a stream, tree 6 m. high, flowers cream flecked with 

 reddish-brown, fragrant, fruit hard, globose, about 4 cm. in diameter, native name 

 (Chinyanja) mandigodia, 750 m., Sept. 30, 1946, 17881. Eastern tropical Africa, 

 southwards to S. Rhodesia; also in the Mascarenes. 



Gardenia subacaulis Stapf & Hutch. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38: 420. 1909. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, locally gregarious in Bracbystegia woodlands, 

 shrub 12-15 cm. high, short leafy shoots produced from branched, horizontal, un- 

 derground stems (habit of Geobalanus), fruit 5-7 cm. long and 4-5 cm. in diame- 

 ter, erect, softish when ripe, ovoid, yellowish-brown, native name (Chinyanja) 

 mpuguso, 1000 m., Aug. 28, 1946, 17456. N. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Portu- 

 guese East Africa. 



Gardenia imperialis 32 K. Schum. Bot. Jahrb. 23: 442. 1896. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, occasional in gullies in Bracbystegia 

 woodland, tree about 8 m. high and 25 cm. in diameter at breast-height, dry flow- 

 ers only, still very fragrant, in pairs, fruit immature, 1400 m., July 27, 1946, 

 16977, Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Oxyanthus sp. nr. swynnertonii S. Moore, Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 40: 82. 1911. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, frequent in rain-foresjt undergrowth, shrub 

 2~3 m. high, fruit ovoid, 25 mm. long and 17 mm. in diameter, soft, orange-yellow, 

 1400 m., Sept. 27, 1946, 17839*. 



This differs from 0. swynnertonii in that the leaves are smooth, not scabrid 

 beneath, and rather more narrowed to the base. Further collection and investiga- 

 tion are wanted. 



Galiniera coffeoides Del. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 20: 92. pi 1, f 5. 1843. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, on edge of montane forest, tree 8 m. tall, 

 young leaves reddish, buds only, 2250 m., Aug. 16, 1946, 17270. Abyssinia to 

 Tanganyika Territory; new to Nyasaland. 



Tricalysia nyassae Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 121. 1877. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, on bank of a waterhole in dry woodland of lake- 

 plain, tree 8 m. high, sap slightly milky, flowers pink, 480 m., Sept. 3, 1946, 

 17519. Tanganyika Territory, Belgian Congo, N. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Por- 

 tuguese East Africa. 



Tricalysia cf. acocantheroides K Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr, C: 382. 

 1895. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, in undergrowth of juniper forest, shrub 

 2.5 m. tall, fruit orange-yellow, 2250 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17153. 



T. acocantheroides is apparently endemic to Nyasaland. Flowering material 

 is desired for certain identification. 



Determination confirmed by Mr. A. A. Bullock. 



