1954] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYAS ALAND 



477 



Anisopappus africanus (Hook, f.) Oliv. & Hiern in 01iv„ Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 369. 

 1877. 



Telekia africana Hook. f. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 201. 1864. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, one plant in open grass- 

 lands, herb, flowers yellow, 1870 m., June 27, 1946, 16456.* Kota-kota District: 

 Nchisi Mountain, common in moist gullies in Brachystegia woodland, perennial 

 herb 80-120 cm. high, rays of flower yellow, disc brownish-yellow, 1400 m., July 

 25, 1946, 16944. Distribution doubtful until the segregates have been worked 

 out; originally described from the Cameroon Mountain. 



Anisopappus iodotrichus Brenan, sp. nov. 



A. africano (Hook, f.) Oliv. et Hiern peraffinis, pedunculis caulibus petiolisque 

 pilis numerosis in statu sicco plus minusve violaceo-tinctis vestitis, squamis 

 receptaculi apice in subulam rigidam laevem acutam brevem sed conspicuam ex- 

 euntibus, squamis pappi brevissimis subaequalibus differt. 



Herba ut videtur erecta, usque ad 1 m. alta; caules ut videtur singuli, inferne 

 simplices denudati usque ad 6 mm. diametro, superne crebre ramosi, subteretes, 

 leviter striati, ut pedunculi pilis flexuosis rr.ulticellularibus in sicco plus minusve 

 violaceo-tinctis dense pubescentes. Folia rigide papyracea, ovato-cordata usque 

 deltoideo-hastata, inferiora circiter 3-4 cm. longa 2-3.8 cm. lata, superne sensim 

 minora, supremis valde reductis, apice obtusa, basi cordata vel hastata, opaca, 

 utrinque sed praesertim subtus pubescentia, rete venarum supra nonnunquam im- 

 pressa, subtus satis prominente, margine grosse crenata vel in foliis majoribus 

 duplicato-crenata, crenis 1.5-6 mm. altis; petiolus foliorurr. inferiorum 0.7—1.8 

 cm. longus, more caulium vestitus, superiorum 2-7 mm. longus. Capitula pedunc- 

 ulis 0.5-6 cm. longis more caulium sed densius vestitis sine foliis vel folia 

 unica minima bracteiformi praeditis suffulta, circiter 2-3 cm. diametro, lutea, in 

 corymbum apicalem laxum circiter 4°20-cephalum 10-15 cm. latum aggregata; 

 foliola involucri pauciseriata, oblongo-spathulata, 5-7 mm. longa, 1.5-3 mm. lata, 

 intimis et extimis aliquantulum minoribus, obtusa, pubescentia, in sicco ut videtur 

 plus minusve purpura scentia, margine praesertim eorum interiorum minute fim- 

 briata; discus 1-1.5 cm. diametro; squamae receptaculi lanceolatae, 2.5-3 mm. 

 longae, involutae, subintegrae, denticulis paucis supra medium positis, apice 

 costa in subulam rigidam integram circiter 0.5-1 mm. longam excurrente. F lores 

 ligulati: tubus circiter 1.25 mm. longus, extra minute glandulosus; ligula circiter 

 9-11 mm. longa, 2.5-3 mm. lata; ovarium 1.1 mm. longum, pappo 0.3 mm. longo 

 coronatum. Flores hermaphroditi 2 mm. longi, tubo extra minute glanduloso; 

 antherae 1 mm. longae, basi breviter caudatae; rami styli circiter 1 mm. longi, 

 apicem rotundato°obtusum versus dilatati; ovarium circiter 1 mm. longum, glabrum, 

 squamis pappi minutis circiter 0.15-0.3 mm. longis subaequalibus coronatum. 

 Achaenia glabra, circiter 1.5-1.7 mm. longa, costis circiter 9 tenuibus longitu- 

 dinalibus notata, leviter curvata, subcylindrica. 



TANGANYIKA TERRITORY: Southern Highlands Province, Rungwe District: Kyimbila, 

 in mountain grassland, flowers golden-yellow, 1350 m., Aug. 23, 1910, Stolz 235 (TYPUS 

 in Herb. Kew.). Poroto Mountains, in P teridium-P rotea-Myrica herbaceous grassland com- 

 munities, frequent to fairly frequent, herb 60-75 cm. high, slightly rugose leaves, rays 

 deep yellow, disc orange, 2010-2380 m., March 3, 1932, G W. SL Clair Thompson 713 

 (Herb. Kew.). Njombe District: Lupembe area, N. of the upper Puhudje, May 1931, H. J. 

 Schlieben 902 (Herb. Kew.). Msima Stock Farm, in vlei soils, annual up to 1 m. high, yel- 

 low flowers, H. E. Emson 274 (Herb. Kew.). 



NYASALAND: North Nyasa District: Nyika Mountains, 1220=1830 m., 1896, A, Whyte 

 s.n. (Herb. Kew.). Nyika Plateau, on grassy borders of forest, herb about 1 m. high, red- 

 hairy, flowers yellow, 2300 m., Aug. 13, 1946, 17196. 



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