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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



487 



Dowa District: Mweru Hill, weed in gardens, herb 50-60 cm, high, flowers yel- 

 low, fruit=wings red, 1450 m., Aug 5, 1946, Shortridge 17139 % North Nyasa Dis- 

 trict: Nyika Plateau, plentiful in open grasslands, perennial herb 15-30 cm. high, 

 young flowering stems appear after burning of grasslands, plant somewhat viscid, 

 flowers yellow, showy, 2400 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17162. Kota°kota District: Nchisi, 

 in Bracbystegia woodland, perennial herb 30-60 cm. high, young shoots flowering 

 after the burning of the grass, flowers yellow, fruits 3-winged, wings red, 1350 

 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 17576. Urundi and Tanganyika Territory to S. Rhodesia and 

 Angola. 



Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norlindh, 38 Stud. Calend. 1: 374 (1943) subsp. 

 septentrionalis Norlindh, Stud. Calend. 1: 396. 1943. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, west slope, in forest regrowths, shrub 1.5 

 m. high, leaves dull pale green, somewhat fleshy, flowers yellow, fruit — 

 "achenes" — more or less fleshy, 1830 m., June 21, 1946, 2 6397; Luchenya Pla- 

 teau, among rocks in grassland, not common, tree 2 m. high, flowers yellow, fruit 

 purple, fleshy, 2100 m., July 3, 1946, 16649. ? District: North Road between 

 Mzimba and Kasungu, on stony soil in Bracbystegia woodlands, shrub 1 m. high, 

 flowers yellow, fruit more or less fleshy, purplish, 1400 m., Aug. 23, 1946, 17386. 

 The subspecies in Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, Portuguese East Africa, and 

 S. Rhodesia. 



Gazania pygmaea Sond. Linnaea 23: 69. 1850. 



Kota-kota District: Chenga Hill, young shoots flowering after burning of the 

 grass, perennial herb to 25 cm. high, leaves grey beneath, flowers yellow, 1600 

 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 17590. Nyasaland to South Africa. 



G pygmaea may not be distinct from the earlier but little-known G serrulata 

 DC, Prodr. 6: 512 (1838). 



Berkheya insignis (Harv.) Thell. Viert. Nat. Ges. Zurich 74: 129. 1929. 

 Stobaea insignis Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 3: 496. 1865. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, sporadic in Bracbystegia woodland, per- 

 ennial herb 50 cm. high, flowers yellow (only one plant found in flower), 1400 

 m. t July 26, 1946, 16954.* Nchisi, in Bracbystegia woodland, perennial herb 

 30-50 cm. high, roots tuberous, young shoots flowering after burning of the grass, 

 flowers yellow, showy, 1350 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 17574. Nyasaland to South 

 Africa, 



Berkheya johnstoniana Britten, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 22. 1894. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, plentiful along trails in 

 grassland, perennial herb 20-40 cm. high, past flowering, 2200 m., July 3, 1946, 

 16637.* Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Berkheya polyacantha Bak. Kew Bull. 1898: 156. 1898. 

 Berkheya parvifolia Bak. Kew Bull. 1898: 155. 1898. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, frequent near paths in open grassland, 

 perennial herb 40-50 cm. high, roots tuberous, flowers yellow, 2300 m,, Aug. 16, 

 1946, 17246. Endemic to Nyasaland, 



I cannot distinguish Baker's two species. When they are amalgamated I pro- 

 pose that the name B, polyacantha be chosen, as the type of that is more satis- 

 factory. Although Baker described the achenes of B. polyacantha and B. parvi- 

 folia as glabrous, the types of both have them densely pubescent. 



58 Osteospermum monilijerum L. Sp. PI. 923. 1753. 



