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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



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one of the principal species in second-growth forest, tree 3-12 m. high, to 60 cm. 

 in diameter, leaves concave, greyish beneath, petioles red, flowers greenish- 

 yellow tinged with red, 2300 m., Aug. 14, 1946, 17220, The range of the variety 

 similar to that of the species — on the mountains of tropical Africa, Madagascar, 

 Reunion, and Mauritius. 



Erica milanjiana Bolus, Trans. S. Afr. Philos, Soc. 16: 141. 1905; Aim & Fries, 

 Ark. Bot. 21A 7 : 7. pi 16, f. lc. 1927. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, southwest ridge, under shelter of rocks on 

 dry grassy slopes, shrub, plant viscid, of weak straggling habit, gregarious, 

 branches 40-80 cm. long, corolla white, anthers brown, style, filaments and pedi- 

 cel pinkish-red, 2400 m,, June 28, 1946, 16511, Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Erica whyteana Britten, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 24. pi 5, /. 7-12. 1894; 

 Aim & Fries, Ark. Bot. 21A T : 9. /. 2a. 1927. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, locally plentiful in association with Sphag- 

 num on wet grassy slopes, shrub 30-60 cm. high, erect or weak and straggling in 

 habit, flowers white, later pink, 2140 m M June 27, 1946, 16479; Luchenya Pla- 

 teau, on wet mossy ground on grassy slopes, shrub 10-20 cm. high, erect or as- 

 cending, 2100 m., June 27, 1946, 16481; southwest ridge, common on moist grassy 

 slopes, shrub 20-30 cm. high, flowers white, later pink, 2300 m., June 28, 1946, 

 16505. Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Erica johnstoniana Britten, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 23. pi. 5, f. 1-6. 1894; 

 Aim & Fries, Ark. Bot. 21A r : 20. /. 5. 1927. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, common locally on 

 shrubby forest borders, shrub 1-2 m. high, loosely branched, branches erect, calyx 

 red, corolla pink, persistent, 1870 m., June 27, 1946, 16455; southwest ridge, 

 common in grass on summit, shrub 30-40 cm. high, flowers pink, 2400 m., June 

 28, 1946, 16524; Luchenya Plateau, occasional in rocky grasslands, shrub 50 cm. 

 high, flowers pink, 2200 m., July 11, 1946, 16794. Nyasaland and S. Rhodesia. 



Philippia benguelensis (Engl.) Welw. ex Britten, Trans. Linn. Soc. II, Bot. 4: 24. 



1894; Aim & Fries, Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. III. 4 4 : 20. pi 2, f. 9/-g. 

 1927; Norlindh & Weim. Bot. Notiser 1940: 54. 1940. 

 Salaxis benguelensis Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. (Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 

 1891:) 328. 1892. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, abundant on open edges of streams in rain- 

 forest, tree 4-6 m, high, flowers pink, 1450-1800 m., May 31, 1946, 16126. Mlanje 

 District. Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, plentiful in forest regrowths, 

 shapely small tree of pyramidal habit, 4-6 m. high, much branched, flowers red, 

 2140 m., June 27, 1946, 16463; southwest ridge, on and amongst rocks on open 

 slopes, tree 3-4 m. high, habit compact, foliage pale green, flowers reddish, 2200 

 m , June 28, 1946, 16503. North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common on 

 borders of montane forest and the chief species of second-growth communities, 

 tree 3-6 m. high, flowers pink, fruit red, 2300 m,, Aug. 16, 1946, 17251. Mombera 

 District: North Road, 20 miles N. of Mzimba, common in Brachystegia woodland, 

 shrub 2-3 m. high, 1500 m., Aug. 22, 1946, 17388. Uganda to S. Rhodesia and 

 Angola. 



Philippia nyassana Aim & Fries, Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. III. 4 4 : 33. /. 10. 

 1927. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, abundant on forest edges 

 and in neighbouring grasslands, shrub 1-3 m. high with branches erect and form- 

 ing a shapely bush, or on taller plants drooping, flowers red, 1820 m., June 25, 



