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ferences between them. I therefore sink R. ochrosioides into synonymy under 

 R. caffra. 



Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Muell. Arg.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. II. 

 19: 368. 1947. 



Aspidosperma condylocarpon Muell. Argo in Mart. Fl. BraSo 6 1 : 55. I860. 

 Diplorhynchus mossambicensis Bench. Hook. Ic. PI. pi. 1355. 1881; Stapf in Thiselton- 

 Dy_r, Fl. Trop. A£r. 4 1 : 107. 1902. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, common in Brachystegia woodlands, tree 7-12 m. 

 high, 10-30 cm. in diameter, sap milky, native name tombozi, 1000 m., Aug. 25, 

 1946, 17414. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, frequent in woodland of dry stony 

 ridge, tree 6-8 m. high, flowers cream-coloured, native name (Chinyanja) tombozi, 

 200 m., Oct. 5, 1946, 17987 % Belgian Congo, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese 

 East Africa, Nyasaland, N. and S Rhodesia, Angola, Bechuanaland, and the 

 Transvaal. 



Duvigneaud, Marlier and Dewit (Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 84: 266. 1952) refer 

 Brass 17987 to D. condylocarpon subsp. mossambicensis (Benth.) Duvign. var. 

 psilopus (Welw.) Duvign. Brass 17414 would, according to their key, also come 

 under this subspecies. For the characters of these plants reference should be 

 made to the above-cited paper, which is an instructive, scientifically valuable, 

 and altogether exemplary attempt to portray the great variability of a widespread 

 savannah species in tropical Africa, 



Conopharyngia sp. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in primary rain-forest, tree 15 m. high 

 and 25 cm. in diameter at breast-height, dried fruits separate, fruits globose, 14 

 cm.- in diameter, base depressed, 1500 m., Sept 11, 1946, 17616, 



This is no doubt either C. holstii (K. Schum.) Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. 

 Trop Afr. 4 l : 146 (1902) (T ' abernaemontana holstii K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. 

 Ost-Afr. C: 317. 1895), or else C. johnstonii Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. 4 1 : 147 (1902); but Mr. Brass* specimen lacks the flowers that are necessary 

 for separating these two species with certainty. Only C> johnstonii has been 

 previously recorded from Nyasaland. 



Conopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Stapf, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 1 : 149. 

 1902. 



T abernaemontana elegans Stapf, Kew Bull. 1894: 24. 1894. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, sporadic in dry brushy forest, tree 

 8 m. high, fruits warty, green, seeds orange, native name (Chinyanja) chikopi, 

 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17943; ibid., occasional on sandy river banks, tree 6-8 m. 

 high, flowers white, fragrant, = 17943, native name (Chinyanja) chikopi, 180 m., 

 Oct. 6, 1946, 18015. Kenya, Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



Schizozygia coffaeoides Baill. Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 752. 1888; Stapf in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 1 : 135. 1904. 

 Kota-kota District: Chia area, frequent in rain-forest regrowths on banks of 

 streams, shrub 1-2 m. high, flowers yellow, seeds orange-red, 480 m., Sept. 4, 

 1946, 17524. Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Zanzibar, and Pemba; new to 

 Nyasaland. 



Mascarenhasia variegata Britten & Rendle, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 26. pi. 

 6, f. 1-3. 1894; Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 1 : 193. 19C2. 



Lanugia variegata (Britten & Rendle) N. E. Br. Torreya 27: 53. 1927. 



Mlanje District: Likubula Gorge, on rocky edges of river, subject to flooding, 

 tree or shrub 2-3 m. high, branches more or less horizontal, sap milky, 840 m., 



