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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



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Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 91. 1825; Hemsl. & 

 Skan in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 397. 1906. 

 Mlanje District: Likubula Gorge, locally common in Uapaca-Bracbystegia 

 woodland, 30-60 cm. high, lower leaves purplish, flowers purple, 840 m., June 

 20, 1946, 16380. Widespread in tropical Africa; also in Madagascar and India. 



Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 225. 1861; Hemsl. 

 & Skan in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 398. 1906. 

 Kasungu District: Kasungu; Kasungu Hill, on dry rocky slopes, herb 50-60 

 cm. high, leaves purplish, flowers white, 1100 m., Aug. 28, 1946, 17460. 

 Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, one plant on a sandy beach, flowers 

 blue, 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17961*. Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Cycnium adonense E. Mey. ex Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 368. 1836; Hemsl. & 

 Skan in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 431. 1906; Norlindh, Bot. Not. 

 1951: 125. 1951. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, one example in old garden land, herb 15 cm. 

 high, flowers white, very conspicuous, 1200 m., Sept. 21, 1946, 17698*; ibid., 

 sporadic in Brachystegia woodland, herb 30-40 cm. high, ascending, flowers 

 white, very conspicuous, native name kamoto, 1200 m., Sept. 26, 1946, 17823. 

 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Uganda. 



Sopubia ramosa (Hochst.) Hochst. Flora 27: 27. 1844; Hemsl. & Skan in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 449. 1906. 

 Raphidophyllum ramosum Hochst. Flora 24: 668. 1841. 



Zomba District: Zomba, occasional in Brachystegia woodlands, herb 1 m. 

 high, flowers rose-coloured, 1100 m., May 26, 1946, 16035. Zomba Plateau, fre- 

 quent in Brachystegia woodlands, herb 60-80 cm. high, flowers rose-pink, showy, 

 1430 m., May 30, 1946, 16082. Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Bartsia nyikensis R.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. 8: 66. 1925. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common locally on forest-edges, shrub 

 1-1.5 m. high, flowers pale purple to almost white, 2440 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 

 17169. Endemic to the Nyika Plateau. 



This is the first time this species has been collected since the type was 

 gathered in 1902 by McClounie. 



OROBANCHACEAE 



Orobanche minor Sutton, Trans. Linn. Soc. 4: 179. 1797; Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 467. 1906; G. Beck, Pflanzenreich 96(4 261 ): 205. 1930. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; west slope, occasional on paths in Brachy- 

 stegia woodland, herb 20-40 cm. high, stem purplish-red, fleshy, flowers pale 

 purple, about 1000 m., June 24, 1946, 16410. Kota-kota District: Nchisi, one 

 plant, on path in Brachystegia woodland, herb 35 cm. high, leafless, purple-red, 

 flowers purple, 1350 m., Aug. 1, 1936, 17073*. Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, two 

 examples in Brachystegia woodland, herb 20-30 cm. high, stem purplish, fleshy, 

 flowers pale purple, 1200 m., Sept. 26, 1946, 17827*. Mediterranean Region and 

 Europe, north to Britain, France, and Germany; in east Africa from Eritrea south- 

 ward to Nyasaland; introduced into the United States and New Zealand. 



LENTIBULARIACEAE 44 



Utricularia odontosperma Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4 2 : 474. 1906. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, massed on moist banks near water in Brachy- 

 stegia woodlands, 8-12 cm. high, flowers purple, showy, 1100 m., May 26, 1946, 



44 By Po Taylor, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



