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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYASALAND 



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Aeolanthus serpiculoides Bak. in This el ton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 395. 1900. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, frequent on dry rocks and on rocky seepage- 

 slopes, perennial herb, branches prostrate, radiating from a small fleshy stock, 

 leaves reddish, thick and succulent, those of the lower nodes much crowded, 

 corolla purplish-white, upper lip mottled with purple, 1500 m., June 5, 1946, 

 16240; ibid., common on exposed dry rocks and on sunny seepage-slopes, herb, 

 branches prostrate, leaves succulent, reddish, flowers pale purple, 1500 m., June 

 9, 1946, 16328. Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Alvesia rosmarinifolia Welw. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 55. pL 19. 1869; Bak. in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 378. 1900. 

 BELGIAN CONGO: Leopoldville, frequent on savannah hillside, shrub 1.5-2 

 m. high, virgate with showy terminal inflorescence, flowers pink, fruit dry, 400 

 m., May 12, 1946, 16021*. Belgian Congo, N. Rhodesia, and Angola. 



Pycnostachys' stuhlmannii Gurke in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 345. 1895; Bak. 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 380. 1900; E. A. Bruce, Kew Bull. 

 1939: 586. 1939. 



Pycnostachys remotifolia Bak. Kew Bull. 1898: 161. 1898; in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. 5: 381. 1900. 



Mlanje District: Likubula, in marshes, herb 60-110 cm. high, stems 4-angled, 

 erect, flowers caerulean blue, 820 m., June 27, 1946, 16488. Uganda and the 

 Belgian Congo, southwards to S. Rhodesia. 



Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 5365. 1863; Bak. in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 386. 1900; E. A. Bruce, Kew Bull. 1939: 590. 1939. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, occasional on woodland roadsides, shrubby 

 herb 1.5 m. high, aromatic, branches few, erect, flowers not seen, 1500 m., June 

 5, 1946, 16262; ibid., common on roadsides in woodlands, herbaceous shrub 1.5-2 

 m. high, very showy, young branchlets and leaves reddish, flowers very vivid 

 blue, fruit last season's, 1500 m., June 11, 1946, 16332. Tanganyika Territory, 

 Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia, and the Transvaal. 



Pycnostachys schliebenii Mildbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 405. 1932; E. A. 

 Bruce, Kew Bull. 1939: 590. 1939. 

 Pycnostachys oblongifolia Bak. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 385. 1900, p.p., 

 excl. Scott-Elliot 7883. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common in second-growth montane forest 

 of escarpment, shrub 2 m. high, flowers bright blue, calyx and reduced upper 

 leaves reddish, 2200 m., Aug. 17, 1946, 17296. Tanganyika Territory and 

 Nyasaland. 



Satureja ["Satureia"] punctata [R. Br. in Salt, Voy. Abyss. App. 64. 1814, nomen 

 nudum] (Benth.) Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4 3A : 299. 

 1896; Pichi-Sermolli, Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7 (Ricerche Bot. 1): 125. 1951. 



Micromeria punctata Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 378. 1834; in DC. Prodr. 12: 220. 1848. 



Micromeria biflora sensu Bak. in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 452. 1900, pro parte; 

 non M. biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Benth. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common on grassy edges of forest, shrub 

 70-80 cm. high, aromatic, with one or several stems erect from a thickened stock, 

 flowers pinkish-white, 2300 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17177. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to 

 South Africa; also in the British Cameroons. 



Satureja ["Satureia"] biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Briq. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 4 3A : 299. 1896. 

 Thymus biflorus Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 112. 1825. 



