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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NY AS ALAND 



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Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, in second-growth rain-forest, twining vine 

 8 m. high, plant very fleshy, flowers white, fruit green, 1200 m., Sept. 22, 1946, 

 17741. Pantropical, but apparently new to Nyasaland. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE 



Phytolacca dodecandra L'Herit. Stirp. Nov. 143. pi. 69. 1791; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 97. 1909; H. Walt. Pflanzenreich 39(4"):. 

 42. 1909; Balle, Fl. Congo Beige 2: 94. 1951. 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in primary rain-forest, large scandent 



shrub 10 m. high, leaves fleshy, flowers greenish, 1500 m., July 29, 1946, 17016. 



Widespread in tropical Africa, extending to Madagascar and Natal. 



POLYGONACEAE 



Polygonum plebeium R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 420. 1810; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 105. 1909; Robyns, Fl. Congo Beige 

 1: 410. 1948. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, in disturbed ground in Brachystegia woodland, 

 flowers pink, 1000 m., Aug. 24, 1946, 17409; ibid., plentiful in moist sandy bed 

 of a stream, herb, branches prostrate on sand, flowers pink, 1000 m., Aug. 28, 

 1946, 17447. Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 



Polygonum salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd. Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. 428. 1809; 

 Robyns, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 413. 1948. 

 Polygonum serrulatum Lag. Gen. & Sp. PI. Nov. 14. 1816; Bak. & Wright in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 107. 1909. 



Kota-kota District: Benga, W. shore of Lake Nyasa, on sandy beach, herb 50 

 cm. high, stem red, flowers pink, 470 m., Sept. 2, 1946, 17493*. Cholo District: 

 Nswadzi River, common on grassy beaches, ascending herb 60-70 cm. high, flow- 

 ers pink, native name kovani, 840 m., Sept. 27, 1946, 17849. Widespread in the 

 tropics and subtropics. 



Polygonum nyikense Bak. Kew Bull. 1897: 280. 1897. 



Polygonum mildbraedii Dammer in Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch-Zentr.-Afr.-Exp. 

 1907-1908 2: 202. 1911; Robyns, Fl. Spermat. Pare Nat. Albert 1: 120. pi. 10. 

 1948; Fl. Congo Beige 1: 418. 1948. 



Cholo District: Nswadzi River, gregarious on grassy beaches, herb about 1 m. 

 high, flowers white, native name (Chinyanja) kovani, 840 m., Sept. 27, 1946, 

 17846. Fernando Po, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Imatong Mts.), Belgian Congo, 

 Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



Frequently confused with P. acuminatum H.B.K. For the differences between 

 the two species see Robyns (11. c.) 



Rumex abyssinicus J acq. Hort. Vindob. 3: 48. pi. 93. 1776; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 114. 1909; Robyns, Fl. Congo Beige 

 1: 398. 1948. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, occasional in bushy rain-forest regrowths, 

 herb 1 m. high or more, plant fleshy, several stems erect from a common base, 

 flowers green, 1400 m., June 11, 1946, 16330, Widespread in E. tropical Africa, 

 extending westwards to Nigeria and the British Cameroons. 



Jlumex bequaerti De Wild. PI. Bequaert. 5: 2(1929) var. quarrei (De Wild.) Robyns, 

 Fl. Spermat, Pare Nat. Albert 1: 117. 1948; Fl. Congo Beige 1: 401. 1948. 

 Rumex quarrei De Wild. PI. Bequaert. 5: 3. 1929. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, frequent in wet situations in rain-forest re- 

 growths, perennial herb about 1 m., leaves eaten by the natives, native name 



