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Peperomia reflexa (L.f.) A. Dietr. Sp„ PI. I: 180. 1831; Balle, Bull. Jard. Bot. 

 Brux. 16: 383. 1942. 

 Piper reflexum L.f. Suppl. PI. 91. 1781. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, epiphytic on a tree overhanging a stream, 

 only 3 plants seen, suberect herb, leaves thick and fleshy, spikes green, 1400 m., 

 May 28, 1946, 16047*; ibid., occasional epiphyte in riverine rain-forest, leaves 

 thick and fleshy, obscurely 3-nerved, 1450 m., June 3, 1946, 16174. North Nyasa 

 District: Nyika Plateau, on upper branches of trees in juniper forest, leaves con- 

 cave, not very thick, slightly aromatic, 2250 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17157*, Cholo 

 District: Cholo Mountain, epiphytic high on rain-forest trees, herb, leaves thick 

 and fleshy, plant slightly aromatic, flower-spikes green, 1350 m., Sept. 20, 1946, 

 17682*; ibid., low epiphyte in rain-forest, herb slightly aromatic, leaves thick and 

 fleshy, flower-spikes green, 1350 m., Sept. 20, 1946, 17683*. Pantropical. 



LAURACEAE 



Cassytha filiformis L. Sp. PI. 35. 1753; Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 6 1 : 188. 1909; Robyns & Wilczek, Fl. Congo Beige 2: 443. pi 43. 1951. 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, parasitic on trees on forest edges, flow- 

 ers white, 1400 m., July 25, 1946, 16945. Nchisi, occasional on shrubs in Bracby~ 

 stegia woodland, vine, flowers white, fruit red at maturity, 1350 m., Aug. 1, 1946, 

 17089. Pantropical. 



PROTEACEAE" 



Protea gaguedi J. F. Gmel. Syst. 2: 225. 1791. 



Protea abyssinica Willd. Sp. PI. 1: 522. 1798; Bak. & Wright in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 199. 1910; Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 17: 173. 1944. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, locally common in Brachystegia woodlands, 

 tree 3-6 m. high, leaves slightly glaucous, flowers not seen, 1500 m., June 4, 

 1946, 16217. In eastern Africa from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan southwards to 

 South Africa. 



Protea bella Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 17: 170. 1944. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, sporadic in Brachystegia woodlands, 

 tree 8-10 m. high, branches few, upright, leaves more or less glaucous, perianth 

 cream with pinkish tip, style pinkish, bracts red, bracts and flowers reflexed, 

 1400 m,, Aug. 4, 1946, 17125. Nyasaland and southwestern Tanganyika Territory. 



Protea nyasae Rendle, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 39. 1894; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 198. 1910; %uman, Bull. Jard. Bot. 

 Brux. 17: 175. 1944. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, west slopes, common on grassy slopes, tree 

 or shrub up to 4 m. high, leaves more or less glaucous, flowers white, about 1830 

 m., July 10, 1946, Vernay 16773. Endemic to Nyasaland. 



Vernay 16773 has been compared with the type-specimen in the Herbarium of 

 the British Museum (Natural History), collected by Whyte on Mlanje Mountain. 



Protea kingaensis ("hingaensis") Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 297. 1901; Bak. & Wright 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 206. 1910; Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. 

 Brux. 17: 176. 1944. 

 North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common locally in open grasslands, 

 shrub 30-50 cm. high, clumps of several stems erect from a 1 arge stock, leaves 

 bluish- green, flowers cream-coloured, bracts yellowish-green tipped with brown, 



"By R. D. Meikle & J. P. M. Brenan, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



