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2300 m., Aug. 13, 1946, 17197; ibid., common locally in open grasslands, often 

 gregarious, shrub 3-5 dm. high, flowers cream-coloured, bracts yellowish-brown 

 with brown tips, 2300 m., Aug. 16, 1946, 17261, Tanganyika Territory, and now 

 new to Nyasaland. 



Brass 17261 was named by Prof. L. Hauman, of Brussels. 



Protea madiensis Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 143. pi 92. 1875; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 204. 1910; Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. 

 Brux. 17: 176. 1944. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, plentiful in Brachystegia woodlands, tree or 

 shrub 2-4 m. high, low, crooked, usually gregarious, leaves coriaceous, more or 

 less glaucous, flower-heads very showy, flowers white, bracts concave, apex red 

 below, 1430 m., May 30, 1946, 16084. North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau; 

 Nchena-chena Spur, common in grasslands, tree or shrub 1.5-4 m. high, flowers 

 white, 1850 m., Aug. 20, 1946, 17362. Kota-kota District: Chia area, occasional 

 in dry sandy woodlands of lake-plain, tree 4-6 m. high, flowers white, 480 m., 

 Sept. 6, 1946, 17552; ibid., occasional in dry woodlands of lake-plain, tree 3-5 m. 

 high, flowers white, bracts pinkish or reddish at apex, 480 m., Sept. 7, 1946, 

 17567. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, southwards on the eastern side of Africa to Portu- 

 guese East Africa, Nyasaland, and N. Rhodesia. 



Brass 17362 has the leaves hairy beneath, and therefore approaches P. 

 madiensis Oliv. var. pilosa (Engl.) Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 246 1948; P. 

 madiensis Oliv. f. pilosa Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 33: 130. 1902), but the bracts are not 

 by any means hairy all over. 



Brass 17567 has bracts silkier outside than usual and suggests P. bequaerti 

 De Wild. Repert. Sp. Nov. 1: 542 (1913; see also Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 

 244. 1948). While we have seen insufficient specimens of P. bequaerti to judge 

 of its distinctness, we are certainly unwilling to separate Brass 17567 specifi- 

 cally from P. madiensis. 



Faurea forficuli flora Bak. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 20: 243. 1883. 



Faurea racemosa Farmar, Kew Bull. 1908: 58. 1908; Bak. & Wright in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. &: 208. 1910. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; west slope, on bank of a grassland stream, 

 4 m. high, branches and petioles purple, 1370 m., June 21, 1946, 16396; Luchenya 

 Plateau, frequent in forest of gullies, tree up to 10 m. high, flowers reddish, 2180 

 m., July 3, 1946, 16640; ibid., occasional in secondary forest, tree about 4-6 m. 

 high, compact and shapely, leaf-margins undulate, in fruit only, 1890 m., July 8, 

 1946, 16735. Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia; also in Madagascar. 



We are unable to separate the above two species. 



Paurea saligna Harv. Lond. Jour. Bot. 6: 373. pi. 15. 1847; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 209. 1910; Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 

 230. 1948. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, common in Brachystegia woodland, tree 

 to 10 m. tall and 30 cm. in diameter, leaves more or less glaucous, petioles red, 

 flowers greenish-brown, sweet-scented, 1400 m., Aug. 5, 1946, 17132. In eastern 

 Africa extending from Uganda southwards to the Transvaal and Natal; also in 

 Nigeria and Angola. 



Faurea speciosa Welw. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 63. pi 20. 1869; Bak. & Wright in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 211. 1910; Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 

 232. 1948. 



Faurea decipiens C. H. Wright, Kew Bull. 1909: 328. 1909; Bak. & Wright in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 210. 1910. 



