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Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, frequent in Brachystegia woodlands, tree 



3- 7 m. high, leaf-nerves whitish, perianth greenish-yellow, reddish at base and 

 apex, 1500 m., June 4, 1946, 16211; ibid., frequent in Brachystegia woodlands, 

 tree up to 7 m. high, leaf-veins pale above, obscure beneath, flowers reddish, 

 1500 m., June 4, 1946, 16219, Dedza District: Dedza, occasional in Brachystegia 

 woodland, tree 5-6 m. high, flowers yellowish-brown, 1550 m., July 23, 1946, 

 16882. Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in Brachystegia woodland, tree 5-8 m. 

 high, frequent, leaves pale green above, greyish beneath, flowers brownish- 

 yellow, 1400 m., July 24, 1946, 16916. Chia area, in dry woodland of a stony 

 ridge on lake-plain, tree 12 m. high, leaves smooth and shining above, dull be- 

 neath, flowers brownish-pink, 480 m., Sept. 6, 1946, 17550. In eastern Africa 

 extending from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan southwards to the Transvaal; in western 

 Africa in Nigeria, the French Cameroons, and Angola. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



Arthrosolen chrysanthus Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 165 (1867) 

 var. igneus (Gilg) H.H.W. Pearson in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 

 235. 1910. 



Gnidia ignea Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. 19: 258. 1894. 



Gnidia chrysantha (Solms-Laub.) Gilg var. ignea (Gilg) Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 

 13: 365. 1935. 



Kota-kota District: Kota-kota, in dry ground near swamps, flowers red, 460 m., 

 Aug. 1946, Vernay 17403*. The species widespread in tropical Africa, the variety 

 rarer and not yet recorded for W. Africa. 



Gnidia buchananii Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. 19: 261. 1894; H.H.W. Pearson in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 219. 1910; Staner, Bull. lard. Bot. Brux. 13: 



348. 1935. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi, open ground in Brachystegia woodland, herb about 

 30 cm. high, flowers yellow, involucre red, 1400 m., Sept. 8, 1946, Vernay 17568; 

 ibid., common locally in Brachystegia woodlands, bushy shrub 30-50 cm. high, 

 stems numerous, erect from a thick rootstock, young shoots flowering after burn- 

 ing of the grass a month ago, flowers yellow, involucre red, 1350 m., Sept. 8, 

 1946, 17571. Uganda to Angola. 



Lasiosiphon glaucus Fres. Flora 21: 603. 1838; H.H.W. Pearson in Thiselton- 

 £>yer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 230. 1910. 

 Gnidia glauca (Fres.) Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. 19: 265. 1894; Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 

 13: 359. 1935. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common on edges of juniper-forest, tree 



4- 7 m. high, flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant, bracts cream-coloured, 2250 m., 

 Aug. 11, 1946, 17181. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, southwards to Nyasaland; also in 

 the British Cameroons. 



Lasiosiphon kraussianus (Meisn. ) Burtt Davy, Man. Fl. PI. Transv. 1: 207. 1926; 

 Hutch. & Dalz. Fl. W.. Trop. Afr. 1: 151. 1927. 

 Gnidia kraussiana Meisn. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2: 552. 1843; Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 

 13: 360. 1935. 



Lasiosiphon kraussii Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 596. 1857; H.H.W. Pearson in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 231, 1910. 



Kota-kota District: Chintembwe, common in rocky grassland, perennial herb 

 25-30 cm. high, many stems forming bushy clumps, young shoots flowering after 

 burning of the grass, flowers yellow, involucre green, 1400 m., Sept. 9, 1946, 

 17580. Dedza District: Dedza, occasional in Brachystegia woodlands, bushy shrub 

 30-40 cm. high, young shoots flowering after the burning of the grass, many stems 



