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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYASALAND 



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filaments black, anthers reddish, stigmas and the style red, 2250 m., Aug. 16, 

 1946, 17264, Tanganyika Territory and Nyasaland. 



Very close to and perhaps not distinct from L. inaequilaterus Engl. 



Loranthus inaequilaterus Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 28: 384. 1900; Sprague in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 390. 1911. 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, in Brachystegia woodlands, shrub, flow- 

 ers dark red, 1500 m., July 25, 1946, Anthony 16940*; ibid., plentiful on Tecoma 

 sp. on borders of forest, shrub 30-40 cm. high, leaves reddish, perianth red, fila- 

 ments black, 1600 m., July 26, 1946, 16969, Tanganyika Territory and Nyasaland. 



Viscum shirense Sprague in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl, Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 406. 1911. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, parasitic on the branches of several species 

 of rain-forest trees, much branched shrub about 8-100 cm. high, dioecious, 1450 

 m., June 3, 1946, 16177; ibid., $ plant of 16177, flowers yellowish-green, fruits 

 red, 1450 m., June 3, 1946, 16178, Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, plentiful 

 on a variety of host-trees in Brachystegia woodland, shrub 30-40 cm. high, bushy, 

 compact, 1500 m., July 26, 1946, 16967; ibid., $ of 26967, 1500 m., July 26, 1946, 

 16968, Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, common on various host-trees in rain- 

 forest, shrub about 1 m. high, fruit brown, soft, fleshy, 1200 m., Sept. 21, 1946, 

 17716, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, and Nyasaland. 



SANTALACEAE 



Thesium whyteanum Rendle, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 42. 1894; Bak. & Hill 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 415. 1911. 



Mlanje District: Mianje Mountain; west slope, several examples on the grassy 

 bank of a stream, shrub 50-60 cm. high, flowers green, 1780 m., June 24, 1946, 

 16406; Luchenya Plateau, local in grasslands, shrub 40 cm. high, leaves some- 

 what glaucous, fleshy, acicular, flowers white, 2150 m., July 9, 1946, 16750, 

 Endemic to Nyasaland. 



The above two gatherings have been compared with the type-specimen of T. 

 whyteanum in the Herbarium of the British Museum (Natural History) (Mlanje 

 Mountain, 1830 m., Oct. 1891, A. Whyte 45). 



Thesium kilimandscharicum Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. (Abh. Preuss. Akad. 

 1891:) 200. 1892; Bak. & Hill in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 424. 

 1911. 



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

 herb 15-20 cm. high, flowers green, 2300 m., Aug. 14, 1946, 17222. Tanganyika 

 Territory and now new to Nyasaland. 



Thesium cymosum A. W. Hill, Kew Bull. 1910: 183. 1910; Bak. & Hill in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 425. 1911. 

 Dedza District: Dedza, in Brachystegia woodlands, perennial herb 20-30 cm., 

 high, flowers white, 1500 m., Sept. 13, 1946, 17638, Nyasaland and S. Rhodesia. 



Osyridicarpos schimperianus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A.DC. in DC. Prodr. 14: 635. 

 1857; Bak. & Hill in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 l : 432. 1911. 

 Thesium s chimp erianum Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 235. 1851. 

 Osyridicarpus kirkii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 19 (Beibl. 47): 30. 1894; Bak. & Hill in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 432. 1911. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; west slopes, in brushy forest on steep 

 slopes, scrambling shrub, 3 m. high, leaves more or less fleshy, flowers yellow- 

 ish, 1650 m., July 18, 1946, 16873. Abyssinia to Portuguese East Africa; new 

 to Nyasaland. 



