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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYASALAND 



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480 m., Sept. 3, 1946, 17517. Belgian Congo, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese 

 East Africa, Nyasaland, N. and S. Rhodesia, and Angola. 



Uapaca sansibarica Pax, Bot. Jahrb. 34: 370. 1904; Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. 4k 636. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzenreich 81 (4 147(15) ): 

 304. 1922; Duvigneaud, Bull. Inst. Roy. Col. Beige 22: 890. 1949. 

 Kota-kota District: Chia area, plentiful in sandy woodlands of the lake-plain, 

 tree 10-15 m. high and 25-40 cm. in diameter, leaves more or less greyish be- 

 neath, fruits reddish, seeds green, native name (Chinyanja) kasakolowe, 480 m., 

 Sept. 1, 1946, 17466. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika Territory, 

 Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, N. and S. Rhodesia. 



Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg. Flora 47: 517. 1864; Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 636. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzenreich 81 (4 147(l5) ): 302. 

 1922; Duvigneaud, Bull. Inst. Roy. Col. Beige 22: 891. 1949. 

 Mlanje District: Likubula Gorge, associated with Brachystegia sp. in wood- 

 lands, tree 8-10 m. high, fruits brownish, unripe and solitary in leaf-axils or 

 lateral below the leaves, 840 m., June 20, 1946, 16376. Kota-kota District: Nchisi 

 Mountain, locally gregarious in Brachystegia woodland, tree 5-8 m. high and 15- 

 30 cm. in diameter, fruits reddish, immature, native name (Chinyanja) msuku, 

 1400 m., Aug. 2, 1946, 17099. Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, 

 N. and S. Rhodesia. 



An tides ma venosum E. Mey. ex Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 15: 232. 1851; Hutch, in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 646. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzen- 

 reich 81 (4 147(15) ): 139. 1922. 

 Zomba District: Zomba, occasional in woodlands, tree 5-6 m. high, fruit 

 reddish-black, edible, 1500 m., May 26, 1946, 16038. Widespread in tropical 

 Africa, southwards to the Transvaal and Natal; perhaps also in Madagascar. 



Croton macrostachys Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 251. 1850-1851; 

 Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 772. 1912. 

 District uncertain: North Road between Nzimba and Kasungu, on anthills in 

 Brachystegia woodland, tree 15 m. high, leaves greyish beneath, fruit greyish, 

 native name (Chinyanja) tensa, 1200 m., Aug. 23, 1946, 17384. Eritrea to Nyasa- 

 land; also in French Guinea. 



Clutia brassii Brenan, sp. nov. 



Forsitan C. whytei Hutch, necessarius, foliis basi cordatis subsessilibus, 

 ramulis minute sulcatis (vide infra) distinctissima; species perinsignis, primo 

 aspectu cognoscenda. 



Frutex usque ad 1-1.5 m. alms, glaberrimus. Caules ut videtur diu virides, 

 elongati et subsimplices vel crebre ramosi, graciles sed rigidi, 40 cm. ab apice 

 4 mm. diametro, sulcis longitudinalibus valde confertis etiam juventute percursi, 

 sulcis ceu scamnis vel tuberculis minutis plus minusve elongatis separati, his 

 quibusque medio saepe unipunctata. Folia conferta, saepe imbricata, ut videtur 

 sempervirentia, rigide papyracea usque subcoriacea, late ovata vel rotundata, 

 (5-) 7-25 (-31) mm. longa, (5-) 7-16 (-20) mm. lata, basi cordata, apice rotundata 

 vel obtusa, margine pallido integro cartilagineo paulum recurva; costa supra 

 prominula subtus prominens et pallida, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-8 supra 

 obscuris subtus prominulis; petiolus 0-1 mm. longus. F lores dioici, virides vel 

 ochroleuci, axillares; & singuli vel bini pedicellis 1.5-2.5 mm. longis basi squamis 

 pluribus pallidis imbricatis glabris; $ ignoti, ut videtur solitarii. Flores masculi: 

 sepala 5, obovato-elliptica, 2-2.5 mm. longa, 1.3-1.5 mm. lata, apice rotundata, 

 concavo-convexa, glandulis internis sed conspicuis aliquibus ornata, basi triade 



