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Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, frequent in grassy rain-forest regrowths, herb 

 2 m. high, of weak scrambling habit, flowers and fruit green, 1450 m., June 4, 

 1946, 16206, Nyasaland and South Africa. 



Acalypha chirindica S. Moore, Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 40: 199. 1911; Hutch, in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 l : 885. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzen- 

 reich 85(4 147(17) ): 81. 1924; Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 135. 1938. 

 Cholo District: Nswadzi River, in riverine rain-forest, scrambling shrub 2-3 

 m. high, o* flowers whitish, stigmas of ¥ red, 840 m., Sept. 29, 1946, 17869, Bel- 

 gian Congo, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, N. and S. Rhodesia, 

 and Nyasaland. 



Acalypha senensis Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 96. 1861; Hutch, in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 888. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzen- 

 reich 85 (4 147(w) ): 79. 1924; Staner, Bull. Jard. 3ot. Brux. 15: 136. 1938. 

 Blantyre District: Blantyre, in old gardens, shrub about 50 cm. high, flowers 

 red, 1100 m., June 18, 1946, 16361*. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, one example 

 in dry woodland, subshrub 30 cm. high, 200 m., Oct. 5, 1946, 17986*. Widespread 

 in tropical Africa, extending southwards to Bechuanaland, Southwest Africa, and 

 the Transvaal. 



Acalypha fruticosa Forsk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 161. 1775; Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. ft 895. 1912; Pax & K. Hoffm. Pflanzenreich 85 (4 147(16) ): 

 169. 1924; Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 140. 1938. 

 Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, common in dry brushy forest of elevated allu- 

 vial plain, shrub 3-4 m. high, native name (Chinyanja) kachocho, 200 m., Oct. 2, 

 1946, 11896. Eastern tropical Africa, the Transvaal, and India; new to Nyasaland. 



Acalypha psilostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 246. 1851; Hutch, 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. ft 899. 1912; Pax &. K. Hoffm. Pflanzen- 

 reich 85(4 l47(16) ): 134. 1924; Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 142. 1938. 

 Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, frequent in rain-forest regrowths, shrub 1-1.5 

 m. high, 1200 m., Sept. 19, 1946, 17652. In eastern tropical Africa from the Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan southwards to Nyasaland. 



Lepidoturus laxiflorus Benth. Hook. Ic. PI. pi 1297. 1879; Prain in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. ft 913. 1912. 

 Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K. Hoffm. in Pax, Pflanzenreich 63(4 14r C0) : 245. 

 1914. 



Ch«lo District: Cholo Mountain, frequent in rain-forest substage, tree 8-10 m. 

 high and 20 cm. in diameter at breast-height, deciduous, young leaves reddish- 

 brown, conspicuous, 1200 m., Sept. 24, 1946, 17776. Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 238. 1895; Prain 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 938. 1912; Pax, Pflanzenreich 

 63(4 147(7> ): 344. 1914. 

 North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common in montane forest of escarpment, 



tree 10-15 m. high, and to 40 cm. in diameter, young and old leaves brownish-red, 



fruit unripe, native name (Qiinyanja) mkungu, 2200 m., Aug. 17, 1946, 17294. 



Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, and Nyasaland. 



Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 314. pi. 139. 1907; Pax, 

 Pflanzenreich 63(4 147(7) ): 346. 1914. 

 Mappa capensis Baill. Adansonia 3: 155. 1862-1863. 



Macaranga usambarica Pax & K. Hoffm. in Pax, Pflanzenreich 63(4 14y ^): 344. /. 56. 

 1914. 



