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PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYASALAND 



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Ficus sonderi Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 295. 1867; Hutch, in Prain, Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 169. 1916; Lebrun & Boutique, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 144. 1948. 

 Kasungu District: Kasungu Hill; Kasungu, on dry rocky slopes, shapely tree 

 to 10 m. high, with spreading stiff branches, sap milky, receptacles reddish- 

 green, immature, 1100 m., Aug. 28, 1946, 17461, Uganda to South Africa. 



Bosqueia phoberos Baill. Adansonia 8: 72. pi. 4. 1867-1868; Hutch, in Prain, Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 219. 1917. 

 Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, common in rain-forest, tree up to about 20 m. 

 high and up to 50 cm. in diameter at breast-height, flowers white, 1200 m., Sept. 

 21, 1946, 17714, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Zanzibar, Portuguese 

 East Africa, Nyasaland (this is the first record), S. Rhodesia, and possibly in 

 the Transvaal. 



Treculia africana Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 8: 109. pi 3, f. 86-99, 1847; Hutch, 

 in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 226. 1917; Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 90. 

 1948. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area^ on bank of a waterhole in dry woodlands, tree 

 15 m. high and 35 cm. in diameter, sap milky, flowers white, heads 3-3.5 cm. in 

 diameter, globose, 480 m., Sept. 1, 1946, 17464, Widely distributed in tropical 

 Africa. 



Myrianthus holstii Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pflanzen-Fam. & Gatt. 1 (Moraceae afri- 

 canae): 41. pi. 17 E, 1898; Rendle in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 237. 1917; 

 Hauman, Fl. Congo Beige 1: 84. 1948. 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, frequent in rain-forest, tree up to about 

 20 m. high and 50 cm. in diameter at breast-height, leaves grey beneath, fruit 

 brown when ripe, eaten by natives, 1500 m., Sept. 11, 1946, 17615, Belgian 

 Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



I believe that Rendle and Hauman are correct in keeping this species distinct 

 from A1. arboreus Beauv. 



URTICACEAE 



Fleurya peduncularis Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 : 75. 1869. 



Fleurya mitis Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 1: 183. 1854, nom. nud; N.E.Br, in Thiselton- 



Dyer, Fl. Cap. 5 a : 546. 1925, cum descr. 

 Fleurya capensis sensu Wedd. Monogr. Urt. (Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 90 117. pi, 



1 A, /. 7-8. 1856-1857; Rendle in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 2 : 249. 1917. Non F, 



capensis Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 1: 183. 1854. 



Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, in rain-forest regrowths, soft scrambling shrub 

 1-2 m. high, furnished with stinging hairs, flowers green, 1200 m., Sept. 22, 1946, 

 17733, Tanganyika Territory, S. Rhodesia, and South Africa; new to Nyasaland. 



The nomenclature of this species is complicated, and since I am unable to 

 adopt either of the names used by Rendle in the Flora of tropical Africa and by 

 Brown in the Flora capensis, it seems desirable to give the reasons. 



Fleurya capensis was first published by Weddell in 1854 (I.e.); there was no 

 description, but a reference to Urtica capensis Thunb. Now Urtica capensis 

 Thunb. (Prodr. Fl. Cap. 31. 1794; Fl. Cap. 1: 565. 1813) was based on Urtica 

 capensis L.f. Suppl. PI. 417 (1781); although Thunberg's Prodromus omits back- 

 references, it is clear from his later Flora capensis that Thunberg had U. capensis 

 L.f. in mind. According to N.E. Brown (Kew Bull. 1913: 80, 81. 1913) the type of 

 Thunberg's description of Urtica capensis is Australina capensis Wedd.; in Fl. 

 Cap. 5 2 : 554 (1925) Brown revised his opinion and made Thunberg's plant a dis- 



