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13, 1946, 17632. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia, Tanganyika Territory, Portu- 

 guese East Africa, Nyasaland, N. and S. Rhodesia, and Angola; also in Nigeria 

 (Bauchi Plateau) and the British Cameroons (Bamenda). 



Moraea thomsoni Bak. Handb. Irid. 57. 1892; in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 7: 341. 1898. 



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

 20-30 cm. high, flowers purplish-white, opening after sundown, 1400 m., Sept. 

 9, 1946, 17579. Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, and Nyasaland. 



Hesperantha petitiana (A. Rich.) 56 Bak. Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 16: 96 (1877) var. 

 volkensii (Harms) R. C. Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 166: 22. 1948. 

 Hesperantha volkensii Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 19 (Beibl. 47): 28. 1894; Bak. in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 349. 1898. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, sporadic on banks of a grassland stream, 

 perennial herb 15-35 cm. high, erect from a globose corm 6-7 mm. in diameter, 

 flowers pink, 2300 m., Aug. 14, 1946, 17230. The type in Abyssinia, the variety 

 in Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, and Nyasaland. 



Dierama vagum N.E.Br. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 54: 200. 1929; Weim. Bot. Notiser 

 1937: 175. 1937. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; southwest ridge, one example on grassy 

 bank of a stream, herb 70 cm. high, leaves erect, bulb enclosed in fibrous re- 

 mains of former stems, flowers pink, showy, 2120 m., June 28, 1946, 16521*; 

 Luchenya Plateau, scattered on open grasslands, herb about 1 m. high, flowers 

 delicate pale purple, 2100 m., July 2, 1946, Anthony 16610*; ibid., frequent in 

 grasslands, herb 75 cm. high, only an occasional plant in flower, flowers pale 

 pinkish-purple, 2200 m., July 3, 1946, 16651*; ibid., frequent in grasslands, herb 

 50-60 cm. high, seldom flowering, flowers rose-pink, showy, 2000 m., July 9, 

 1946, 16756*; ibid., common in grasslands, but seldom flowering, flowers rose- 

 pink, 2100 m., July 11, 1946, 16786*. Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, 

 Nyasaland, and S. Rhodesia. 



Lapeyrousia grandiflora (Bak.) Bak. Bot. Mag. pi. 6924. 1887; in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 355. 1898. 

 Anomatheca grandiflora Bak. Jour. Bot. 14: 337. 1876. 



Cholo District: Nswadzi River, scattered on shaded river-banks, perennial 

 herb^40-80 cm. high, flowers red, conspicuous, native name nangulungundi, 840 

 m., Sept. 27, 1946, 17843. Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, S. Rhodesia, and 

 the Transvaal. 



Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch. Fl. Serres pi. 702. 1851-1852; Bak. 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 355. 1898. 

 Tritonia aurea Pappe ex Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 4335. 1847. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, occasional in juniper- forest undergrowth, 

 herb about 1 m. high, capsule orange, seeds black, 2250 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17180. 

 Eastern Africa from Uganda southwards to South Africa. 



Gladiolus zambesiacus Bak. Handb. Irid. 212. 1892; in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. 7: 364. 1898. 



Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, protruding above the grass on precipitous 

 rocky sides of a bluff, herb 50-75 cm. high, flowers pale pink, 1430 m., May 29, 

 1946, 16076*; ibid., occasional on moist grassy slopes, herb, flowers pale pink, 

 1500 m., June 5, 1946, 16246*; ibid., occasional on moist grassy slopes, herb 



56 Ixia petitiana A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309. 1850-1851. 



