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ILLECEBRACEAE. 
i sp. (3) Serpa Pinto. 
Amarantaceae. 
Celosia argentea, L. (2) Carson. 
C. Schweinfurthii, Schinz. (1) Shire Valley, L. Scott. 
C. trigyna, L. (1) Buchanan ; Mananja hills, Meller ; Mlanje and Chiradzulu, Whyte ; 
Blantyre, Last. 
Celosia spp. (1) Shire Valley, Kirk ; Buchanan. 
Amarantus Blitum, L. (1) Shire Highlands, Scott-Elliot; Buchanan. 
A. Thunbergii, Moq. (1) Shire Valley, L. Scott. 
A. caudatus, L. (1) Mananja hills, Meller; Mpatamanga, Shire River, Kirk ; (aj'North 
Nyasaland, L. Scott. 
Centema Kirkii, Hook. fil. (1) Lake Nyasa, Kirk; Elephant Marsh, Shire River, L. 
Scott; Buchanan. 
Cyathula cylindrica, Moq. (1) Chiradzulu, Whyte ; Buchanan. 
C. globulifera, Moq. (1) Mananja hills, Meller ; Buchanan ; Chiradzulu, Whyte ; Mpata¬ 
manga, on Shire River, Kirk. 
Pupalia lappacea , Moq. (1) Buchanan. 
Acrua lanata, Juss. (1) Buchanan. 
A. javanica, Juss. (1) Shire Highlands, and throughout the Mananja and Shire hills, 
Buchanan, Meller and L. Scott. 
Psilotrichum spp. (1) Blantyre, Buchanan and Last ; Chiradzulu, Whyte. 
Achyrantlies aspera, L. (1) Blantyre, Descamps ; Chiradzulu, Whyte ; (2) Carson ; var. 
argentea , Lam. (2) Chiradzulu, Whyte. 
Achyrantlies sp. (2) Carson. 
Alternanthera sessi/is, R. Br. (1) Shire Highlands, Scott-Elliot; (2) North Nyasa, L. Scott. 
A. nodiflora , R. Br. (1) Buchanan. 
Chenopodiaceae. 
Chenopodium Botrys, L. (1) Buchanan; var. C.procerum, Hochst. (1) Buchanan. 
Phytolaccaceae. 
Phytolacca abyssinica, Hoffrn. (1) Chiradzulu, Whyte ; Buchanan. 
POLYGONACEAE. 
Oxygonum atriplicifolium , Baker (Centogonum atriplicifolium, Meisn.), var. O. sinu- 
atum, Engl. (1) Lake Chilwa, Kirk. 
Polygonum Poiretii, Meisn. (1) Chiradzulu, Whyte. 
P. plebeium, R. Br. (1) Buchanan. 
P. senegalense , Meisn. (1) Banks of Shire River, Kirk ; (2) North Nyasa, L. Scott. 
P. tomentosum, Willd. (1) Buchanan. 
P. serrulatum, Lag. (1) Zomba, Whyte; (2) Lake Nyasa, L. Scott. 
P. barbatum , L. (1) Buchanan ; Lake Nyasa, Scott-Elliot. 
P. tristachyum, Baker. (1) Buchanan. 
P. glabrum, Willd. (1) Upper Shire, Scott-Elliot. 
P. lanigerum , R. Br. (1) Upper Shire, Scott-Elliot; Lower Shire Valley, Meller; 
Lake Chihva, Buchanan ; Shire Highlands, K. C. Cameron. 
P. lapathifolium , L. (1) Lower Shire Valley, Meller. 
P. alatuni , Hamilt. (1) Buchanan. 
P. strigosum , R. Br. (1) Buchanan. 
Rumex nepalenszs, Spreng. (1) Buchanan. 
R. abyssinicus, Jacq. (1) Shire Highlands, K. C. Cameron ; Buchanan. 
R. maderensis, Lowe. (2) Carson ; Higher plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, J. Thomson. 
