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SCROPHULARIACEAE
Erect or scrambling perennial herb from a woody rootstock, with several
much-branched hairy stems; leaves opposite, more or less sessile, thick,
rigid, spreading, 3–12 x 1–2 mm, margins serrate to crenate; flowers single,
alternate, axillary, white to pale pink or purplish, bell-shaped, equally
5-lobed; in open grasslands or on forest margins; 2,150–2,440 m. Nyika
Plateau northwards to Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya. A monotypic
genus confined to tropical Africa.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 156 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, below Sangule Kopje, 7 km S.W. of Chelinda Camp,
2,255 m, 1970, Brummitt 10759 (K, SRGH).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, near source of Chire River, 2,135 m, 1952, White
2748 (K).
No country given. 1955, Lees 72 (UZL).
Limosella australis R.Br.
Limosella subulata Ives
Small creeping or submerged tufted amphibious herb; leaves cylindrical or
subulate (awl-shaped), 15–80 x 0.3–15 mm; flowers white, blue beneath,
on stalks 5–35 mm long; fruit a round capsule 2–2.5 mm diameter; in shallow
lakes or on muddy lakesides; up to 2,340 m in the Flora zambesiaca
area. Zimbabwe and Malawi; also in N. America, Europe, Australia.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 73 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Lake Kaulime, 2,150 m, 1958, Robson & Angus
320 (K, LISC, SRGH).
Lindernia nummulariifolia (D.Don) Wettst.
Erect annual herb 30–140 mm tall, stems simple or basally branched; leaves
subsessile, ovate, ovate to round, 9–15 x 5–13 mm, margins serrate to crenate,
lower surface with a few hairs; flowers single in axils, stalks 3–14 mm
long, corolla blue to violet, ca 6 mm long; fruit a round to cylindric, beaked
capsule; on wet soils in marshes and riversides, in crevices on granite outcrops;
up to 1,600 m. From Zimbabwe through much of tropical Africa;
also through southern Asia to China.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 65 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill
1979); Dembo Bridge, 2000, Winter 4032 (MAL, PRE, UZL).
Melasma calycinum (Hiern) Hemsl.
Velvitsia calycina Hiern
Erect perennial herb to 0.75 m tall, stems leafy, simple, rarely branched;
leaves opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 25–67 x 7–28 mm, margins crenate
to toothed or lobed, hispid-scabrid on both surfaces; flowers alternate
or clustered terminally, yellow to orange or white with reddish or purplish
veining, 5-lobed; in swamps, marshes, and wet grassland along rivers; 1,200–
2,250 m. Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 84 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979).
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth.
Macrosiphon fistulosus Hochst.
Erect, branched annual herb 50–500 mm tall; leaves pinnatisect, the segments
filiform, less than 1 mm wide; flowers solitary, stalk 9–20 mm long,
corolla white, cream, pale pink or pale blue, 5-lobed, with a tube 25–30 mm
long; on peaty soils over sheetrock, on or between rocks in shallow, slowrunning
rivers or streams, but more frequently near rivers and in grassy
swamps; 600–1,750 m. Widespread from W. Africa, Chad, and Sudan,
through Central and E. Africa S. to South Africa; also in Madagascar, New
Guinea, and Australia.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 135 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, 1903, McClounie 96 (K).
Sibthorpia europaea L.
Sibthorpia prostrata Salisb.; Sibthorpia europaea var. africana Hook.;
Sibthorpia australis Hutch.
Prostrate, creeping herb, rooting at nodes, all parts hairy; leaves roundish,
deeply cordate, 5–15 mm diameter, petioles 5–30 mm long; flowers single,
small, in leaf axils, stalks 2–5 mm long, corolla to 2 mm long, yellow to
purple; on streamsides, river-banks, and moist areas, usually in shade; up
to 2,150 m. Zimbabwe and Zambia; also in Europe and the Azores, and
268 Plants of the Nyika Plateau
from Ethiopia to Tanzania.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 75 (1990).
Zambia. Nyika Plateau, below Rest House on path to N. Rukuru (Chisanga)
Waterfall, 2,150 m, 1958, Robson 402 (K).
Sopubia eminii Engl.
Sopubia trifida sensu Skan in F.T.A.
Delicate erect, scabrid, annual herb, stems simple to much-branched basally,
obscurely angled; upper leaves undivided with the lower leaves trifid
or 5-fid; flowering stalks 5–9 mm long, flowers yellow or white with a
purple centre, calyx lobe margins only slightly woolly; in woodland, grassy
places, and hillsides; up to 2,300 m. Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania,
Kenya, and Uganda.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 146 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, S. of Chelinda above Mwenyenyesi Dam, 2,200–
2,300 m, 1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1126 (K, SRGH).
Sopubia karaguensis Oliv. var. karaguensis
Sopubia welwitschii Engl. var. micrantha Engl.; Sopubia fastigiata Hiern
Erect robust perennial herb to 1 m tall, stems pubescent to long-pilose or
more or less hairless; leaves undivided or 3- to 5-fid, often with smaller
leaves in axils, hairy and scabrid; flowering stalks 0–6.5 mm long, flowers
pink, mauve or purple, outer calyx densely woolly, 6–11 mm long; in damp
areas; up to 1,450 m. Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania,
Kenya, and Uganda.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 149 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, near base of Nganda mountain, 1977,
Grosvenor & Renz 1155 (K, SRGH); Mbuzinandi, 2000, Salubeni &
Mwanyambo 6813 (MAL); without locality or collecting details (Patel 1999).
Sopubia mannii Skan var. mannii (Engl. & Gilg) Hepper
Erect, rigid, scabrid branched herb 0.2–1.5 m tall, stems very leafy, arising
from a woody rootstock; leaves linear to filiform, undivided, closely arranged
on stem, midrib often obscure; flowering stalk 2–10 mm long, flowers
pink to mauve to purple, calyx hairy; in grassland; 1,500–2,600 m. Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Tanzania, Ivory
Coast, and Cameroon.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 144 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Nganda Peak, 2,600 m, 1969, Pawek 2074 (K).
Sopubia mannii Skan var. tenuifolia (Engl. & Gilg) Hepper
Sopubia dregeana var. tenuifolia Engl. & Gilg; Sopubia trifida forma
humilis Engl. & Gilg
As for var. mannii, but with the leaves undivided or 3- to 5-fid, more openly
arranged, and the flowering stalks 12–18 mm long; in wet and dry grassland,
bordering rivers, and among rocks; 1,000–2,500 m. Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, and Botswana northwards to Angola, Zambia, Uganda, and
Kenya; also in Sierra Leone.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 145 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika Plateau, 25.6 km E. of Rest House, 2,438 m, 1957, Boughey
1635 (K).
Sopubia ramosa (Hochst.) Hochst.
Sopubia similis Skan in F.T.A.
Erect, scabrid, much-branched perennial shrublet, stems branching, densely
hairy; leaves linear to lanceolate, undivided or trifid, scabrid, midrib prominent
below; flowering stalks 1.5–4.5 mm long; flowers pink, lilac or lavender,
calyx shortly scabrid-pubescent without; on forest margins, in open
woodland or grassy hillsides and plains; from almost sea level in Mozambique
to over 2,200 m. Zimbabwe and Mozambique, though Central and
W. Africa, to Sudan and Ethiopia.
Source. Flora zambesiaca 8(2): 145 (1990).
Malawi. Nyika National Park, Dembo Bridge, 2000, Thera 3002 (MAL);
Chosi Viewpoint, 2000, Mwanyambo 482 (MAL).
Zambia. Lundazi District, Nyika Plateau, Kangampande Mt. (Chowo area),
2,130 m, 1952, White 2743 (BR, K).
Sopubia simplex (Hochst.) Hochst.
Sopubia dregeana Benth., nom. illeg.