30. Scrophulariaceae

Cycnium adonense E. Mey. ex Benth subsp. camporum O.J. Hansen. Perennial herb, 20 cm high, burned o stems were observed at the soil surface. Leaves fully developed and owers noticed in October 2. Ŀickened tap root measured up to 5 mm in diameter. Hemicryptophyte. Plot 1 rec. 4, Plot 2. rec. 1’; Fl. Zamb.: Perennial herb with woody tuber; stems 5–35 cm long, prostrate, decumbent or erect.

31. ffiunbergiaceae

AEunbergia a. oblongifolia Oliv. Herbaceous perennial. Stems in clusters 30–40 cm high (during the rainy season), with thickened bases; tillering plateau in the soil, 3–4 cm deep. Flowers in part on soil surface, in September (about 3 weeks a er re and then also the young leaves) and a erwards in November the fruits, some of them observed also in July and August (on plot 2 a er the second re). So bottle like tap root thickened in the upper part up to ca 3 cm in diameter, side roots thick, not numerous. Shallow geophyte. Tab 3, Fig. 33a–b – Appendix 1, 2; Fl. Zimb. (electr.): Perennial herb with stems to 70 cm, arising from a woody rootstock. (…) in open grassland and at the edges of Brachystegia woodland, especially a er re.