Agnew,A. D.Q.

Tweedie,E. M.

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THE LUGARD PLANT COLLECTION
By
B. M. TwEEDIE,P.O. Box 215,KITALE,KENYA,ANDA. D. Q. AGNEW,
UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE,NAIROBI,KENYA.
INTRODUCTION
In 1930-31,MajorE. J. Lugardcameona longvisittohissonanddaughter-in-law,
CyrilandKitty,whohadafarmon thesouth-easternslopesof Elgonatabout2042m.
(6,700ft.) Themapreferencefor thisfarmis GAM 560.050on sheet88/11of series
SKIll (1958),1:50000.MajorLugardwasan experiencedcollectorfor Kew andhe
andKitty (Mrs.C. E.) Lugardproceededtomakeathoroughcollection,onandaround
thefarmandup theslopesof Elgonto thetop.He it waswhofirstencouraged~ne
of U\l (E.M.T.) to takeup collectingwiththespecialaimof completinghis collect1on,
whichwasmadeonlybetweenOctoberandMay.
Thecollectionumberedover700,andwasmade,wherepossible,withmuchmaterial
fromeachplant.ThebestmaterialwassenttoKewwhichdepositeduplicatesofmany
specimensin theEastAfricanHerbarium,andoneincompletesetofplantswasretained
bytheLugardsfortheiruseandreference.
The importanceof thecollectionliesin thefactthatit wasa comprehensivecollec-
tion from Elgonandarousedinterestat theRoyalBotanicGardens,Kew(England)
whereit wasmadethesubjectof specialresearchby Mr. A. A. Bullock.This resulted
in twopublications:thefirst,in 1932,containedescriptionsof 32newspeciesand
thesecond,in 1933,wasanenumerationof theentirecollection.Sincenewspecieswere
describedonthebasisofthismaterial,thespecimenskeptbytheLugardswerevaluable
forthereweremanytypesamongstthem.
However,sincetheLugardsleft Kenya,all traceof theirpersonalincompleteset
of plantswaslostandit wasnotuntil1965thatanincreasinginterestin thelocalflora
ledtoasearchforthe"LugardCollection".It waswellknownthattheoriginalcollection
hadgoneto Kew, butit wasthoughthattherecouldbeduplicatesin theStoneham
Museum,Kitale.Weenlistedthehelpof Mr. R. J. Fulton,who,whenCo!.Stoneham
wasgettingtooold andill to cope,hadbeenassistinghimin aneighbourlyway.Mr.
Fultonmadeanexhaustivesearchof theMuseum,andwithhisaidwewereconvinced
thattherewasnoworthwhilebotanicalmaterialthere.
Rediscovery
In May 1968,Co!.T. H. E. Jackson("Pinky")wasmurdered.Soonafterthis,oneof
us (E.M.T.) hada longtalkwithMrs. Cooper,thewifeof thefarmmanager,whohas
beentherefor 23years.The talkwasof botanicalandhorticulturalproblemsarising
fromthemurderand,inthecourseof it,Mrs.Coopermentionedsomedriedplantsl~ing
in theroofof theirhouse.WeatoncerealisedthatthismightbetheLugardCollectlOn,
becausetheCoopers'houseoriginallybelongedtotheLugards.
Co!.Jackson'sister,Mrs. Symes,kindlysuggestedthatoneof us (E.M.T.) should
havechargeof thebundleof plants.This turnedoutto be a well-preserved,tightly
boundpackageofscrapsandwholeplantssecuredtoherbariumdryingpaperwithglue.
Eachsheetofpaperhadonetomanywholeplantsorfragmentsgluedtoit,withnumbers
associatedwitheachspecimenon thesheet,andoccasionaldditionsin a laterhand.
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The collection
The collectionhasbeencuratedby one of us (A.D.Q.A.) with care.The multiple-
specimensheetswerecutup, retainingtheirnumbersandspecimenswiththeirunderlying
paper. There were some later, whole-plantcollectionswhich were unnumberedand
thereweresomenumberson the sheetswhich did not correspondto aqyplantrmaterial
thereon.However,thiswaseasyto checkuponsincenumbersweregenerallyconsecutive
upononesheet.
Mrs. C. E. Lugard has(in lit.) assuredus thatthisparcelis in facta duplicateof the
Kew collection.The authenticityof the plants is further confirmedby the numbers,
which matchthosecited in Bullock'spublication.The specimensthemselvesin many
caseshaveprobablycomefrom the sameindividualplant as is alreadyrepresentedin
the East African Herbarium. For example,SphaerocodonobtusifoliumBenth.(Lugard
618)is a specieswhich hasneversincebeengatheredin Kenya, but of which we now
havetwo specimensapparentlyfrom the sameplant, which differsin its growthform
from specimensfrom otherareas(e.g.Uganda).
The collectioncontains368numberedspecimenswhichincludeisotypeandparatype
materialof 27 species.The collectionas a whole is now housedin the Herbariumof
the UniversityCollege,Nairobi.All typespecimens,of whichTable 1is an enumeration,
have,however,beenlodgedin the East Mrican Herbarium,togetherwith an annotated
list of first Kew determinationsand somerelevantcorrespondencekindly sent to us
by Mrs. C. E. Lugard.
TABLE 1
Type of materialpresentin the re-discoveredpersonalcollectionof Major E. J. andMrs. C.
Lugard.Arrangementis afterHutchinson(1926)withalphabeticalorderwithin families.Authorities
are all thoseof Bullock unlessotherwisestated.An isotypeis a duplicate(collectedat the same
time,with the samenumber)of the holotype,while a paratypeis a specimencitedat the time of
the first description.
Name
Crassulaerubescens
Crassulawrightiana
Kalanchoelugardii
Impatiensphlyctidoceras
CombretumelgonenseExell
Hypericumafromontanum
Euphorbiaeuryops
Astragaluse1gonensis
Crotalarialugardiorum
Trifolium lugardae
Tylophora lugardii
Galium afroalpinum
Galium mollicomum
Olden1andiascopulorum
Seneciolugardae
Chironia elgonensis
Swertialugardae
PlumbajlOmontis-elgonis
Lobelia melleriHemsl.
var.grossidensE. Wimm.
Kew Bull, 1952:139
Calaminthaelgonensis
Leucastricrenata
Commelinaelgonensis
Commelinalugardae
Urgineaporphyrantha
Crinum heterostylum
Holothrix elgonensisSummerh.
SatyriumdizygocerasSummerh.
Numbers
422(isotype)
215(isotype)
538(paratype)
1I5(isotype)
313(isotype)
524(isotype)
338a(paratype)
380(isotype)
334(isotype)
197(paratype)
97(isotype)
656(isotype)
365(paratype)
400(isotype)
346(isotype)
541(isotype)
21(isotype)
409(paratype)
637(isotype)
149(isotype)
variety
363(isotype)
471(paratype)
549(isotype)
145(isotype)
556(isotype)
421(isotype)
379(paratype)
595(isotype)
Earlier synonym(if any)
C. granvikiiMildbr.
E. repetitaA. Rich.
A. atropilosulus(Hochst.)Bunge
G. ruwenzoriense(Chiov.) Hedb.
G. ossirwaenseK. Krause
S. hochstetteriSch. Bip.
L. ancepsL.f.
Satureiauhligii Guerke
S. volkensiiSchltr.
PLANTS CITED IN THE TEXT WITH
NA¥ING AUTHORITY
AnthericumgregorianumRendle
Aristida adoensisHochst.
CassiamimosoidesL.
Coleuscaninus(Roth) Vatke
CraterostigmahirsutumS. Moore
Craterostigmaspp.
CrotondichogamusPax
Cyperusspp.
DombeyaburgessiaeGerrard
EragrostisbrauniiSchweinf.
EragrostishispidaK. Schum.
Eriochloanubica(Steud.)TheIl.
ErythrococcabongensisPax
EuphorbiarivaePax
Evolvulusalsinoides(L.) L.
Fimbristylisspp.
FuerstiaafricanaTh.Fr.
GnidiasubcordataMeissn.
GrewiasimilisK. Schum.
HarpachneschimperiA. Rich.
Hyparrheniacollina(Pilger) Stapf
Hyparrheniafilipendula(Steud.)Stapf
IlysanthespusillaUrban
Justicia whyteiS. Moore
Kyllinga erecta(Schum.)C. B. Cl.
Kyllinga leucocephalaBoeck.
LeonotisnepetifoliaR. Br.
Lippia javanica(Burm. f.) Spreng.
NesaeaerectaG. & P.
OchnaovataF. Hoffm.
OldenlandiaherbaceaRoxb.
OleaafricanaMill
PanicummaximumJacq.
Pennisetumspp.
PsiadiaarabicaJaub. & Spach
Rhychelytrumrepens(Willd.) C. E. Hubb.
RhynchosiaelegansA. Rich.
SeneciodiscifoliusOlivo
Setariaverticillata(L.) Beauv.
SolanumincanumL.
SporobolusdiscosporusNees
SporobolususambarensisGilg
ThemedatriandraForsk.
Trachyandrasaltii (Bak.)Oberm.
TurraeamombassanaDC.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This collectionwouldnothavebeenfoundwithoutthe helpandco-operationof
Mrs.M. Cooper,Mrs. SymesandMrs.C. E. Lugard.To them,andtoMr. R. J. Fulton,
wearesincerelygrateful.Mr. J. B. Gillettmadevaluablecriticismsof themanuscriptof
thispaper.
REFERENCES
Bullock, A. A. 1932.New speciesfrom Mt. Elgon. Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew, 1932:487-5°9.
Bullock, A. A. 1933.The Flora of Mt. Elgon. Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew, 1933:58-106.
Hutchinson,J. 1926and 1934.The familiesof Flowering Plants. London.
(Received16th March, 1969)


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