Itinerary and specimen list of M.A. Pocock's botanical collecting expedition in Zambia and Angola in 1925

Mary Agard Pocock, born in Rondebosch in 1886, and best known as an algolog ist, was also a 'trailblazer' in the biological exploration of Angola. She, and the ethnologist Dorothea Bleek, undertook a scientific expedition whic h started at Livingstone, Zambia, and ended at Lobito Bay, Angola during th e dry season, from April to October 1925. During the journey Mary Pocock co llected +/- 1 000 specimens in the Zambesian region of endemism (In, as del ineated by White (1983) of which 12 were considered to be species novae. Ma ny of the specimens were painted by Mary. Some original paintings are house d in the Selmar Schonland Herbarium, Grahamstown (CRA). She also kept detai led diaries of her route past villages and through the different vegetation types. Collecting locations, with specimen numbers relating to her collect ion in the Zambesian region, are indicated. An alphabetical list of all the species collected by Mary Pocock during this exploration has been compiled .