THE COLLECTION AND ELUCIDATION OF VERNACULAR NAMES: OBSERVATIONS ON SHAMBAA ETHNOBOTANY Martin T. Walsh School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex, U.K. corrected version of a paper originally published in East Africa Natural History Society Bulletin, 23 (2): 21-25 June 1993 {NB: the page numbers in this version do not follow those of the published text} current address: kisutu@hotmail.com