Ammannia] LVii. lythrace^. 373 



2. AMMANNIA Houst., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 776 

 (partly). 



1. A. senegalensis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. et Method, i. p. 311, 

 n. 1553 (1791), t. 77 fig. 2 ; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 477. 



Var. auriculata Hiern, I.e. ; A. auriculata Willd. Hort. Berol. 

 i. p. 7 t. 7 (1806) ; Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 244 (1880). 



MossAMEDES. — Leaves sessile, auriculate ; flowers disposed in shortly 

 pedunculate small trichotomously divided axillary cymes ; capsules 

 bursting irregularly or circumsciss ; leaves sessile, auriculate at the 

 base. In sandy places with scanty herbage, formerly flooded near the 

 estuary of the river Bero and towards the river Giraul, sporadic ; fl. 

 and fr. in winter, August 1859. No. 2350. 



Var. patens Hiern, I.e. ; A. vesicatoriaT. Thorns, in Speke Journ. 

 App. p. 634 (1863), non Roxb. ; A. senegalensis Koehne in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 235 (1880). 



GOLUNGO Alto. — Annual or biennial, a foot high ; stem ascending, 

 more rarely straight, sometimes rooting, purplish. Rather rare, in 

 muddy places about marshes in wooded places near Calolo ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1854. No. 2352. Annual. In spongy places near Calolo, 

 abundant ; fr. Sept. 1854. Coll. Carp. 576. About swamps along 

 rivulets, near Trombeta, Sept. 1854. No. 2352&. 



Var. multiflora Hiern, I.e.; A. multijiora Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 

 p. 11 (1814) ; Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 247 (1880). 



Ambaca. — On the left bank of the river Caringa, at an elevatipn of 

 2900 ft., also near the margins of the lake Moembege, in the neigh- 

 bouring district of Cazengo ; fl. and fr. June 1855. No. 2353. An 

 annual erect much-branched herb, with small rose-coloured flowers, 

 about marshes near the banks of the river Lucala, and near Halo by 

 swamps ; at an elevation of 2900 ft. ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1856. No. 2354. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An annual erect fen-herb, with spreading 

 branches ; petals 4, rose-coloured. Sparingly in moist wooded meadows, 

 near Sansamanda, in company with Isoetes cequmoctiaUs Welw. No. 50 ; 

 fl. May 1st, 1857. No. 2351. 



Var. brasiliensis A. St. Hil. El. Bras. Mer. iii. p. 135 t. 187. 

 (1833) ; Hiern, I.e. ; A. auriculata, var. arenaria Koehne in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 245 (1880). 



PuNGO Andongo. — About pools then dried up on the Ilbas de 

 Calembe, in the river Cuanza, a few specimens ; fl. and fr. March • 

 1857. No. 2358. By pools near Muta-Lucala, along the banks of the 

 river Cuanza ; March 1857. No. 2358^*. Erect or ascending ; leaves 

 bright green, broadly auriculate at the base. Frequent near Lombe, 

 in moist sandy-muddy places along the banks of the river Lombe ; fl. 

 and fr. March 1857. No. 2359. An annual herb, a hand high ; flowers 

 very small, rosy. Condo, fl. and fr. March 1857. Coll. Carp. 584. 



MosSAMEDES. — Flowers reddish. Rather rare in sandy-muddy 

 places with sparse herbage at the banks of the river Bero (or Rio das 

 Mortes), Mata dos Carpinteii-os, near Cavalheiros ; fl. and fr. beginning 

 of August 1859. No. 2360. 



The next following two Nos. probably belong to this species, 

 but the material is too poor for positive determination : — 



