Melothria] lxiii. cucurbitace^. 403 



stem fleshy- thickened at the base ; leaves white-punctate or white- 

 papillose on both faces. In the forests of Quibolo ; without either fl. 

 or fr. April 1856. No. 844/^. 



5. M. racemosa Cogn., I.e., p. 617. 

 Zehneria racemosa Hook, f., I.e., p. 561. 



HuiLLA. — A very rough and mostly prostrate, dioecious herb ; lobes 

 of the leaves varying greatly in breadth, in some forms much narrowed. 

 In the drier stony hilly thickets among low shrubs near Nene and the 

 village of Lopollo ; fl. Nov. and Dec. 1859 ; in neglected plots formerly 

 cultivated near Mumpulla, Oct, 1859 ; in less dense thickets between 

 Eme and the lake of Ivantalla, fr. Feb. 1860. No. 814 and Coll. Carp. 

 611. In rocky places among short bushes in Sobato de Humpata, 

 between Humpata and Serra de Oiahuia, fl. and fr. Feb. 1860. No. 817- 



6. M. maderaspatana Cogn., I.e., p. 623. 



Cucumis maderaspatanus L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 1012 (1753). 

 Bryonia scahrella L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 424 (1781). Mukia scabrella 

 Am. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii.ip, 276 (1841) ; Hook, f., I.e., p. 561. 



LiBONGO.— A prostrate or scandent herb ; flower yellow ; fruit 

 scarlet when ripe. In bushy fields formerly cultivated, near Libongo, at 

 Arimo do Senhor Freire ; fr. and only one fl. seen, Sept. 1858. No. 840. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An ashy-green herb, rough in all parts with harm- 

 less prickles ; stems climbing widely and far ; flowers monoecious, 

 yellowish ; fruit at first pale-green, pea-shaped, striate with dull-green 

 bands, when ripe brilliantly scarlet, soft, juicy. By the shorter thickets 

 on rather dry slopes about Canaulo and Camilungo ; fl. and fr. Feb. 

 1856. Also on dry declivities at the base of Serra de Alto Queta ; fr. 

 8 Oct. 1855. No. 845. 



19. DACTYLIANDRA Hook. f. in Oliv. PI. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 557. 

 Bryoma,suhgenusDacti/liandra'Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 829. 



1. D. Welwitschii Hook, f., I.e. ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 

 p. 626. 



LoANDA. — A tender, deep-grass-green, annual herb, 2 to 3^ ft. high or 

 more, climbing far and high ; flowers monoecious, whitish, white- 

 yeUowish, or nearly white ; unripe fruit spherical, as large as 

 a good sized pea, green ; ripe fruit baccate, cherry-shaped, cinnabar- 

 red. In thickets on a sandy-clay soil near Penedo, sparingly ; 

 fl. and young fr. beginning of Dec. 1857. In the denser thickets and 

 by the old tamarind trees between Praia de Zamba grande an Cabo 

 Lombe ; fl. and ripe fr. May 1858. Also in rather dry thickets tween 

 Imbondeiro dos Lobos and Bemposta ; fr. June. No. 833. Perennial, 

 scandent ; berries scarlet, exactly spherical ; in maritime thickets, 

 August 1858. Coll. Carp. 157. Near Penedo ; fr. Dec. 1857. Coll. 

 Carp. 610. 



MossAMEDES. — A climbing herb ; stem angular, subscabrid, furrowed, 

 deep-green as well as the scabrid leaves ; flowers monoecious, rather 

 small, green outside, from white to yellowish inside. By fences and 

 thickets and in plots formerly cultivated, near Cavalheiros ; fl. and 

 young fr. 14 June 1860. No. 832. 



20. KEDROSTIS Medic. Phil. Bot. ii, p. 69 (1791). Ehyncho- 

 earpa Schrad. (1838) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 831. 



