418 Lxvi. FicoiDE^. [Mollugo 



almost everywhere ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 1857. No. 2402- In 

 sandy places near Cabo Lombo ; fr. 30 April 1854. Coll. Carp. 625. 



PuNUO Andongo. — A very tender glaucous annual herb ; branches 

 very patent ; flowers white ; umbels sessile. In sandy places along the 

 river Cuanza from Candumba as far as Quisonde, growing in dense 

 masses ; fl. and fr. Jan. to March 1857. No. 2405- 



MossAMEDES. — A very slender annual herb ; stems purplish ; flowers 

 white. In hilly maritime places between the town of Mossamedes and 

 Praia da Amelia, abundant ; fl. and fr. end of June 1859. No. 2403- 



HuiLLA. — Radical leaves linear ; umbels sessile. In fields formerly 

 cultivated about Banga de Lopollo, in damp places, always in company 

 with small Cyperaceas and Eriocaulons, quickly disappearing ; fl. and 

 fr. Jan. 1860. No. 2406. 



5. M. verticillata L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 89 (1753); Oliv., I.e. 

 Var. longifoUa St. Hil. Fl. Bras. ii. p. 170 (1829). 



Var. linearis Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. Nat. i. p. 377 (1838); 

 Oliv., I.e., p. 591. M. Schrankii Ser., I.e., p. 391. 



Loan DA. — An annual herb, erect or ascending-erect ; radical leaves 

 crowded, rosulate ; internodes very pronounced ; peduncles bulbous- 

 tumid at the base, arranged in sessile umbels ; calyx-segments per- 

 vaded with one or two obscure nerves besides the keel; styles tolerably 

 elongated for the genus. In sandy maritime places in the island of 

 Loanda, at Museque do Senhor Antonio Lopes de Silva, abundant, but 

 not to be found in the same spot every year ; fl. and fr. 12 Jan. 1858, 

 and more robust in the same locality at end of Feb. 1858. In drier 

 situations the whole plant turns red. No. 2410. In the same locality, 

 less abundant ; fl. and fr. 2 Oct. 1853. No. 2410&. A small herb, 

 apparently lasting for several years. In gravelly places densely covered 

 with Trihulits terrestris L. in the island of Cazanga, between Loanda 

 and the mouth of the river Cuanza ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1853. No. 2411. 



6. M. fragilis Wawra ex Wawra & Peyr. in Sitz. Akad. Wien, 

 xxxviii. p. 565 (1860) : Oliv., I.e., p. 592. 



Ambriz. — Apparently perennial, or at least lasting for several years. 

 In hilly gi-avelly places near the town of Ambriz, abundant ; fl. andfr. 

 Nov. 1853. No. 2407. 



Loanda. — A small herb, perennial or rarely only biennial ; root 

 simple, long, ascending vertically, woody when old ; stems numerous, 

 filiform, orange-red, strongly prostrate, spreading in a circle, dichoto- 

 mous or verticillately trichotomous ; leaves verticillate, obovate- 

 spathulate, glaucous ; pedicels umbellate, involucrate, equalling thin 

 common peduncle ; calyx-segments broadly white-membranous, obtuse. 

 The whole plant delicately pruinose. In sandy maritime places near 

 the city of Loanda, and especially about the island of Loanda, abundant 

 and occurring nearly throughout the year ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1853 and 

 Jan. and Feb. 1858. No. 2408. 



9. PHARNACEUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 857. 



1. P. salsoloides Burch. Trav. S. Afr. i. p. 286, n. 1508 (1822). 



P. verrvxosum Eckl. .fe Zeyh. Enum. (ii.) p. 286 (1836); Oliv., 

 I.e., p. 592. Hypertelis verrucosa Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 

 p. 262 (1840). 



Var. mossamedense (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 



An annual herb, or sometimes lasting two or three years, 



