Sesamothanmus] xciii. pedaliace.e. 797" 



Wehoitschi Seem. (Welw. Herb. no. 490) : near Cazimba, plentiful, 

 ripe fr. and but few leaves 5 June 18G0. Xo. 1509. 



The plant is used medicinally as a demulcent and refrigerant in cases- 

 of inflammation of the face, mouth, eyes, and urinary passages. 



4. SESAMUM L. ; Benth. ct Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1058. 



1. S. orientale L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 634 (1753). 



*S'. iiulicum L., I.e. ; Wehv. Apontam. p. 551, sub n. 103 (1859) ;: 

 Ficalho, PL XJteis, p. 237 (1884). Anthadenia sesamoides Yan 

 Houtte in Hort. Vanlioutt. fasc. i. p. 4 (1845). Volkameria 

 orientcdis 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PL ii. p. 481 (1891). T^ sesamodes 

 O. Ivuntze, I.e., p. 482. 



LiBONGO. — An annual, erect, branched herb, H to 4 ft. high ; 

 corolla pale rosy purple. In moist bushy places on" the left bank of 

 the river Lif une, here and there ; fl. and fr. end of Sept. 1858. No. 1639. 



Cazengo.— Seeds dusky yellow. Among low scattered bushes near 

 Cacula, in company with Ctratotlteco i/iter/ribmcteata Engl. (Welw.. 

 Herb. no. 1649), not uncommon : fl. and fr. June 1855. No. 1640. 



GuLUNGO Alto. — Seeds black. In bushy wooded places on a sandy 

 clay soil at the banks of the river Cuango, near Sange : fl. and fr. 

 July 1855. No. 1638. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In moist sandy places at the river Cuanza, near 

 Sansamanda ; fl. and unripe fr. Dec. 1856: also in neglected fields 

 covered with bushes near Condo : fr. March 1857, mostly very sporadic. 

 No. 1641. 



No. 1642 is a specimen of the same species from G. Don's herbarium 

 obtained at Sierra Leone, where it is called " Kinu Thorny" or 

 '■ Palaver sauce plant." 



In Angola native names are "N-guilla," " N-gilla," "Anguilla," 

 " L^anguilla," " Ricola," and " Ocoto " ; the Portuguese name is 

 " Gergelim." 



2. S. calycinum Welw. in Trans. Linn. See. xxvii. p. 52 (1869) ; 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. p. 158 (1894). 



iS. indicum L., var. 1 angustifolivAn Oliv. in Trans. Linn. See. 

 xxix. p. 131 (1875). Volkameria calycina O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 482. 



PuNGO Andongo. — stems 2 to 3 ft. high, erect, simple or usually 

 divided towards the apex into 3 to 5 elongated virgate branches : 

 leaves half as large as those of S. angolense., lepidote beneath between 

 the purple veins with white depressed scales, each of which consists of 

 four connate obtusely quadrangular parts ; flowers rosy purple, secund,. 

 drooping, {; to nearly \h in. long ; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, with 

 a very long acumen at the apex ; capsule gradually attenuate at the 

 apex in a long acumen ; seeds nearly similar to those of 8. angolense. 

 In the drier sandy thickets between Caghuy in the praesidium and 

 Sansamanda ; fl. and few fr. beginning of Jan. 1857. No. 1644. 



3. S. angolense Welw. Apontam. p. 588, n. 59 (1859), and in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviL p. 51 (1869) ; Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. 

 p. 158 (1894). 



S. macranthum Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 131, t. 84 

 (1875). Volkameria angolensis O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 482. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A suffruticose herb, 3 to 5 or rarely 6 ft. high ;. 



