^24 xciv. ACANTHACEiE. [Bkhiacanthtis 



Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 b, p. 339 (1895) ; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 494 (1891). 



PuNG<^ Andongo. — A slender ascendinpf herb, with white flowers. 

 In Mata de Pungo ; fl. May 1857. No. 5191. 



Bu-MBO. — Branches spreading ; flowers whitish, numerous, arranged 

 in rather lax cymes. In Serra de Xella ; fl. Oct. 1859. A hairy, large- 

 flowered form of the species. No. 5010. 



Prince's Island.— In fl. Sept. 1853. No. 5204. 



25. ECBOLIUM S. Kurz ; Benth. & Hook f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1118 ; 

 non L. (1735). 



1. E. amplexicaule S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1894, p. 136. 



Justicia sp., S. Moore, I.e. (1880), p. 342. 



LOANDA. — An undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, pretty much branched ; 

 «tem and branches glaucous, more or less fleshy at the nodes ; leaves 

 from greenish to glaucescent, very readily caducous, cordate-auriculate ; 

 petioles short, fleshy, articulate to the swellings of the stem ; calyx 

 5-cleft, bibracteolate ; corolla elongate-funnelshaped, the lobes of the 

 limb obtuse ; stamens 2, inserted on the throat of the corolla or a little 

 below it ; anthers 2-celled, the cells parallel, one of them a little higher 

 than the other ; ovary 2-celled, somewhat hairy ; stigma bifid, termin- 

 ating the very long style. In sandy thickets near Penedo, and in public 

 but little frequented places in the city of Loanda ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1858. 

 Nos. 5203, 5124. 



This is possibly the Acanthacea mentioned by Welwitsch in Ann. 

 Cons. Ultramar. No. 7 (August 1854), p. 83, n. 78, as occurring in 

 thickets near Loanda in October 1853. 



26. PERISTROPHE Nees ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1121. 



1. P. bicalyculata Nees in Wall. PL As. Par. iii. p. 113 (1832) ; 

 J. A. Schmidt, Fl. Cap Yerd. (1852), p. 247. 



Justicia hicalycidata Vahl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 13 (1791). Dian- 

 thera bicalyculata Petz in Act. Holm. 1775, p. 297. D. 2M7iiculata 

 Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. p. 7 (1775). ./. 7nalabarica Clir. Sm. in 

 Tuckey, Congo, p. 250 (1818). 



Cape de Verde Islands. — In gravelly depressions behind Cidade 

 da Praia in the island of S. Thiago ; fr., nearly without leaves, Jan. 

 1861. No. 5176. 



28. HYPOESTES Ft. Br. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1122. 



1. H. verticillaris Soland. ex Poem. & Sch. Syst. Veg. i. 140 

 (1817); S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 363. Justicia verti- 

 cillaris L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 85 (1781). 7/. onollis T. And. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soe. vii. p. 49 (1863) ; S. Moore, I.e. 



Golungo Alto.— In rather dry wooded places in Sobato Cabango 

 Cacalungo ; fl. June 1856. Nos. 5144, 5118, 5142. 



Var. (3. denudata Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 507 (1847). 



H. verticillaris, var. glabra, S. Moore, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers whitish. In rocky bushy places between Lagoa 

 de Ivantala and Quilengues, close to the banks of the river Caculuvar, 

 sparingly ; fl. end of Feb. 1860. No. 5059. 



