860 xcvii. LABIATE. {Orthosiphon 



lying closely together ; anthers exsertecl ; style exserted, nearly 

 glabrous, somewhat thickened towards the emarginate apex. 



HuiLLA. — In rocky thickets near Lopollo, not common ; fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1860. No. 6494. 



8. 0. parvifolius Vatke in Linnsea xliii. p. 87 (1881). 



PuNGO Andojsgo. — An erect, perennial herb, 1\ ft. high ; roots 

 filipendulous-tuberous ; flowers white. In a sandy place near the 

 outskirts of the forest between Cazella and Luxillo, very rare ; fl.-bud 

 18 Oct. 1856. No. 1226. 



This determination is uncertain in consequence of the young state 

 of the flower-buds and the poor condition of the specimens which 

 were collected by night ; the leaves do not show the small distant 

 teeth of the type. 



8. ENGLERASTRUM Briq. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. p. 178 

 (21 Aug. 1894). 



1. E. Schweinfurthii Briq., I.e., t. 3 A. 



PuNGO AxDONca). — An annual herb, ascending or pendulous over 

 rocks ; flowers violet in colour. By the rocks close to the great cataract 

 of the river Cuanza, near Condo ; fl. March 1857. No. 5522. 



9. HOSLUNDIA Thonn. ex Vahl ; Benth. & Hook. f. Can. 

 PI. ii. p. 1174. 



HaaslundiaY i\h\. ex Hornem. Indol. PI. Gain. Obs. p. 14 (1819). 



1. H. verticillata Vahl, Enum. PI. i. p. 213 (1804). 



Amp.riz. — In thickets near Ambriz ; fl. and young fr. Nov. 1853. 

 No. 5674. 



LoANDA. — A small shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high, flowering at all times of 

 the year ; stem erect, branched, angular, whitish ; leaves opposite 

 or ternate, very caducous ; flowers whitish ; drupes coloured like red- 

 lead, juicy, a little smaller than peppercorns. In moist bushy places 

 near Imbondeiro dos Lobos, sparingly ; fl. and fr, June 1858. Nos. 

 5719, 5669, 5673. 



Var. ? decumbens. 



//. decumhens Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 54 (1848). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A shrub, 3 to G ft. high, in flower at all seasons ; 

 stem ternately or brachiately branched ; leaves soft, ashy, loosely 

 pendulous ; calyx 5-toothed, after the fertilization of the flower fleshy, 

 swelled ; corolla white, ringent ; stamens 4, didynamous, only 2 fertile ; 

 ovary 4-ovulate ; style slightly curved ; stigma somewhat bilobed ; berry 

 like a small pea in size, beautiful, like red-lead in colour, included in 

 the calyx, tipped with the calyx-teeth which are united in a cone ; 

 nucules obovoid, pale-dusky, 4 or by abortion 3 or 2. In bushy places 

 chiefly in the rocky and more elevated localities about Sange, 

 Trombeta, etc., plentiful ; fl. and fr. 14 Oct. 1855. No. 5672. 



PuNGO Andgncu). — A shrub, with white flowers and scarlet or red 

 berries. In the thickets of the prajsidium, rather rare ; fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1857. No. 5718. 



10. GERMANEA Lam. Encycl. Meth. ii. p. 690 (1786). 

 Flectranthus L'Herit. Stirpes Novae, fasc. 4, p. 84 (back) (1788) ; 

 Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1175. 



