Ajitga] xcvii. labiat^e. 881 



28. AJUGA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1222. 



1. A. Iva Schreb. PI. Vert. Unilab. p. 25 (1773) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. p. 224 (1852). 



Cape de Verde Islands. — Island of St. Vincent ; without fl. or fr. 

 Aug. 1853. No. 5524. Island of St. Jago ; in rocky places near Villa, 

 da Praia ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 5525. 



XCVIII. PLANTAGINE^. 



1. PLANTAGO Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 1224. 



1. P. major L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 112 (1753) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. p. 181 (1852). 



Bare A do Dande. — In marshy herbaceous places on the left bank 

 of the river Dande, not common ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. The variety 

 sinuata Decaisne in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 694 (1852). No. 513. 



LoANDA. — By dried-up ponds or lakes behind Fazenda de Quicuxe ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1854. No. 5136. In gardens •, fr. Oct. 1860. A very 

 large form. Coll. Carp. 859. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Annual or persisting for several years, sometimes 

 dwarf, sometimes with large leaves a foot long : spikes almost a foot 

 long, often at least Ih ft. ; flowering nearly all the year. At the 

 herbaceous banks of the river Quiapose, and in fields about Sange, 

 plentiful and almost ubiquitous ; fl. and fr, June and July 1856. 

 No. 514. Biennial ; in damp fields near Sange, not uncommon ; fl. and 

 fr. July 1856. The variety asiatica Decaisne, I.e. No. 513c. A form 

 with comparatively distant flowers, collected with the last. No. blZd. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — In moist places on the top of Monte 

 Verde in the Island of St. Vincent ; fl. 20-21 Aug. 1853. A slender 

 form. No. 523. 



2. P. arboreseens Poiret in Lam. Encycl. Meth. v. p. 389 (1804) ; 

 Welw. in Ann. Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7 (August 1854), p. 81, 

 n. 36. 



Var. maderensis Harms in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 36, 

 p. 373 (1895). 



P. maderensis Decaisne, I.e., p. 733. 



Island of Madeira. — A shrublet, a foot high, not at all arborescent ; 

 branches woody, ascending. In dry stony places between Funchal and 

 Camara dos Lobos : fr. 13 Aug. 1853. No. 515. 



XCIX. NYCTAGINE^. 



1. MIRABILIS Eiv., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 3 

 (Feb. 1880). 



1. M. Jalapa L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 177 (1753). 



M. dichotoma L. Syst. Nat. edit. 10, ii. p. 931 (1759); Welw. 

 Apontam. p. 547 sub n. 76 (1859). 



IcoLO E Bengo. — Cultivated at the convent of Santo Antonio ; fr. 

 Dec. 1853. No. 53776. 



GolunCtO Alto. — In the primitive forest at the river Luinha, quite 

 wild and plentiful, doubtfully indigenous : fl. Dec. 1854. No. 5377. 



Cazengo. — A tall herb, 3 to 4 ft. high ; flowers white, fragrant, with 



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