884 c. iLLECEBRACE^. [Paronychia 



hilly places, at Praia de Gale, Porto Grande, in the island of St. 

 Vincent, plentiful ; without fl. or fr. August 1853. No. 1067. In the 

 same neighbourhood, near the town of Mindello, plentiful ; in fl. and 

 fr. Jan. 1861. No. 1067&. 



3. SCLEROCEPHALUS Boiss.; Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. iii. p. 17. 



1. S. arabicus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. Nov. i. fasc. 3, p. 12 (1843). 



Paronychia scUrocephcda Decaisne in Ann, So. Nat. Ser. 2, iii. 

 p. 262 (1835). P. sclerocarpa Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ii. p. 269 

 (1841). S. Aucheri Walp. Bepert. v. p. 75 (1845) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap Yerd. Ins. p. 276 (1852). 



Cape de Verde Islands.- — A prostrate, rigid, somewhat fleshy, 

 apparently annual herb, with the habit nearly of Illecehruni ; fruit 

 echinate. In rocky maritime hilly places, covered with a volcanic 

 sand, behind Villa de Mindello, in the island of St. Vincent, at Praia 

 de GaM, sporadic and not at all plentiful ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. 

 No. 1091. 



This is possibly the low erect shrub, with thick almost cylindrical 

 leaves, plentiful on the sandy seashore of the island of St. Vincent, 

 without fl. or fr., mentioned by Welwitsch in Annaes Cons. Ultramar. 

 Lisb., No. 7, August 1854, p. 79. n. 1. 



CI. AMAEANTHACEiE. 



Gomphreiia glohosa L., the " Perpetuas " of the Portuguese, is 

 met with wild in all districts, both the variety with white flowers 

 and that with purple ones. See Welw. Apontam. p. 547. n. 74. 



1. CELOSIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 24. 



1. C. trigyna L. Mant. PI. alt. p. 212 (1771). 



Ambriz. — In woodlands at Quibanga ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6557. 



LoANDA. — By ponds near Quicuxe ; fl. and fr. middle of July 1854. 

 No. 6537- An annual herb, at first erect and nearly simple, soon 

 branched. By swamps near Quicuxe ; fl. and fr. 7 Feb. 1859. No. 6560. 

 Leaves in old age deep red ; flowering spikes small, silvery white. 

 By dried-up swamps near Quicuxe, plentiful ; fr. July 1854. Coll. 

 Carp. 869. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In poor fields near Cambondo ; fl. and fr. 

 No. 6562. 



Ambaca. — A small specimen, 5 in. high. In an excursion towards 

 Puri-Cacarambola ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1856. No. 6571. 



HuiLLA.— In fields after crops of Sm-ghum and Mags, very plentiful^ 

 among other Amaranthaceae ; fl. and fr. end of May 1860. No. 6485. 



2. C. cristata L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 205 (1753). 

 LoANDA.— In fl. No. 6512&. 



3. C. Schweinfurthiana Schinz in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxi. p. 178 

 (28 May 1895). 



GoLUNGO Alto.— An annual or biennial herb, usually somewhat 

 woody at the base, ascending ; branches divaricate, variously twisted ; 

 perianth pentaphyilous,'whitish, somewhat closed or at the mouth only, 

 somewhat spreading during the flowering ; stamens 5, hypogynous, all 

 fertile ; filaments broader at the base and combined into a shallow 



