888 CI. AMARANTHACE^. [Amao'anfhus 



5. A. Blitum L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 990 (1753). 



IcoLOE Bengo. — By the coast between the rivers Bengo and Dande; 

 fl. and fr. Feb. 1854. No. 6523. 



LoANDA.— At Cacuaco ; fl. and fr. 30 Dec. 1853. No. 6524. An 

 annual, prostrate or suberect herb, with a purple stem and purplish 

 flowers. In seaside places at Praia da Zamba grande to the south- 

 west of Loanda, here and there ; fl. and fr. May 1858. No. 6525. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In kitchen-gardens and in hot uncultivated places 

 about Sange ; fl. andfr. Jan. 1855. No. 6521. 



Cazengo.— An annual herb ; stem strictly erect. In hot gravelly 

 places at the base of mount Muxaula, not common ; fl. and f r. June 

 1855. No. 6526. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — Island of St. Vincent ; in fl. Aug. 1853. 

 Apparently this species. No. 6546 partly. 



The rest of no. 6546 belongs to another plant ; it is without fl. or f r. 



6. A. viridis L. Sp. PI., edit. 2, p. 1405 (1763). 



Euxolus caudatus Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 274 (1849). 



Barra do Bengo. — In thin nalm groves near Quifandongo ; fl. and 

 fr. Dec. 1853. No. 6518. 



Loanda. — An annual, erect or decumbent-ascending herb, 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, eaten by the negroes. In open places about dwellings near 

 Maianga d'El Rei ; fl. and fr. August 1858. Negro name " Jinboa." 

 No. 6512, partly. A dull green, annual, erect herb, with spreading 

 branches at the top ; flowering spikes from greenish to purplish. In 

 sandy and gravelly places and by rubbish -heaps, everywhere and very 

 plentiful especially in the neighbourhood of dwellings shortly after 

 the December rains ; in the courtyard of Welwitsch's house in 

 Loanda ; fl. and fr. end of Dec. 1858 ; in damp herbaceous places, at 

 Imbondeira dos Lobos, and near Maianga do Povo ; fl. and fr. Feb. 

 1859. Eaten by the negroes together with other species of the genus, 

 and called by them " Jinboa." No. 6517. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— About Sange ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1854. No. 6519. 

 Edible ; fr. Feb. 1856. " Jimboa." Coll. Carp. 128. 



Mossamedes. — An annual, erect, branched herb, 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 In places neglected after cultivation and on gravel at the banks of the 

 river Bero, plentiful ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 6520. 



This appears to be Amaranthus mentioned by Welwitsch in Ann. 

 Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7 (August 1854), p. 80. n. 19 as occurring at 

 the banks of the river Bengo near S. Antonio, Dec. 1853. 



3. MARCELLIA Baill. in Bull. Mens. See. Linn. Paris, i. 

 p. 625 (1886); non Mart. (1844). 



S&i'icocoma sect. Sericorema partly, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 iii. p. 30. 

 ' 1. M. mirabilis Baill, I.e. 



Sericocoimi Welwitschii Hook. f. in Benth. <fe Hook, f., I.e. ; 

 Schinz in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxi. p. 182 (1895); non Baker. 

 M. Welwitschii Lopriore in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. p. 40, t. i. 

 fig. C (7 April 1899). 



Mossamedes. — An annual herb, branched from the base ; branches 

 ascending ; flowers greenish rosy blood-red. In sandy thickets at the 

 river Bero, sporadic and apparently very rare ; fl. and fr. July, Aug., 

 and Sept. 1859. No. 6508. Leaves linear, deep green ; flower-spikes 



