898 cii. CHENOPODiACEiE. [Chenopodium 



MOSSAMEDES. — An annual or biennial herb, 5 to G ft. high, virgatelj 

 branched from the base ; the leaves, especially the fresh ones, glau- 

 cescent-green. In fields, neglected after cultivation, about the mouth 

 of the river Giraul, probably introduced ; fl. and fr. July 1859. 

 No. 6323. 



The following No,, which is without flowers or fruits, has larger 

 leaves with obtuse teeth or small lobes ; it possibly belongs to this 

 species : — 



MossAMEDES. — In sandy seaside places between Cabo Negro and 

 Mossamedes, at Cazimba, seen nowhere else in Benguella ; Sept. 1859. 

 No. 6326. 



2. C. murale L. Sp. PL edit. 1, p. 219 (1753) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. p. 172 (1852). 



Ambriz.— At Mubango ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6312. 



LoANDA. — The whole plant, especially when rubbed, emits the un- 

 pleasant smell of some species of this genus ; leaves somewhat fleshy, 

 brittle, very mealy especially beneath ; stem mostly ascending, obtusely 

 angular, shining, longitudinally marked with red vittae, 2 ft. or some- 

 times 6 ft. high or more ; flowering branches brittle ; seeds nearly 

 smooth, somewhat glossy. By field hedges and on rubbish heaps 

 about the city, never plentiful ; fl. and fr. July 1854 and 1858. 

 No. 6309. In vegetable gardens near Santo Antonio at the river 

 Bengo ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 6310. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — On rocks near Villa da Praia, in the 

 island of St. Thiago ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. No. 6311. 



3. C. ambrosioides L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 219 (1753); Welw. 

 Apontam. p. 547. sub. n. 73(1859); ricalho,Pl. Uteis, p. 243(1884). 



LoANDA and Barra de Dande. — Among rubbish in cultivated 

 places and in neglected plots after cultivation, also in damp grassy 

 spots, everywhere, on the right banks of the rivers Lifune and Dande ; 

 at Bombo on calcareous hills ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6314. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In fl. No. 6315Z>. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In fl. No. 6315. 



Mossamedes. — In moist sandy places near the rivers Bero and 

 Giraul, plentiful ; fl. July and Aug. 1859. No. 6313. 



Prince's Island. — In the coast region at Santo Antonio ; fl. Sept. 

 1853. No. 6316. 



This is the " Herva formigueira " and the " Herva de Santa Maria " 

 of the Portuguese colonists ; it is used by the natives as a tonic remedy 

 in the curative treatment of dysentery and of the dysenteric disease 

 called " macula " or " maculo." It is commonly biennial or triennial 

 according to Welwitsch, though it is often described as annual ; see 

 Monteiro, Angola, ii. pp. 250 to 252 (1875). 



4. C. graveolens Lag. & Podr. in Anal. Cienc. Nat. v. No. 13, 

 p. 70 (1802); non Willd. (1809). 



C.foetidum Schrad. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. p. 79 

 (1808); non Lam. (1805). 



PuNGO Andongo. — An annual, erect herb, 2 to 2.V ft. high, the whole 

 plant in the living state very pleasantly purplish and very fragrant, 

 conspicuous from afar as it grows in the quite white sand ; flowers 

 greenish purple. In sandy wooded places between Luxillo and Cazella ; 

 fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 6318. In sandy places at the river Cuanza, 

 near Quisonde, collected in flight ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 6319. 



