Manniophyton\ cxv. euphokbiace^. 973 



of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, not uncommon ; fl. begin- 

 ning of Dec. 1855 ; also at the banks of the rivulet Gate in Sobato 

 de Bumba, not plentiful ; leaves deeply trifid ; without fl. Jan. 1855. 

 No. 349. A scandent shrub, with very polymorphous foliage. In 

 the denser forests of the Queta mountains ; without fl. Dec. 1855. 

 No. 350. A robust, climbing shrub, with stinging leaves and a 

 Menispermaceous habit. Queta Carengue ; fr. May 1856. Coll, 

 Carp. 933. 



Island of St. Thomas. — In wooded mountainous places at Fazenda 

 do Monte Caffe ; without fl. Dec. 1860. Called " Congo gloncongo." 

 Leaves not trifid, very like the usual ones in this species. No. 463. 



20. CLUTIA Boerh., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 302 

 (Cluytia). 



1. C. benguelensis Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot. ii. p. 337 (1864), 

 and in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1052 (1866) {Cluytia). 



Huilla. — A perennial herb, with the habit of the genus and of 

 FhyUanthus ; rootstock' very thick, woody, polycephalous ; stems 

 several, 1 to 1^ ft. long and more ; straight, but little branched ; 

 leaves glaucescent, somewhat fleshy ; flowers yellowish. In rocky 

 thickets near MumpuUa, plentiful, in company with species of Gnidia 

 (cf . G. Rendlel ; Welw. herb. no. 6478), Thesium (cf. T. lopollense ; 

 Welw. herb. no. 6437), Osyris ahijssitilca Hochst. (Welw. herb, 

 no. 6438), and other Euphorbiaceag ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 338. 



21. AGROSTISTACHYS Dalz. (1850) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. p. 302. 



1. A. africana Muell. arg. in Flora, 1864, p. 534, and in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2, p. 725 (1866). 



Island of St. Thomas. — In mountainous primitive forest, about 

 2000 ft. alt., at Fazenda de Monte Caffe' ; unripe fr. Dec. 1860. 

 No. 441. 



22. MANIHOT Adans. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ia p. 306. 

 1. M. utilissima Pohl, PI. Bras. i. p. 32, t. 24 (1827) ; Muell. 



arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1064 (1866) ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 251 

 (1884) : Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. iii. 5, fig. 49 

 (p. 80) (1891). 



Jatropha Manihot L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 1007 (1753). M. edule 

 A. Kich. in Ramon de la Sagra Hist. Cuba, xi. p. 208 (1850); 

 Welw. Apontam. p. 563, sub n. 153 (1859) {edulis). M. Aipi 

 Welw., Z.c, p. 564 ; non Pohl. 



LOANDA.— Very frequently cultivated throughout the district, but 

 rarely flowering ; at Represa do Magellaes near Boa Vista ; fl. and fr. 

 end of March 1854. No. 301. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A slender shrub, 6 to 9 ft. high. In the very 

 dense forests of Cungulungulo near Vistalegre, quasi-spontaneous ; 

 without fl. or fr. Feb. 1855. No. 302. 



MossAMEDES. — An undershrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; stems and petioles 

 rosy-purplish; flowers yellowish. Cultivated in large quantities 

 throughout the district for the sake of its tuberous root, which weighs 

 from 5 to 25 lb., and is by no means so poisonous as is commonly 

 reported ; Arimo de Senhor Paiva, on the Giraul; fr. 15 July 1859. 



