978 cxv. EUPHORBiACE.E. [Acalypha 



8, angustifolia Muell. arg., lice, pp. 335, 836. 



HuiLLA.— In rocky pastures, among low herbs, between Mumpulla 

 and Humpata, at an elevation from 4000 to 4200 ft. ; fl. end of Oct. 

 1859. No. 422. In somewhat rocky pastures, among low bushes, 

 between Mumpulla and Nene ; fl. Oct. and Nov. 1859. No. 423. 



e, depauperata Muell. arg., ll.cc, pp. 335, 836. 



HuiLLA.— A herb, 5 to 9 in. high ; rootstock thick, woodv, poly- 

 cephalous ; stems caespitose, erect, but little branched ; "flowers 

 ■monoecious ; anthers red. In somewhat dry rocky pastures or thickets, 

 among low bushes, about Lopollo, plentiful ; fl. end of Oct. and 

 .beginning of Nov. 1859. No. 424. 



8. A. benguelensis Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., p. 335, and 

 in DC, I.e., p. 844. 



Riciiiocmyus henguelemis 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 617. 



a, Trichogyne Muell. arg., lice. 



HuiLLA. — A perennial herb, 1 to \h ft. high ; stems erect, shortly 

 branched at the base. In herbaceous wooded places at Monino near 

 Lopollo not abundant ; fl. and fr. Dec, 1859. No. 435. 



P, Adenogyne Muell. arg., ll.cc., pp. 336, 844. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb lasting for several years, 6 in. high or 

 more ; rootstock thick, woody, polycephalous ; stems numerous, 

 ascending, rarely erect, branched at the base ; flowers greenish purple ; 

 stigmas purple. In sandy thickets between the praesidium and 

 the river Cuanza, plentiful ; fl. and unripe fr. Feb. 1857. Also in 

 bushy rough and gravelly places near Pungo Andongo ; fl. Dec. 1856. 

 No. 436. 



9. A. indica L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 1003 (1753) ; Muell. arg. in 

 DC, I.e., p. 868. 



Ricinocarpus indicus O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 618. 



LoANDA. — An annual herb, somewhat woody at the base, with a 

 disagreeable mouse-like smell ; sap watery ; flowers monoecious, the 

 male ones clustered in spikes, the female ones 2 or 3 together seated 

 at the base on the conduplicate bracts of the involucre ; styles 

 penicillately multifid ; capsules tricoccous. On the sparingly 

 herbaceous slopes of Praia de Bispo near Loanda ; fr. 11 May 1858. 

 No. 417. 



Bumbo. — In neglected fields, after cultivation of Aracliis hypogcea 

 L., near Bumbo at the base of Serra da Xella, 15° S. Lat.; about 

 2000 ft. alt., sparingly ; one specimen in fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. 

 No. 427. 



10. A. brachystachya Hornem. Hort. Hafn. p.; 909 (1815) ; 

 Muell. arg. in DC, I.e., p. 870. 



Ricinoearjms hraehystachyus 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 617. 



Pungo Andongo. — An annual, slender herb, with an Urticaceous 

 habit. In moist places neglected after cultivation near the prtcsidium ; 

 fl. and fr. Dec. 1856. No. 393. 



11. A. Vahliana Muell. arg. in Linnsea xxxiv. p. 43 (1865), 

 and in DC, I.e., p. 873. 



A. ciliata Yahl, Symb. Bot. i. p. 77. t. 20 (1790) ; non Forsk. 

 (1775). Ricinocarpus Vahlianus 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 618. 



