28 IX. CAPPARIDACE^. [Cleome 



4. C. Iberidella Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 79. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In great quantity in sandy rocky places by the 

 banks of the river Cuanza, between Calunda and Candumba, fl. and 

 fr. Jan. 1857. Xo. 949. 



5. C. foliosa Hook. fil. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 219 (1849) ; Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 80. 



Benguella. — A suffruticose herb, annual ? or lasting for several 

 years, becoming woody at the base ; stem prostrate, branched from the 

 base ; branches oblique, elongated, virgate, leafy ; leaves 3-5-foliolate, 

 viscid-hairy ; flowers yellow-tawny ; stamens 10 to 20 ; pod stipitate. 

 In sandy maritime stations to the south of the city of Benguella, 

 frequent, fl. and fr. June 1859. Xo. 965. An annual or biennial 

 shrubby herb, with trifoliolate leaves and yellow flowers ; in sandy 

 situations along the coast near the city of Benguella, fr. June 1859. 

 Coll. Carp. 207. 



MossAMEDES, — Polymorphous in habit and in the shape of the leaves, 

 always more or less viscid ; common throughout the district in dry and 

 also in damp maritime sands, fl. and fr. June and July 1859. Xo. 966. 

 Rather scarce in maritime sands near the river Giraul to the north 

 of the town of Mossamedes, with yellow flowers and young fruit 

 July 1859. Xo. 967. 



6. C. hirta Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 81. 



Benguella. — An annual suffrutescent much-branched herb, with 

 linear viscid leaflets and violet-purple very elegant yellow flowers 

 variegated with yellow. Frequent in maritime bushy sandy places 

 near the city of Benguella, fl. and fr. June 1859. Xo. 954. An 

 annual diffusely branched herb, with narrow leaflets and deep-yellow 

 flowers, but with two petals purple ; on the sandy coast near the city 

 of Benguella, fr. June 1859. Coll. Carp. 206. 



Bumbo. — Sparingly in fields after the cultivation of Arachis hypogcea 

 L., near Bumbo, fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. Xo. 950&. 



Huilla. — Occasional and gregarious, in neglected fields after crops of 

 Sorghum, between Lopollo and Monino, fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. Xo. 950. 

 In neglected fields between Xene and Humpata, with deep-violet flowers 

 and few fruits, Dec. 1859. Xo. 952. 



Mossamedes. — Annual, branched from the base ; branches rather 

 spreading ; flowers rather large, beautifully whitish-yellow, variegated 

 with saffron and purple. Bather rare in sandy sparingly grassy places 

 by the banks of the river Bero, fl. and fr. beginning of August 1859. 

 Xo. 953. 



2. GYNANDROPSIS DC. ; Bentb. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 106. 



1. G. pentaphylla DC. Prodr. i. p. 238(1824); Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. i. p. 82 (Cleome) ; Welw. Apont. p. 586, n. 26. 



Cleome rosea Eckl. Coll. Sem. 1833, non Vahl nee Poit. C. 

 Eckloniana Schrad. Ind. Hem. Gott. 1834, p. 2, and in Linnsea x. 

 Litt. p. 109 (1836). C. (Gynandrojysis) oleracea Welw. Apont. 

 p. 555, under n. 120, and p. 586, n. 26. 



Lower leaves 5-7-f olio] ate. 



Sierra Leone. — A glaucescent herb, in exposed places near Free- 

 town ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. Xo. 961. 



