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5. S. veronicaefolia Lam. Encycl. Metb. i. p. 5, n. 11 (1783). 



5. humilis Cav. ; Masters, l.c.^ p. 179. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In palm plantations on the left bank of the river 

 Cuango, near Sange, in exposed and also in somewhat shaded spots ; 

 fl. and fr. middle of July 1855. No. 4902. 



6. S. urens L. Syst., ed. 10, p. 1145 (1759) ; Masters, I.e., p. 179. 

 Ambaca. — In grassy thickets at the bottom of the hill, near Caringa, 



fr. June 1855. No. 4966. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Very scarce in wooded places along the banks of 

 the stream Delamboa, Sobado de Bumba, fl. March 1855. No. 4993. 

 Rather rare in cultivated plots of Indian corn, on the left bank of the 

 river Cuango, fl. and fr. beginning of July 1855. No. 4991. In palm 

 groves on the left bank of the river Cuango, in the drier spots, fl. and 

 fr. July 1855. No. 4992. In hay-fields near Sange, in young fr. 

 Nov. 1855. No. 4965. 



Bumbo. — Flowers of an Isabella-yellow colour : in wooded places at 

 the base of the Serra da Xella, Bruco ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4950- 



3. WISSADULA Medicus; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 20 k 

 1. W. rostrata Hook. f. & Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 229 



(1849) ; Masters in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 182. 



Sida (sp.) Wehv. Synopse p. 56 (1862) ; Ficalho, PI. Ut. p. 96 (1884). 



GoLuxra) Alto. — An undershrub or herb, 3 to 5 ft. high, with 

 orange-coloured flowers ; in bushy places at the borders of the forest 

 near Ponta de Luiz Simoes and Camilungo ; fl. and fr. beginning of 

 July 1855. No. 4908. In places covered with tall bushes, near Undelle ; 

 fl. and fr. No. 4909. An annual herb, usually somewhat shrubby, 

 3 to 5 ft. high, erect, with patent branches, and deep yellov/ almost 

 orange-coloured flowers ; abundant in bushy places at the borders of 

 forests throughout the district ; with flowers and both mature and 

 immature fruits at the end of July 1856. No. 4910. Between Trom- 

 beta and Cabondo ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1854. No. 4911. 



This, which is known in Angola by the name of " Cahe'mbia-hembia," 

 grows abundantly throughout the interior of the country, and is com- 

 monly employed instead of the Mallow as a soothing decoction or bath. 

 As this plant and various species of Sida, Malache, etc., much resemble 

 one another, there is need for discrimination, since several of the latter 

 possess pilose hairs which are set free in the process of infusion, and, 

 when used internally, occasion some temporary irritation in the throat. 

 (Welw. Synopse p. 56, n. 148.) Compare Abutilon hirsutissimum 

 Moench, and A. zanzibaricum Bojer. 



4. ABUTILON Gaertn. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 204 



1. A. mtermedium Hochst. ex Garcke in Schweinf. Beitr. FL 

 ^thiop. p. 49 (1867). 



A. angulatum Masters in Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. i. p. 183. 



Ambriz. — Quisembo, fl. and fr. No. 4980. (The specimen under 

 this number in the Kew herbarium appears to belong to a different 

 species.) 



LiBONGO. — A shrub, 6 to 8 ft. high, almost making a small tree, but 

 wholly herbaceous, including a stem of 1 in. in diameter, branched 

 in a pyramidal form ; branches patent ; leaves glaucous-velvety, very 

 soft, not coriaceous ; flowers orange-yellow ; abundant in moist bushy 



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