72 XXIII. MALVACE^. [Hibisci'.s 



11. H. lunarifolius Willd. Sp. PI. iii. p. 811 (1800); Masters, 

 I.e., p. 202. 



Cazengo. — Caculo, fl. and fr. June 1855. This resembles the type 

 of H. guineensis G. Don. No. 5252. 



PuNGO Andongo. — 'A shrubby herb, 5 to 6 ft. high, patently 

 branched, with irritating hairs ; flowers very large (2J in. long in the 

 dry state), of a sulphur-wine colour ; in wooded stations of Mata de 

 Pungo, May 1857. No. 5251. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers of a brilliant sulphur colour, very large (2J in. 

 long in the dry state) ; in moist shrubby stations on the left bank of 

 stream Catumba ; fl. and fr. end of April 1860. This resembles 

 H. dongolensis Delile. No. 4939. 



12. H. calyphyllus Cav. Diss. v. p. 283, tab. cxl. (1788); 

 H. calycinus Willd. (1840), Masters, I.e., p. 202 ; vel affinis. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An erect herb, 3 to 4 ft. high, not abundant, in 

 shaded stations at the cataracts of the river Cuango, and more rarely 

 on the right bank of the river Delamboa, in thickets ; fr. August 1855 ; 

 also an erect herb, 4 to 5 ft. high, sparingly branched, in the wooded 

 thickets of Quisuculo, near Bango ; fl. May 1856. No. 5238. A shrub, 

 6 to 8 ft. high ; producing many long slender straight and nearly 

 erect stems, and slender rather spreading tough branches, apparently 

 adapted for the manufacture of string ; flowers yellow, marked inside 

 near the base with dark purple ; calyx and epicalyx pentamerous ; cap- 

 sule conical-pyramidal, acuminate, 5-valved ; seeds numerous, reniform, 

 densely and shortly hirsute ; fr. Sept. 1855 ; native name "Quibosa 

 ca-iala" (macho da Quibosa). No. 4919. By road leading to Bango, 

 July 1856 ; a textile plant. Coll. Carp. 367. 



Zenza do Goluxgo. — A shrubby herb ; leaves poplar-like ; fruit- 

 peduncles ^ in. long ; segments of the epicalyx several ; capsules 

 ovoid-pyramidal, of 5 woody pointed carpels \^ in. long ; in thickets 

 near Quicanda ; fr. Sept. 1854. Very doubtfully referred to this 

 species. No. 4898. 



Pungo Andongo. — Flowers (in the dry state) ranging up to 2;^ in. 

 long ; Lombe. The tail-like tips of the segments of the epicalyx 

 resemble those of H. subtr'ilohatus Hochst. n. 2319 ; this Masters 

 unites with //. calyphyllua, to which the specimens of Welwitsch are 

 doubtfully referred, and from which the fruiting specimens differ by 

 the long carpels exceeding the calyx and epicalyx. No. 5244. Flowers 

 patent-drooping, nearly 2 in. long (in the dry state) ; segments of the epi- 

 calyx spathulate-lanceolate, entire. Possibly belongs here. No. 5250. 



13. H. panduraeformis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. p. 151, t. 47, f. 2- 

 (1768); Masters, I.e. {jxinduriformis), p. 203. 



ICOLO E Bengo. — A hoary erect herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, with yellow 

 flowers, small for the genus ; in swamps about Lagoa da Funda ; fl. 

 and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 4896. An undershrub, 5 ft. high, patently 

 branched ; leaves silky-tomentose, flowers yellow at the margin ; in 

 bushy places by the king's highway, near Funda ; Sept. (seeds tomen- 

 tose). Coll. Carp. 257. 



LoANDA. — In young flower-bud Feb. 1859. No. 4895. An under- 

 shrub, 5 to 8 ft. high, with numerous stems ; flowers of a deep-sulphur 

 colour, marked inside at the base with dark purple (1| in. long when 

 dry) ; not infrequent ; May 1854. No. 4894. 



14. H. cannabinus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, ii. p. 1149 (1759); 

 Masters, I.e., p. 204 ; vel affinis. 



