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persists at the apex of the pod. Frequent, in the rather elevated 

 shortly-grassy meadows of Pedra de Cabondo, about Sansamanda ; 

 in fl. and fr. April 1857. No. 2066. A slender annual herb ; stems 

 ascending ; flowers scarlet, turning purple when dried : pods straight, 

 § to fin. long ; yV in. wide. In the moist meadows of Sansamanda, 

 at the banks of the river Cuanza. In fl. and fr. end of April 1857. 

 No. 2066&. On the grassy slopes of Pedras de Guinga ; in fl. beginning 

 of April 1857. No. 2066c. A small annual herb, sometimes erect 

 at other times with prostrate stems, 3 to 6 in. high, heterophyllous 

 the earliest lower leaves oval, i^ by ;^ in. ; upper leaves 3-5-foliolate 

 leaflets narrowly elliptical or nearly linear, ^ to f by yV to \ in. 

 flowers rose-coloured, rather small, never all fully expanded at once 

 pods (young) linear, hirsute, moderately falcate or somewhat arched, 

 apiculate with the curved style. On the stony dry highest ranges of 

 the fortress near Pedra de Cazella ; fl. and young fr. towards the end 

 of May 1857. No. 2067. 



HuiLLA. — A little hispidulous annual herb, a hand high ; stem 

 branched ; branches rather spreading ; lower leaves simple, upper 

 leaves and those of the branches trif oliolate ; flowers bright scarlet, 

 very fugacious ; pods narrowly ensiform, many-seeded. In marshy 

 pastures and alongside streams near Lopollo, especially about Catumba 

 at the camp of the Munanos ; fl. and fr. 27 March 1860. No. 2032. 

 In moist meadows at the left bank of the river of Lopollo, in company 

 with Iplilgenia guineeni^is Baker (Welw. Herb. No. 1626) ; fl. violet-red 

 and fr. April 1860. No. 2031. 



11. I. psilostachya Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 84. 

 Aiiilici) 2^silostachya O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



HuiLLA. — A very bright-green herb, 2 to 4 ft. high ; primary stem 

 cylindrical ; branches and branchlets sub-compressed, angular, one or 

 other angle almost winged ; the lower branches elongated, ascending ; 

 flowering spikes elongated, 6 to 15 in. long, erect-patent ; flowers at 

 first blue, soon turning violet. In moist wooded meadows along the 

 river Mupanda, near the great lake Ivantala ; fl. and young fr. Feb. 

 1860. No. 2052. 



12. I. medicaginea Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl.Trop. Afr. ii. p. 86. 

 Anil{a) onedicagmea 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A tender prostrate perennial herb, with the 

 habit of a Medkago ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets beset beneath with 

 thin rigid hairs fixed on the midst of the lamina ; flowers reddish- 

 purple ; calyx-teeth all equal ; stamens diadelphous, the vexillary one 

 free ; keel not spurred ; anthers with a very small hardly perceptible 

 apiculus ; style obsolete ; stigma large, sessile, orbicular, ciliate. In 

 moist meadows with short herbage, by the banks of the river Cuanza 

 near Sansamanda, apparently rare ; fl. and with two young f r. Feb. 

 1857. No. 2025. An annual or biennial prostrate little herb ; some 

 leaves simple, others pinnately trifoliolate, the end-leaflet orbicular ; 

 flowers scarlet. Sparingly, in the moist poorer meadows with short 

 herbage by the stream of Catete within the fortress of Pungo Andongo ; 

 fl. and young fr. May 1857. No. 2026. 



13. I. oxalidea Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 86. 

 Anil{ci) oxalidea 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



HuiLLA. — A perennial herb ; stems thin, flexuous, prostrate ; leaves 

 3-5-foliolate, deep-green ; flowers purple-scarlet. In damp muddy- 



