212 XLiv. LEGUMiNOS^. [IncUgofera 



17. I. hirsuta L. Sp. PI. edit. l,p. 751 (1753); Baker, ^.c.,p. 88. 

 Anil{a) hirsuta O. Kuntze, Z.c, p. 160. 



Ambriz. — Frequent, in dry open bushy places in the forest, between 

 Ambriz and Banza de Ambriz ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 2054. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — An annual herb (also suffruticose, and lasting 

 2 or 3 years), 2 to 3 ft. high, erect or decumbent, clothed with hairs, 

 which not rarely but not always sting ; flowers scarlet ; in moist 

 thickets, borders of Mata de Quisucula ; fl. May 1856. No. 2055. 

 Sange, at the base of Serra de Alto Queta ; fr. June 1856. No. 2055&. 



Yar. ^. polystachya Welw. ex Baker, Z.c, p. 89. 



PuNGO Andongo.— A herb, 1^ ft. high, with spreading branches 

 from the base. In sandy places along thickets, between Lombe and 

 Quibinda, by roadsides, flooded in the rainy season ; fl. March 1857. 

 No. 2056. 



HuiLLA. — Erect. In wooded meadows with tall herbage ; at the 

 skirts of forests, in company with various species of Crotalaria^ 

 Cracca, and Amj)elocissus, about the great lake Ivantala, nowhere 

 abundant ; fl. and young fr. end of Feb. 1860. No. 2065. Decumbent 

 or ascending ; spikes distant ; flowers violet-purple. In sandy meadows 

 by forests composed of species of Protea and Eugenia^ near Monino ; 

 fl. beginning of Feb. 1860. No. 20656. 



Var. y. pumila Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 89. 



HuiLLA. — Suff ruticose ; rootstock thick, woody, many-headed; stems 

 much branched from the base ; leaflets orbicular-elliptical, secund ; 

 flowers violet-purple. In the more elevated stony shortly-bushy 

 pastures, between the great lake Ivantala and Quilengues ; in young 

 fl. beginning of Feb. 1860. No. 2057. 



18. I. astragalina DC. Prodr. ii. p. 228 (1825); Baker, I.e., p. 89. 



Bumbo. — Serra da Xella. In flelds after the cultivation of Arachis 

 liypogcea L. ; not common ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 2021. 



19. I. altemans DC. Prodr. ii. p. 229 (1825) ; Baker, I.e., p. 89. 

 Anil(a) altemans O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 938. 



MossAMEDES. — On sandhills, among species of leafless Euphorbia 

 and Zygophylhim^ rather frequent, near the city of Mossamedes ; fl. 

 and fr. end of June 1859. No. 2059. Flowers rose-red. On the sea- 

 sands at Praia da Amelia ; fl. August 1859. No. 20586. 



Var. y8. macra Baker, I.e. 



Mossamedes. — Flowers violet-purple. On sea-sands near " As 

 hortas," along the banks of the river Bero, near its mouth ; fl. and fr. 

 July 1859. No. 2058. 



20. I. maritima Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 89. 

 Anil{ct) mai'itima 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



Mossamedes. — A prostrate, very widely ccespitose, glaucous-silky, 

 perennial herb, with the habit and colour of foliage like those of 

 Jledicago maritima L. ; leaflets fleshy, thick ; flowers blood-red. Fre- 

 quent and polymorphic, on sea-sands near the city of Mossamedes ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 20Qlb. 



21.1. heterocarpa Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 90. 



Anil{ct) heterocarpa 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



HuiLLA. — A prostrate ascending bright-green perennial herb or 



