220 XLiv. LEGUMiNOS^. [Craccct 



7. C. Vogelii O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 175 (1891). 

 Tephrosia Vogelii Hook. fil. ex Hook. f. & Benth. in Hook. 



Niger Fl. p. 296 (1849); Welw. Apont. p. 586 n. 28 (1859); 

 Baker, I.e., p. 110 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 130 (1884). 



T. inehrians Welw. Apont. p. 573, sub n. 174, 9^. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A shrub, 4 to 9 ft. high, or occasionally a small 

 very elegant tree 7 to 9 ft, high, with slender trunk naked at the base 

 and rather broad crown ; branches rather patent, crowded, elongated ; 

 flowers sometimes milk-white, at other times brilliant violet-purple ; 

 pods straight, pendulous, of two colours when young, brown- tomentose. 

 The leaves when a little bruised are thrown into the rivers to stupefy 

 fish ; the fish caught in this manner are wholesome. In sandy thickets 

 throughout the district especially between Trombeta and Cambondo, 

 and in other places near Sange, and by crops in Sob. de Mussengue ; 

 also occasionally cultivated for catching fish ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1854 

 and Jan. and May 1855. Native name " Cafoto." No. 2092. Coll. 

 Carp. 379. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A very beautiful little tree or tall shrub. 

 Spontaneous and cultivated throughout nearly the whole district. 

 Spontaneous near the cataract of Condo ; fl. and fr. March and April 

 1857. Native name " Calembe." No. 2093. Coll. Carp. 154 and 380. 



8. C. rigidula O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 175 (1891). 

 Tephrosia rigidula Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 112. 



HuiLLA. — A suffruticose herb, rigid and firm throughout ; stem 

 straight or obliquely sub-flexuous ; leaflets 7 to 15, acute or obtuse 

 and mucronate ; racemes leaf-opposed or quasi-terminal ; flowers 

 violet-coloured ; pods pilose. In rather bushy pastures with tall 

 herbage at Varzeas de Catumba ; fl. and fr. May 1860. No. 2106. 



9. C. barbigera 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p, 174 (1891). 

 Tephrosia harhigera Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 113. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An ascending annual herb, 1 to 4 ft. high ; calyx 

 densely pilose, the lower tooth twice as long as the rest and on the 

 lower surface bearded with usually longer very crowded hairs which 

 are directed downwards ; petals very caducous ; standard brown- 

 tomentellous outside, purplish inside ; wings brilliantly purple ; keel 

 whitish at the back, pale-violet in other parts. Frequent but not 

 abundant on tall-grassy slopes of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, 

 in company with species of Gladiolus and Hypoxidese ; fl. and young 

 fr, March 1856, No. 2096. 



PuNGo Andongo, — An annual herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, erect or ascend- 

 ing ; the angular stem, the branches and petioles as well as the pods 

 softly shaggy ; flowers brilliant purple-violet. In the dry exposed 

 sandy parts of forests near the cataract of Condo of the river Cuanza ; 

 fl, and nearly ripe fr. March 1857. No. 2097. 



Var. (?) Bakeriana. 



Tephrosia nana, var. y8, angolensis Baker, I.e., p. 110. 



PuNGO Andongo, — An annual herb, erect or mostly ascending at 

 the base ; flowers violet-coloured ; pods shaggy-velvety, thickened at 

 the black margin, about 12-seeded. In sandy pastures at the banks 

 of the rivulet Luxillo, behind the fortress, rather sparingly ; fl. and fr. 

 April 1857. No. 2100. Welwitsch regarded this as an autumn form 

 of No. 2006. 



