234 XLiv. LEGUMiNOS.E. [^Herminiera 



fishing punts and landing-boats. Welwitsch found it the most suitable 

 wood for boxes for his entomological collections. The tree grows 

 abundantly in marshes and by streams along nearly the whole extent 

 of the coast of the province. See Welw. Synopse, p. 20, n. 50. 



20. iESCHYNOMENE L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 515, 



1. M. papulosa Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 146. 



PuNGO Andongo.— Joints of the pod densely papulous on a raised 

 strictly limited disk. Sporadic, in marshy thickets at the base of the 

 mountains of Serra de Pedras de Guinga ; fl. and fr. March 1857. 

 Only one branch was collected, it being at the time considered to 

 belong to jE. indica L. No. 2171. 



2. M. oligantha Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 146. 



MossAMEDES. — An undershrub, at the base but little woody, 3 to 4 ft. 

 high, or a tall herb, apparently annual or biennial ; branches sub- 

 scandent, remote ; flowers pale-yellow. Sporadic, in marshy places, 

 growing amidst tall plants of Ai^undo and Scirpus, about the estuary of 

 the river Giraul ; fl. and with only one fr. July 1859. No. 2172. 



3. M. indica L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 713 (1753) ; Baker, I.e., p. 147. 



Ambaca. — A suffrutescent herb, much branched from the base ; 

 branches rather spreading ; leaves glaucescent ; flowers sulphur- 

 coloured. In damp pastures, at the right bank of the river Lucala, not 

 far from the ferry ; fl. and fr. middle of Oct. 1856. No. 2170. 



The following appears to be the plant referred to by Welwitsch, 

 Apont. p. 590, n. 81 (1859), as "genus novum?"; it also seems 

 to be a form or variety of jE. indica L., with solitary flowers and 

 peculiar habit, the stem being | in. thick at the base, quite spongy 

 and quickly attenuate : — 



LoANDA. — An annual suffrutescent herb, 1 to 4 ft. high, forming a 

 bush or little tree with a J//;/^-o.s'a-habit ; branches spreading ; leaves 

 somewhat sensitive ; flowers solitary, small ; wing-petals and keel 

 yellow ; standard yellow with red venation ; pods flat, separating in 

 joints. In great abundance, at the margins of pools, in clayey places 

 flooded in the rainy season, near Alto das Cruzes, forming miniature 

 forests ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1858, fruiting specimens and seedlings crowded 

 together in July 1858 ; not seen in the years 1853 and 1854. No. 2169. 

 Joints of the pod 8 to 11, square, crested on each face. Seen only in 

 one locality, but abundant, by the marshes of Alto das Cruzes ; fl. and 

 ripe fr. end of April 1858. Coll. Carp. 445. 



4. m. aspera L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 713 (1753) ; Baker, I.e., p. 147. 



PuNGo Andongo. — An erect or ascending herb, 5 to 6 ft. high; stem 

 muricate ; prickles herbaceous ; corolla yellow. In marshy palm-groves 

 and thickets, along the banks of the river Cuanza, near Sansamanda ; 

 fl. and fr. Feb. and March 1857. No. 2168. 



5. M. acutangula Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 148. 



PuNGO And(jxgo. — An erect herb, 3 ft. high ; stem purple, with 

 acute angles ; stipules sagittate ; racemes paniculate ; flowers yellow ; 

 bracts very caducous ; whole plant, except the flowers, livid-glauccscent. 

 Sparingly, in marshy reedy places, at the banks of the river Cuanza, 

 near Mupopo, at an elevation of 3800 to 4000 ft. ; fl. and fr. May 1857. 

 No. 2173. 



