Stylosanthes\ xliv. leguminos^. 239 



longer than in the other species, scattered beneath as well as the 

 stipules and bracts with pilose hairs each of which emerge from a 

 sessile gland. In sandy thickets on the right bank of the river Cuanza, 

 between Condo and Quisonde ; fl. and fr. March 1857. This is the type 

 of this variety, but by number it is referred by Taubert, I.e., p. 24 to 

 the previous variety. No. 2127. 



2. S. mucronata Willd. Sp. PI. iii. p. 1166 (1800); Baker, I.e., 

 p. 157; Taubert in Verb. Bot. Brandenb. xxxii. p. 19 (1890). 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellowish ; standard violet, striped. In wooded 

 moist meadows, usually by ant-hills around Catumba ; fl. Jan. and 

 beginning of April 1860. No. 2126. 



23. ARACHIS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 518. 



1. A. hypogaea L. Sp. PL edit. 1, p. 741 (1753); Welw. Apont. 

 p. 557 sub n. 132, p. 558 sub n. 133, et p. 573 (1859); Welw. 

 Sert. Angol. p. 6 (1869); Baker, I.e., p. 158; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 p. 133 (1884); Schweinf. Heart of Africa, i. pp. 160, 250. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Cultivated commonly in damp places throughout 

 the district, especially near villages ; fl. near Sange Jan. 1856. Native 

 name " Jinguba." Fl. from Jan. to April ; fr. from July to Nov. 

 No. 2121. Coll. Carp. 395. Introduced from Cazengo ; Trombeta, 

 fr. July 1857. Coll. Carp. 396. 



MossAMEDES. — Cultivated by the negroes and Portuguese colonists ; 

 and occasionally spontaneous, for example near Quipola ; fl. August 

 1859. No specimen separated for the British Museum. No. 2122. 



This species is much cultivated throughout tropical Africa and in 

 Natal as also in other tropical countries. Welwitsch, Z.c, p. 573 states 

 that it is especially frequent in the district of Ambaca ; and Dr. 

 Schweinfurth, /.c, p. 250 declares that the proper home of this plant 

 is in Africa ; it is usually said to be a native of tropical America. 



24. ZORNIA Gmel. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 518. 



1. Z. diphylla Pers. Syn. PL ii. p. 318 (1807) {diphyllum) ; 

 Baker, I.e., -^. 158. 



Loan DA. — A small annual rather erect herb ; flowers almost entirely 

 concealed between pellucidly 5-nerved glandular-dotted bracts ; corolla 

 orange-coloured with purple lines. En sandy hilly rather dry pastures, 

 from Maianga de Povo in the direction of Alto das Cruzes, Bemposta, 

 etc., plentiful but sporadic : fl. and fr. April and May 1854, 1858 and 

 1859. No. 2112. 



Golungo Alto. — Not uncommon, in wooded meadows with short 

 herbage between Undelle and Cambondo ; fl. and fr. March and April 

 1855. A form with leaflets ranging up to h in. in width. No. 2113. 

 An annual herb, a foot high. Sange ; fr. August 1855. Coll. Carp. 397. 



Ambaca. — A suffruticose perennial herb, densely csespitose, with a 

 woody many-headed rootstock, numerous stems, and the habit of 

 thyme ; flowers whitish-yellow ; keel reddish-brown. In sandy bushy 

 pastures, on the left bank of the river Lucala, at an elevation of 3000 

 ft. ; fl. towards the end of Oct. 1856. No. 2115. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A small annual erect herb, branched from the 

 base ; branches ascending, virgate ; corolla small, standard and scarlet 

 wing-petals embracing the yellowish keel. Frequent in exposed rocky 

 places with short herbage, at the base of Pedra Cabondo in the western 

 part of the fortress ; fl. and fr. end of Dec. 1856. No. 2114. 



