Voandzeia] xliv. leguminos^. 261 



seen wild ; fl. Feb. 1857. No. 2206, Condo, Bailunda. Native 

 name " Vielo." Fr. March 1857. Coll. Carp. 428. The Bambarra nut. 

 Fr. May 1857. Coll. Carp. 429. 

 Benguella. — Near the town. Fr. Coll. Carp. 430. 



43. CACARA P. Thouars in Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 35 (1806). 

 Pachyrhizus Eich. (1825); Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 540. 



1. C. (?) orbicularis. 



Pachyrhizus 2 orbicularis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. p. 208. 



PuxGO Andongo. — A herb, woody at the base ; stem cylindrical, 

 softly tomentose, twining, climbing rather high ; leaves trifoliolate, 

 stipellate ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed ; racemes 

 spicate, slender, long-peduncled ; bracts widely ovate, acuminate ; 

 flowers very shortly pedicelled, whitish-yellow ; calyx campanulate ; 

 upper lip shortly bifid ; lower lip trifid, the middle broader a little 

 longer and shortly acuminate ; petals all clawed ; standard obcordate- 

 orbicular, auricled at the base on both sides ; wing petals each with a 

 long lobe or tooth on one side of the base ; keel very obtuse ; stamens 

 monadelphous ; anthers uniform ; ovary sessile, linear-compressed, 

 nearly straight, clothed with long pilose white hairs, about 8-ovuled ; 

 style glabrous, curved or bent, scarcely tapering upwards ; stigma 

 small, capitate, oblique, presented towards the standard. Sporadic, in 

 exposed thickets, climbing on taller plants, at the base of Serra de 

 Pedras de Guinga ; very sparingly fl. Jan. 1857, at an elevation of 

 3800 ft. No. 2184. 



In the absence of the fruit the genus must remain doubtful. 



44. BOTOR Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p. 326 (1763). Psophocarpus 

 Neck. (1790) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 540. 



1. B. palustris 0. Kimtze, Pev. Gen. PI. i. p. 163 (1891). 



Psophocarpus palustris, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. i. vol. ix. 

 p. 420 (1826); Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 212 (1876). 

 P. longejjedimculatus Hassk. PI. Jav. Ear. p. 388 (1848); Baker 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 208 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 142 (1884). 

 P. Mahdla Welw. Apont. p. 589, n. 69. 



Ambriz. — A widely climbing herb ; leaflets rather fleshy ; flowers 

 bluish ; pods broadly 4-winged, 1\ to 2 in. long, black when ripe, 

 spirally twisted after dehiscence ; seeds several. Frequent, near the 

 lake called Lagoa da Quibanza de Ambriz, at a distance of 2 leagues 

 from the ocean ; in young fr. and climbing on a Composite {Conyza?) 

 as in the British Museum specimen, Nov. 1857. No. 2279&. Twining ; 

 pods broadly 4-winged ; Lagoa de Quibanca ; fr. Nov. 1853. Coll. 

 Carp. 532. 



LoANDA. — In moist situations with dense herbage, throughout the 

 district but sporadic ; near Quicuxe, etc. ; fl. Dec. 1853 ; fr. Jan. 1854. 

 No. 2279. 



LiBONGO. — A herb, apparently persisting for several years ; stem 

 slender, tenacious, very widely climbing ; flowers pale-blue ; pods 

 4-winged ; seeds edible, sedulously collected, and cooked in palm-oil by 

 the negroes like those of other species of the Phaseoleae. Very abun- 

 dant in marshy bushy places throughout this district, but at some 

 distance from the coast ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. Native name " Mabala." 

 No. 2279c. Leaves trifoliolate ; pods broadly winged, 2-6-seeded ; seeds 



