Vernonia| LXXI. COMPOSIT. 519 
3 ft. high, flowers of a reddish-violet colour, In wooded situations 
near Menha-Lula ; fl, and fr. June 1856. No. 3320. 
5. V. Welwitschii O. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. x. p. 170 (1893). 
MossaMEDES.—Flowers bright-purple. In sandy thickets at the 
banks of the river Maiombo ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 3363. 
6. V. rhodophylla O. Hoffm., /.c., xiii. p. 19. 
Hu1iuia.—Flowers purple. In rather elevated bushy mountainous 
places in Serra (Morro) de Lopollo, formerly pastures ; fl. and fr. April 
and May 1860. No. 3340. 
7. V. daphnifolia O. Hoffm., /.c., p. 18. 
HvILia.—A cespitose herb ; rootstock thick, woody, many-headed, 
perennial ; flowers violet-purplish. In fairly dry sandy-clayey 
thickets near Lopollo, rather rare ; fl. and fr. beginning Dec. 1859. 
No. 3344. 
8. V. lappoides O. Hoffm., J.c., p. 19. 
Punco ANDONGO.—A perennial erect herb, with membranous leaves 
and purple corollas. In rocky thickets within the presidium, not 
abundant ; fl. and fr. middle of Feb. 1857. No. 3294. 
9. V. Perrottettii Schultz. Bip. ex Walp. Repert. ii. p. 947 
(1843) ; O. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 272 (Perrottetii). 
Webbia serratuloides DC. Prodr. v. p. 72 (1836). 
PunGo ANDONGO.—An annual, strictly erect herb, with pallid- 
purple flowers. Between Lombe and Candumba, in places with 
scanty herbage, rather rare, but growing in masses ; fl.end of March 
1857. No. 3365. 
10. V. ambigua Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn. p. 35. t. 17 B (1867); 
O. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 272. 
Puneo AnpoNnGo.—An annual, erect, much branched herb, 4 to 5 in. 
high, with purple or purplish corollas. In sandy thickets near 
Sansamanda, not far from the banks of the river Cuanza, sparingly ; 
fl. beginning of April 1857. Also in sandy bushy places near Mopopo, 
very rare ; fl. and fr. 30 April 1857. No. 3304. 
11. V. Petersii O. & H. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 
p. 90 (1873) and in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 273. 
HuiitLa.—Flowers purple. In sandy thickets near Lopollo ; fl. and 
fr, March and April 1860. No. 3301. In neglected fields on a sandy 
soil near Lopollo; fl. and fr. end of May 1860. No. 3302. In 
neglected fields near Eme ; fl. and fr. April 1860. No. 3303. 
MossaMEDEs.—An annual erect herb, with violet-purple flowers. 
In gravelly places at the banks of the river Bero, rather rare; fl. and 
fr. July 1859. No. 3305. 
12. V. Poskeana Vatke & Hildebrandt in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 
xxv. p. 324 (1875); O. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 274. 
Crystallopollen angustifolium Steetz in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 
p. 366 (1863), 
a. Vulgaris Steetz, J.c. 
Punco ANDONGO.—<An annual erect herb, growing in vast abundance 
and in dense masses, colouring violet the moist meadows between 
