822 xciv. ACANTHACE^. \Jusiicia 



PuNGO Andongo. — In wooded rocky rather elevated places at the 

 cataracts of streams near Cabondo in the praesidium, sporadic and 

 rather rare ; fl. end of April 1857. No. 1248. 



10. J. Anselliana T. And., I.e., p. 44 ; Lindau, I.e., p. 349, fig. 

 112 D ; S. Moore, I.e., p. 341 ; C. B. CI., I.e., n. 70. 



Adhatoda Anselliana Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 403 (1847). 

 Dianthera (sp.), Benth. t Hook, f., I.e., p. 1114, 



Ambaca. — A herblet of scarcely 3 to 4 in. ; stem creeping, stoloni- 

 f erous ; flowers white. In damp pastures on the left bank of the river 

 Lucala ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 5172. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A very slender herb, floating, apparently peren- 

 nial ; rhizome creeping far, rooting at the nodes ; stems more or less 

 elongated according to the depth of the water : fruiting peduncles 

 reflected. In pools at the great cataract of the river Cuanza near 

 Condo ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 5173. 



Var. angustifolia S. Moore, I.e., p. 342. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb ; stem filiform, ascending when growing 

 in spongy marshes or floating on pools ; flowers white. Between 

 Lombe and Candumba, in company with Marsilea (cf. Welw. herb, 

 no. 39), etc. ; fl. and fr. March 1857, No. 5098. 



23, MONECHMA Hochst, in Flora 1841, p, 374. 

 Jvsticia sect. Monechma, Benth, and Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii, p, 1109. 



1. M. lolioides C. B, CI. ms, in, Fl. Trop. Afr, v. p, (ined,), 

 Jicstieia lolioides S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 310, t. 214^ 



PuNG(^ Andongo. — An erect or ascending herb, with violet-purple 

 flowers. In moist hot wooded parts of Mata de Mutollo ; fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1857. Nos. 5178, 5090. 



Var. latifolia (S. Moore, I.e.). 



PuNGO Andongo. — An erect or ascending herb, a foot high, growing 

 in dense masses ; flowers white. In somewhat dry wooded pastures 

 with sparse herbage between Quisonde and Condo ; fl. and fr. March 

 1857. No. 5099. 



2. M. scabridum C.B. CI. ms.. I.e. 

 Jiistieia seahrida S. Moore, I.e., p. 310. 



PuNGo Andongo. — A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, the whole plant becoming 

 yellowish in the course of drying ; stems branched in a broom-like 

 manner ; flowers in the living state white. By thickets near Condo, 

 N-billa, and Bumba, rather rare ; fl. March 1857. No. 5085. A 

 perennial herb, erect ; corolla white. At Condo, fl. 11 March 1857. 

 No. 5092. 



3. M. Welwitschii C. B. CI. ms.. I.e. 

 Justicia monechmoides S. Moore, I.e., p. 311. 



LOANDA. — An erect, bright green herb, l\ to 2 ft. high, with whitish 

 inconspicuous flowers. In moist bushy places at Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; 

 fl. and fr. March 1858. Nos. 5184, 5065. 5123, 5140. 



4. M. spissum C. B. CI, ms.. I.e. 



Justicia sp. (§ Rostellaria), S. Moore, I.e., p. 342. 



