Jlfomchina] xci\'. acanthack.k. 823 



LoANiiA. — A much-branched, annual, somewhat erect hcrblet, 4 in. 

 liigh : root '.'> in. long ; leaves imbricate. In a wet wooded spot 

 liL-twi-en Teba and Quicuxe, onlv one specimen found ; fr. March 1854. 

 No. 5066. 



5. M. Nepeta C. B. CI. ms.. I.e. 



Justicia Xepeta S. Moore, I.e.. p. 312. ./. mossamedea 8. Moore, 

 Ac, p. 342. 



IcoLo E Bkn'co.— An erect, annual herb, much branched, conical in 

 outline, a foot high. By moist thickets near Prata not far from Lagoa 

 de Quilunda, rather rare : fr. Sei)t. 1H;')4. No. 5136. 



Loan DA. — An erect or ascending, annual herb ; corolla violet-purple, 

 bilabiate ; the upper lip much shorter than the lower, obtusely bilobed : 

 the lower lip widely spreading, 3-loIjed. In thickets on a sandy or 

 ferruginous clay soil, near Eou Vista, very rare ; fl. and fr. end of 

 May, 1808. Nos. 5185, 5137- 



MossAMKUKs. — An annual or biennial herb, obliquely climbing or 

 erect, much branched from the base ; branches decurrent ; leaves spathu- 

 late ; corolla yellowish at the base, at the apex especially on the liml> 

 violet-purple. At the sides of the calcareous mountains between 

 Mossamedes and Cavalheiros : fl. and fr. beginning of July 1859. 

 Xo. 5003- An annual herb, branched from the base ; flowers violet- 

 purple. Arimo de Senhor Yiana : fl. and fr. beginning of Aug. 18a'.>. 

 No. 5004. 



0. M. floridum C. B. CI. ni.s., I.e. 



Jusiicia {^ llo.stellaria) sp., S. Moore, I.e., p. 342. 



Lii?()N(it). — An annual herb, 1 to 3 ft. high, much branched, strong 

 smelling ; flowers pale purple. In rather dry places among low bushes, 

 above Banza do Libongo, in Arimo do Senhor Freire ; fl. and fr. Sept. 

 1858. Xo. 5120. An annual, erect or ascending, much branched herb, 

 hoary more or less throughout : leaves narrow ; flowers small, purplish. 

 In thickets near Banza de Libongo : fr. Sept. 1858. Ci»i-i.. Cari'. 832. 



BuMBti. — In tields after crops of AracJiis hypogiea ; fl. and fr. 

 No. 5032. 



7. M. cleomoides C. B, CI. m.s., I.e. 



Justiela cleomoides S. Moore, I.e., p. 313, t. 214, fig. 2. 



]\I()ssAMi:i)K.s. — A low, very densely branched shrub, 1 to 2 ft. high, 

 forming hemispherical clumps : stem and leaves glandular-pilose, very 

 viscid ; corolla whitish, the lower lip violet in colour ; disk yellowish : 

 stamens 2. In sandy submaritime places between Mossamedes and 

 Cavalheiros : fl. and fr. beginning of July 1859. No. 5006- 



8. M. Salsola C. B. CI. ms., I.e. 

 Jx.siici'i S(dsola S. Moore, I.e., p. 340. 



MossA.MEDES. — A prostrate, suffruticose herb, very rigid throughout: 

 fruit axillary, solitary. In dry hillv maritime places at Praia da 

 Amelia : fr. July 1H5!I. Xo. 5023. 



24. RHINACANTHUS Nees; Benth..«cHook.f.Gen. Pl.ii. p. 1112. 



1. R. communis Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. p. 109 (1832) ; 

 S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 342. Jtisticla nasuta L. Sp. 

 PI. edit. 1, p. 16 (1753). L\ Xasuta 8. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. xxxix. 2, p. 179 (1870). /.'. nasutus Lindau in Engl. Nat. 



