Dia/)edi"iii] xciv. acaxthace.t:. 825 



27. DIAPEDIUM Konig in Kon. it Sims, Ann. Bot. ii. (No. iv. 

 June 1st, 1805), p. 189. 



Diclipiera Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. p. 207 (1807) ; Bi-nth. iV- 

 ll.M.k. f. (ien. PI. ii. p. 1120. 



1. D. umbellatum O. Kuntze, llev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 4S5 (1891). 

 Justicia umhelluta Vahl, Enum. i. p. 115 (1804). JJicliptera 



liinhellata Juss., I.e., p. 268. Didiptera verticUlaris 8. Moore in 

 Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 362; non R. k- S. 



Goi.uxiio Ai.To. — Herbaceous, annual or biennial, beset with glan- 

 dular hairs having a goatish smell : corolla rosy, bilabiate, tlie upper 

 lip lanceolate and whitish-punctate at the l)ase, the lower lip patent 

 entire and rose-red throughout. In damp densely shady places near 

 Sange, Bango, Camilungo, etc. : (1. and fr. June 18.").'). No. 5116- At 

 <Juibolo. Fl. and fr. July \Hi,i\. No. 5133. 



MossAMKDEs. — An annual, erect or ascending herb, 2 to 2^ ft. high, 

 sparingly branched, herbaceous-green ; flowering branches patent, the 

 upper ones the shorter : flowers apparently rosy. At the rocky sides 

 of the river Bero near Boca do Rio (the last gorge), sparingly ; fl. end 

 ofJulyl«59. No. 4999. 



The plant is officinal ; in Golungo Alto the natives call it " Quixixila." 



2. D. Welwitschii. 



Didipteni WelirlUchii S. Moore, I.e., p. 362. 



HuiLLA. — Corolla violet in colour. In forests about Ivant'ila : fl. 

 Feb. 1860. No. 5015. This No. is quoted also by S. Moore, /.c, p. 206, 

 for Barli ria riola^cens. 



3. D. angolense. 



Didiptera angolensis S. Moore, I.e., p. 362. 



G()LUX(;(J Ai.To.— At Bumba : fl. July 185G. Nos. 5132. 5168. ''cf. 

 6116" (no< 5116). 



XCV. SELAGINE^. 



This family, which is abundantly represented in the Cape flora, 

 was previously to Welwitsch's discovei'ies unknown in West 

 Tropical Africa ; the three species wliichwere found in Huilla arc 

 among tli^ most delightful of its plants, and embellish those high- 

 lands with indescribable charms. The negres.ses, who are in general 

 but little susceptible to the beauties of nature, are in the habit of 

 weaving in their head-dresses the flowering branches of the two 

 following .species of Selago, or stick tliem behind their ears, as they 

 carry goods to the market at LopoUo. 



1. HEBENSTRETIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1127. 



1. H. dentata L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 629 (1753). 



Var. integrifolia Choisy in DO. Prodr. xii. p. 4 (1848). 



//. inteyrifulia L., I.e. If. amjolensis Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 1886. 

 p. 174 (J/ebenstreitia). 



Huilla. — A herb, apparently annual or doubtfully perennial ; stem 

 «rect, simple at the base, Ijrauched from the middle upwards : branches 

 spreading, virgate, leafy, terminating in flowering spikes ; leaves linear ; 

 flowers very elegant ; corolla whitish, unilabiate, 4-lobed at the apex, 



