Globularia] xcv. selagine/E. 827 



Wettst. in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 6., p. 272, tig. 103 (' 

 (1895). L. aiajigiMifolius Wettst. in Engl., I.e., p. 273. 



Island of Madkiha. — A lovely shrub, lA to 2^ ft. high ; branche> 

 ascending : leaves coriaceous, rigid, rather glossy. In stony places not 

 far from the ocean, by the road which leads from Funchal to Camara 

 dos Lobos, abundant ; fl. end of August 1853. Xo. 784. 



XCVI. VERBENACE/E. 

 1. LAXTANA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1142. 



1. L. Camara L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. G27 (1753). 



L. (intidotalis Sehuiu. ct Thonn. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. iv. 

 p. 50(1829). 



LoANDA. — A shrub, 4 to ft. high: root woody: stems several, 

 erect or oblique, distinctly hexagonal or obtusely tetragonal ; branches 

 and branchlets patent ; leaves almost always (according to Welwitsch) 

 ternate, sometimes opposite : tlowers yellow, almost tending to orange 

 in colour ; bracts linear-lanceolate, shorter than the corolla-tube : 

 drupels deep blue. In thickets not far from the ocean, extending at 

 intervals from Ambriz to the mouth of the river Cuanza ; at Penedo ; 

 fl. Feb. 1858. Used as an officinal plant by the negroes ; scent very 

 agreeable. No. 5722. In ti. and fr. Nos. 5650, 5715, 6658. 



PiNtio Andongd. — In fr. Dec. 185(3. Xo. 5692. A much branched 

 shrub, 5 ft. high, with numerous stems and orange-coloured flowers. 

 In thickets at the outskirts of INIata de Pungo : fl. Jan. 1857. No. 

 5723. A simple erect shrublet, (3^ in. high, apparently perennial ; 

 leaves membranous ; flowers orange-yellow. In a rocky part of the 

 presidium, at Barrancos da Pedra Pungo : only one specimen, fl. May 

 1857. No. 5621. In ti. and young fr. No. 5676. 



MossAMEDi'.s. — A shrub, 4 to (3 ft. high, subscandent or rather with 

 virgate sarmentose Ijranches : flowers saffron- or orange-yellow ; drupels 

 black-bluish. At the banks of the river Bero, plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 June 1859. No. 5765. 



Caim: dk Vei;i)i; Islands. — Prickly, shrubby ; fr. baccate. In St. 

 Jago : fl. and fr. Jan. 18G1. Belongs to this or an allied species. No. 

 5626. 



2. L. salvifolia Jacq. Hurt. 8choenbr. iii. p. 18, t. 285 (1798). 

 Luanda. — A much branched undershrub, scarcely a shrub, woody at 



the base ; branches divaricate : corolla white, yellow at the bottom. 

 At the lowest parts of the mountains between Penedo and Forte 

 Conceiyfio : fl. and fr. 22 April 1858. No. 5720. 



GoLUNGo Alio. — Roadway near Mussengue ; fl. April 1855. A 

 broad-leaved form of the species. No. 5742. An \indershrub, 2 to 4 ft. 

 high, at first erect or even strict, afterwards almost a shrub with 

 twisted arching branches : flowers milk-white. At the outskirts of 

 forests in Sobato de Quilombo and at the river Quango, etc. : ii. and fr. 

 April 185G. Nos. 5666, 5643, 5727, and Ci.l. Caui-. 841. 



CA/.EN(io. — A sufl'ruticose herb. 3 to 4 ft. high. By thickets near 

 Cacula ; fl. June 1855. A l)road-leaved form. No. 5743. 



PLN(io Andongo.— An undershrub. 1 to 2 ft. high; root woody: stems 

 numerous, prostrate or ascending : flowers very prettily violet-rosy, 

 scentless ; fruit baccate, edible, resembling a mulberry but the drupels 

 larger violet-rosy shining like pearls and separated from each other 

 by broad projecting bracts, with a very pleasant acid taste suggesting 



