Sesamothamnxis] xciii. pedauace.*:. 797' 



Welwitschi Seem. (Welw. Herb. no. 490) : near Cazimba, plentiful, 

 ripe f r. and but few leaves 5 June 1 8r)U. Xo. 1509. 



The plant is used medicinally as a demulcent and refrigerant in cases 

 of inflammation of the face, mouth, eyes, and urinary passages. 



4. SESAMUM L. : Beutb. .t Hook. f. (ien. PI. ii. p. 1058. 



1. S. orientale L. Sj). PL, edit. 1, p. G34 (1753). 



S. indlcum L., l.c.\ Welw. Apontam. ]>. 551, .sub n. 103 (1859) ; 

 Ficalho, PI. Utei.s, p. 2."»7 (1884). Anthadenia sesamoides Van 

 Houtte in Hort. Vanhoutt. fa.sc. i. p. 4 (1845). Volkameria 

 orientalis O. Kuntze, Jlev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 481 (1891). V. sesamodes 

 U. Kuntze, I.e., p. 482. 



LiBONGO. — An annual, erect, branched herb, \h to 4 ft. high : 

 corolla pale rosy purple. In moist bushy places on" the left bank of 

 the river Lif une, here and there ; £1. and fr. end of Sept. 1858. No. 1639. 



Cazenco. — Seeds dusky yellow. Among low scattered bushes near 

 Cacula, in company with Cimtnthcat i/iffigr/hracfrata Engl. (Welw. 

 Herb. no. 1(549), not uncommon : fl. and fr. June 18.55. No. 1640. 



GoLUNT.o Alto. — Seeds black. In bushy wooded places on a sandy 

 clay soil at the banks of the river Cuango, near Sange ; fl. and fr. 

 July 1855. No. 1638. 



PuNCJo Ani)(>n(!(). — In moist sandy places at the river Cuanza, near 

 Sansamanda ; fl. and unripe fr. Dec. 185G ; also in neglected fields 

 covered with bushes near Condo ; fr. March 1857, mostly very sporadic. 

 No. 1641. 



No. 1642 is a specimen of the same species from G. Don's herbarium 

 obtained at Sikkk.v Leone, where it is called " Kinu Thorny" or 

 '' Palaver sauce plant." 



In Angola native names are "N-guilla," " N-gilla," " Anguilla," 

 " Uanguilla," " Ricola," and " Ocoto " ; the Portuguese name is 

 "Gergelim." 



2. S. calycinum Wehv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 52 (1869) ;. 

 Engl. Bot. Jalub. xix. p. 158 (1894). 



S. indicurn L., var. ? anyustifolium Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. p. 131 (1875). Volkameria calyclna 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 482. 



Puxf;o Andonco. — Stems 2 to 3 ft. high, erect, simple or usually 

 divided towards the apex into 3 to 5 elongated virgate branches ; 

 leaves half as large as those of »S'. augolense, lepidote beneath between 

 the purple veins with white depressed scales, each of which consists of 

 four connate obtusely (piadrangular parts ; flowers rosy purple, secund, 

 drooping, ;"; to nearly ih in. long : calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, with 

 a very long acumen at the apex ; capsule gradually attenuate at the 

 apex in a long acumen ; seeds nearly similar to those of S. angolense . 

 In the drier sandy thickets between Caghuy in the pra;sidinm and 

 Sansamanda ; fl. and few fr. beginning of Jan. 1857. No. 1644. 



3. S. angolense Welw. Apontam. p. 588, n. 59 (1859), and in 

 Trans. Liun. Soc. xxvii. p. 51 (1869); Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. 

 p. 158 (1894). 



.S'. maaunthu7u Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p, 131, t. 84 

 (1875). Volkameria amjolensia 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 482. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — A sufft-uticose herb, 3 to 5 or rarely G ft. high : 



