Valerimioides] xcvi. verbenace.e. 831 



p. 7, tab. 86 (1771). Verb. fmgiisHfolia Mill. Diet. ed. 8, n. 15 

 (1768). Stiichytarplieta angnsti folia, S. indica, and S. jarnaiceiisis 

 Vahl, Enum. PI. i. pp. 205, 206 (1804). ,S'. imlica Ficalho, PI. 

 Uteis, p. 240 (1884). 



LoANDA. — In damp places at the edges of ponds near Quicuxe, and 

 by Represa do Manoel Pereira van Hunnen, rather rare ; fl. beginning 

 of July 1854. No. 5652. 



Icoi.o V. Bknco. — An annual, erect, bright green herb, branched 

 from the base ; leaves membranous, rather glossy : flowering spikes 

 straight, very slender, elongated, usually more than G in. long ; flowers 

 violet-purple, rarely whitish-violet in colour, scarcely larger than those 

 of Verbemi officinalis L. In swampy places about Lagoa da Funda, 

 not uncommon ; also near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. beginning of 

 Sept. 1859. No. 5640. 



According to a note of Welwitsch, this species is used in Loanda, 

 where it is [)lentiful, as a remedy in cases of dysentery, in the same 

 way as it is in tropical America : the native name is '' Cachinde ca 

 menha." 



4. DURANTA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1150. 



1. D. erecta L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 637 (1753). 



D. repem L., I.e. D. jjlumieri L. Sp. PL, edit. 2, p. 888 (1762). 



HuiLLA. — A much-branched shrub, 5 to (> ft. high, with blue flowers. 

 In shrubby places near Lopollo, in company with Pshulia arabica Jaub. 

 c^ Spach (Welw. herb. no. -JOH), Jii.-<niiinini mtcro/ihi/Uum Baker 

 (Welw. herb. no. '.>32), and SijiluiHinitlnifi duinalis (Welw. herb. no. 

 5703) ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1859. No. 5760. An arborescent spinescent 

 shrub, with bright blue flowers. In thickets near Lopollo, plentiful ; 

 fl. andfr. May 1800. Coll. Carp. 91. 



5. PREMNA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1 152. 



1. P. angolensis Giirke in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. xviii. ]». 165 

 (22 Dec. 18'J:3). 



G()LrN(;o Alto. — Glabrescent except the puberulous inflorescence; 

 branches woody, subterete, somewhat pallid, striate, inconspicuously 

 lenticellate ; branchlets somewhat angular, leafy ; leaves ternate, 

 quaternate or opposite, roundly ovate, cuspidate obtuse or pointed 

 at the apex, usually very obtuse or sub-truncate at the base, thinly 

 coriaceous, entire and somewhat undulate on the margin, yellowish 

 green on both faces, 3 to 5 in. long by 2 to 3 in. broad ; lateral veins 

 about 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, slender ; petioles 1 to 3 in. 

 long ; inflorescence terminal, subglobose, about 3 in. in diameter, 

 divaricately branched, densely many-flowered : common peduncle 

 .scarcely an inch long ; ultimate pedicels very short, sub-obsolete ; 

 bracteoles minute ; flowers about jlr in. long, crowded ; calyx about 

 -V in. long, hemispherical-campanulatc, truncate or scarcely lobed • 

 corolla shortly tubular ; the tube about .}^ in. long by ,^.- in. broad ; 

 the limb oblique, 4-lobed, somewhat spreading ; the lobes rounded ; 

 the throat hairy : stamens 4, subdidyuamous, scarcely exserted, 

 inserted on the corolla-throat, glabrous : style -^^ to ^~ in. long, 

 scarcely exserted, glabrous, straight or a little curved, notched at 

 the apex ; ovary depressed-spheroidal, marked with two furrows, 

 nearly glabrous, with some small scaly hairs or minute glands. At 

 Undelle ; fl. April IHoG. Called " Mungongo." No. 5628. A tree, 



