Mesospha riling xcvii. LAHiAT.i:. 873 



2. M. pectinatum (J. Kniitzc I.e. 



Nepeta pectiaata L. Syst. Nut. ii. p. 1097 (1759). Ifuptis 

 pectiiiata Poit., I.e., p. 474, t. .'50. 



Amkiuz. - In the Mosul marshes ; tl. and fr. \ov. 1853. No. 5560. 



Bauk.v IK) Danhk. — A tall, erect, agreeably fragrant, branched 

 herb, 3 to G ft. high, with white or occasionally violet or purplish 

 flowers. In swamps throughout the district : at the lakes on the right 

 bank of the river Dande near Bombo, plentiful ; H. and fr. Sept. 18.'i8. 

 Used instead of incense by tiie inhabitants of the Lifune and Dande 

 kingdom, and called by the negroes " Quinbumbo," " (^uinbungu," 

 ■'Quibumbo," or " Quinbumba." Xo. 5531 and Cm.i.. Cai;i'. H,')7. 



Bakra IK) Benui".— In palm groves between Quifandougo and 

 Barra de Bengo, rather rare : il. and fr. Dec. 18o3. No. 5532. 



G(ii,i\(;() Ai/nt.— Between Trombeta and Cabondo : H. and fr. 

 Sept. 18r)4. No. 5830. A herb, somewhat woody at the base, perennial, 

 very variable in habit so that it could be easily split into '.'> or 4 

 species by critical botanists : scent scarcely pleasant, almost mou.'^y ; 

 stem obtusely quadrangular, furrowed on the sides, usually tall, 2 to 

 5 ft. high, mostly from pale to blackish purple : flowers arranged 

 sometimes in long erect acuminate nearly naked spikes, sometimes in 

 verticils occupying the axils of the leaves and concealed by them ; 

 corolla yellow, the tube whitish, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip bifid, 

 the lower lip trifid, all the lobes rounded-obtuse at the apex and spread- 

 ing, the middle lobe violet in colour. In damp places by streams and 

 in wet reed-beds, etc., plentiful ; near Sange, Camilungo, and Bango ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1S5:.. No. 5561. 



MiissAMKDKs. — In gravelly places at the river Maiombo between 

 Pomangale and Cazimba, sporadic ; fr. after the fall of the corolla, 

 June IKCO. No. 5487. 



IS. LAVANDULA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Geu. PI. ii. p. 1179. 



1. L. stricta Uelile, Fl. d'Egypte, p. 238, t. 32. fig. 1 (1812), 

 it lUustr. p. 65. 



L. coronoplfolia Poir. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. iii. p. 308 (1813); 

 J. A. Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. p. 218 (1852). 



Capk dk Vf.rde IsLA^M)^!. — Island of St. Vincent ; fl. and fr. Aug. 

 1853. No. 5523. 



19. MENTHA Tournef., L. ; Benth. ct Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 1182. 



1. M. piperita L. Sp. PI, edit. 1, p. 570 (1753). 



LoANDA. — No notes. In fl. and fr. No. 5557. 



Our specimens have a smaller foliage than is usual with this culti- 

 vated plant, which by some botanists is considered to be a hybrid 

 between .)/. rh-iilis L. and .)/. (uiuatira L. ; at all events they were 

 probably not indigenous at Loanda. 



Gt»LUN(i() Alto. — Cultivated in kitchen gardens; without fl. or fr. 

 July 1855. Possibly belonging here. No. 5558. 



The following No. possibly belongs to tlie hirsute form of 

 Mentlia aquatica L., I.e., p. 576 : — 



GoLUMJo Ai.Tii. — A low prostrate herb. By the banks of the river 

 Cuango, in damp cultivated ground at Arimo do Mariano ; without fl. 

 or fr. end of Sept. 1855. No. 5587. 



