Amarajithus] ci. AMAiiANTiiACEiE, 8H7 



Cabonda, plentiful : H. and fr. middle of June 1855. Native name 

 "Jimb^a." No. 6513. 



G(.i.iN(;() Alt. ..-In fl. and fr. No. 6513i. 



2. A. spinosus L. Sp. PI, edit. 1, p. 991 (1753); J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap Yord. Ins. p. 17G (1S52) ; Wehv. in Ann. Cons. 

 Ultnuimr. Lisb. No. 7 (August 1854) p. 81. n. 90. 



SiEKKA Lkonk. — In fl. beginning of Sept. 1853. A poor specimen 

 probably of this species, which, according to Welwitsch's note attached 

 to no. G515, he saw plentifully near Freetown but of which he collected 

 only one specimen growing in kitchen gardens and afterwards suffering 

 from the dampness of the winter. No. 6514. 



A.MiJKiz. — On rubbish heaps near Banza d'Ambriz ; also behind 

 Quizembo ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 1853. No. 6515. 



Pkinck's Isl.vni). — Stem straight, reddish, mostly branched from 

 the base. In plots neglected after cultivation and in sunny places, 

 near the port of S. Antonio ; fr. Sept. 1853. C(iLi.. Cakp. HG7. 



Capk 1)K Vkkde Islands.— Island of San Thiago. Cultivated at 

 Loanda in 1857. Coll. Cari*. 868. 



This is apparently the AmnrdnthuH, amid masses of which Acuan vir- 

 (jatum Medik. grew sporadically by the lake near Banza d'Ambriz ; see 

 ante p. 309. 



3. A tricolor L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 989 (1753). 



A. ganyeticus L. Sy.st. Nat. edit. 10, ii. p. 1268 (1759). 



Loanda. — Cultivated in gardens, and according to Arsenio P. P. de 

 Carpo called " Papagaios " ; fl. and fr. No. 6516. 



Welwitsch was informed by Scnhor Pompeio Pampilhio that this 

 species occurs wild near Pungo Andongo. The name " papagaios " is 

 also used by the Portuguese colonists for Iinpatiois Bahdiniiui L. ; see 

 anic p. 108. It was also found in Ambaca, near N-gombe, in plots 

 neglected after cultivation, where it was not plentiful, in Oct. 185G. 

 According to a ms. note of Welwitsch, this is one of the species which 

 are both wild and cultivated by the natives and which furnish the 

 edible vegetables called by the negroes " Jimboa."'see Welw. Apontam. 

 p. 547 sub n. 74 (1859), and Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 242 (1884). 



These vegetables are eaten in large quantities like beet sprouts Ijy 

 the natives in the interior, for example in the district of Duque de 

 Braganra, where for weeks and even for months they eat scarcely 

 anything else. 



4. A. graecizans L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 990 (1753). 



A. alhusThuxih. Prodr. PI. Cap. p. 45 (1794); non L. (1759). 

 A. Thunhergii Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 262 (1849). 



Pungo Andongo. — At Condo ; fl. and fr. ]\Iarch 1857. No. 6522. 



MossAMEDES. — An annual herb, branched from the base ; branches 

 slender ; leaves variable, narrower or broader : flowers greenish. In 

 gravelly places at Garganta do Rio Bero ; fl. and fr. end of June 1859. 

 In sandy places by the river Bero ; fl. and fr. July 1859. In neglected 

 fields between Hortas and Boa Vista ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 6528. 

 An annual herb, erect or ascending ; stem slender, bright green, 

 branched from the base or from the middle ; branches elongated, 

 erect-patent. In damp sandy places at the mouth of the river Bero : 

 fl. and fr. July 1859. A narrow-leaved variety. No. 6527. 



HriLLA.— In fields after crops of Sorghum, plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 beginning of :May 18G0. No. 6497- 



Perhaps only a variety of J. Blitum L. 



