896 CI. AMARANTHACE^. [Altemanthera 



Biceholzia maritima Mart., I.e., p. 50, t. 147, Telanthera 

 maritima Moq. in DC. Prodi*, xiii. 2, p. 364 (1849). 



Ambriz.— In fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6553. 



LoANDA and Barra do Dande. — In sandy maritime places from 

 Praia de Penedo as far as Ambriz ; at Praia de San Thiago, fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1858. No. 6559. On the sea coast of the island of Cazanga ; 

 fl. and fr. Oct. 1858. No. 6535. 



2. A. achyranthoides Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. pp. lix. 28 (1775). 



Gomphrena sessilis L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 225 (1753). Illecebrum 

 sessile L., I.e., edit. 2, p. 300 (1762). A. rejjens W. Wood in Rees, 

 Cyclop, i. (1802). A. sessilis Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. v. 

 p. 554 (1819). 



LiBONGO.^ — An annual, prostrate herb ; stems usually rooting at the 

 nodes, but little succulent ; leaves lanceolate- or obovate-elliptical, 

 membranous, green ; flowers white. At the sandy banks of the 

 river Lifune, near Banza de Libongo ; fl. andfr. Sept. 1858. No. 6555. 



Barra doDande. — A herb ; rootstock polycephalous ; stemsprostrate- 

 ascending, purple, somewhat fistulose, sparingly branched ; flowers 

 whitish. In swampy places about lakes on the right bank of the river 

 Dande near Bombo, sparingly ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6533. 



ICOLO E Bengo. — In damp places at the river Bengo, near 

 Quifandango ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1853. No. 6531. A diffuse herb ; 

 branches ascending, occasionally rooting at the nodes ; flowers snow- 

 white. At the marshy edges of Lagoa de Foto, rather rare ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1857. No. 6532. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Flower-heads snow-white. Close to the banks of 

 the river Quiapoze and by nearly dried-up ponds. No. 6549. On 

 maize lands near Quibixe ; fl. and fr. June 1856. No. 6561. 



MossAMEDES. — In damp sandy places at the banks of the river Caroca 

 near Cabo Negro ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1859. No. 6505. In damp places at 

 the river Maiombo near Pomangala ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 6504. 



Prince's Island. — In the coast region ; fl. and fr. middle of Sept. 

 1853. No. 6539. A dwarf plant, sometimes rooting at the lower 

 nodes ; perhaps this species ; rather like A. nami R. Br., but less 

 pubescent ; fr. Sept. 1853. No. 6542. 



The type of Forskftl's species is in the National Herbarium. 



3. A. echinata Sm. in Rees, Cyclop. suppL, n, 10 (Dec. 1818). 



Achp'cmthes repens L. Sp. PI., edit 1, p. 205 (1753). Illecebrum. 

 Achyranthci, L., I.e., edit. 2, p. 299 (1762). Altermmthera 

 Achyrantha Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. v. p. 557 (Sept. 1819). 

 Altermmthera sp., Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 242 (1884). 



Loan DA. — A prostrate herb, annual and also biennial ; the stems 

 branches and leaves lying flat on the ground ; fruit prickly ; prickles 

 very sharp, rigid, penetrating, very unfortunately so for those who 

 walk about with bare feet. In open sunny and rather dry places 

 everywhere, especially plentiful in streets and public squares ; in the 

 courtyard of the governor's palace at Loanda ; fl. and fr. May 1854 

 and Dec. 1857. No. 6536. At Maianga do Rei ; fl. and fr. July 1854. 

 Negro name, " Madeat n-gombe." No. 6536^. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In rather dry, swampy places near Camilungo ; fl. 

 and fr. Oct. 1855. No. 6556. 



Prince's Island.— In the coast region ; fl. and fr. middle of Sept. 

 1853. No. 6541. 



