900 cii. CHENOPODiACE^. [Arthrocnevium 



The following No., which in the dry state is grey-green with 

 its branches narrowly winged, and on which I do not find any 

 flowers in the British Museum specimen, is probably a species of 

 this genus, possibly an annual form of A. iiidicum Moq., or a 

 Salicornia. 



MossAMEDES. — An annual, prostrate, ascending, subglaucescent 

 watery-fleshy herb, turning red in old age. In salt places near 

 Caroca, Cabo Negro, in company with Tamarix orientalis Forsk., 

 H el iotr opium supinuiii L., and Ileleochloa schoenoklcs Host. ; Sept. 

 1852. No. 6329. 



5. LERCHIA Hall, in Comment. Getting, i. p. 224 (1752), & 

 Enum. PI. Getting., edit. 2, p. 21 (1753), & ex Zinn, Cat. PI. 

 Gotting. p. 30 (1757); non Reichenb. (1828). 



Dondia Adans. Fam. PI. ii. pp. 261, 550 (1763); non Spreng. 

 (1813). Lerchea Ruling, Ord. Nat. PI. p. 47 (1774); non L. 

 (1771). Siunla Forsk. Fl. .^gypt. Arab. p. 69. t. 18, B. (1775); 

 Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 66. 



1. L. obtusifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. edit. 1, pp. 187, 474 

 (1821) {Lerchea). 



Chenopodium fruticosuni L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 221 (1753). 

 Salsola fritticosa L., I.e., edit. 2, p. 324 (1762). SiuBda fruticosa 

 Forsk., I.e., pp. cix. 70. L. maritima, y. fruticosa 0. Kuntze, Kev. 

 Gen. PI. ii. p. 549 (1891) (Lerchea). Lerchea fruticosa B.D. Jacks. 

 Ind. Kew. ii. p. 66 (1894). Dondia fruticosa Dri;ce in Ann. Scott. 

 Nat. Hist. 1896, p. 42. 



Bexguella. — A much-branched shrub, as tall as a man, with 

 numerous stems. In gravelly seaside places near the city of Benguella, 

 plentiful ; June 1859, not then in good fl. No. 6322. 



MossAMEDES. — A shrub, 4 to 6 ft, high ; stems numerous, branched 

 from the base ; branches and branchlets numerous, mostly purplish ; 

 leaves succulent, glaucescent. In gravelly thickets, close to the banks 

 of the river Bero, very plentiful ; inside the mouth of the river ; fl. 

 July 1859. No. 6321. On the Cazados sands, near Mossamedes, 

 common. A young branch, without fl. or fr., apparently belonging 

 to this species ; beginning of August 1859. No. 6321^. 



6. SALSOLA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 71. 

 1. S. aphyUa L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 173 (1781). 



Mossamedes. — A glaucous-hoary shrublet, with the habit of Lerchia, 

 and with numerous branches from the base ; stems and branches 

 prostrate ; flowers reddish. At the sides'of sandhills near Cavalheiros, 

 plentiful; fl. July 1859. No. 6320. 



cm. PHYTOLACCACE^. 



1. HILLERIA Veil. Fl. Flum. p. 47 (1825), i. tab. 122 (1827). 

 Mohlana Mart. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. p. 170. t. 290 (1829) ; Benth. 

 k Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 81. 



1. H. elastica Veil., I.e. 



Rivina lati folia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. i. p. 324 (1792); Poir. in 



