Manniojihj/Uiii'] cxv. EurnouBiACE.B. 'J73 



of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, not uncommon : II. begin- 

 ning of Dec. 18."»r» : also at the banks of the rivulet Catc in Sobato 

 de JJumha, not plentiful ; leaves deeply trifid : without fi. Jan. \HUb. 

 No. 349. A scandent shrub, with very polymorphous foliage. In 

 the denser forests of the Queta mountains ; without II. Dec. It^.'io. 

 No. 350. A robust, climbing shrub, with stinging leaves and a 

 Menispermaceous habit. Queta Carengue ; fr. May 185G. Coi.i.. 

 C.\Kr. It33. 



I.^i.ANP or St. Tiii>M.\>!. — In wooded mountainous places at Fazenda 

 do Monte Caif e ; without H. Dec. 18('i0. Called "Congo gloncongo." 

 Leaves not trifid, very like the usual ones in this species. No. 463. 



20. CLUTIA Loerh., L.; Bonth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 302 

 {Chnjtia). 



I. C. benguelensis Muell. arg. in Jonrn, Bot. ii. p. 337 (18G4), 

 and in DC. riudr. xv. 2, p. 1052 (18GG) {Clw/tia). 



HriLL.v. — A perennial herb, with the habit of the genus and of 

 PlnjUnntJins ; rootstock' very thick, woody, polycephalous ; stems 

 several, 1 to li ft. long and more ; straight, but little branched ; 

 leaves glaucescent, somewhat fleshy ; flowers yellowish. In rocky 

 thickets near Mumpulla, plentiful, in company with species of Gniilia 

 (cf. G. Rendhi; Welw. herb. no. 6478), Theshna (cf. T. lo,,„lJ(nsr ; 

 Welw. herb. no. ()437), (Jio/ris ahi/sshiiai. Hochst. (Welw. herb, 

 no. 0438), and other Euphorbiacea3 ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 338. 



21. AGROSTISTACHYS Dalz. (1850); Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. p. 3(12. 



1. A. africana Muell. arg. in Flora, 1864, p. 534, and in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2, p. 725 (186G). 



Island of St. TlI«>M.\^;. — In mountainous primitive forest, about 

 2000 ft. alt., at Fazenda de Monte Caffe ; unripe fr. Dec. 1800. 

 No. 441. 



22. MANIHOT Adans. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iil p. 306. 

 1. M. utilissima Pohl, PI. Bras. i. p. 32, t. 24 (1827) ; Muell. 



arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 10G4 (1866) ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, j). 251 

 (1884): Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflnnzenfam. iii. 5, tig. 49 

 (p. 80) (1891). 



Jatropha ManiJiot L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 1007 (1753). ^F. edule 

 A. Plich. in Ramon de la Sagra Hist. Cuba, xi. p. 208 (1850); 

 Welw. Apontam. p. 503, .sub n. 153 (1859) {edulis). J/. Aipi 

 Welw., I.e., p. 564 ; non Pohl. 



LoANDA.— Very frequently cultivated throughout the district, but 

 rarely flowering : at Represa do Magellaes near Boa Vista ; fl, and fr. 

 end of :March 1854. No. 301. 



GdiANGo Alto. — A slender shrub, to 9 ft. high. In the very 

 dense forests of Cungulungulo near Vistalegre, quasi-spontaneoTis ; 

 without fl. or fr. Feb. lS5.j. No. 302. 



^InssAMF.DES. — An undcrshrub, 4 to ft. high : stems and petioles 

 rosy-purplish ; flowers yellowish. Cultivated in large quantities 

 throughout the district for the sake of its tuberous root, which weighs 

 from to 25 lb., and is by no means so poisonous as is commonly 

 reported; Arimo de Senhor Paiva, on the Giraid ; fr. 15 July 1859. 



