Ac(tli/]>ha] f XV. ErpnoRHiACE.*:. 977 



GoLUNCU) Alto. — An erect unclershruh. 'J to 4 ft. hij,'h, sparingly 

 and patently branclied towards tht- apex ; feniaU- llowers sometimeH 

 above, sometimes below the male flowers. In moist thickets near 

 Trombeta ; fi. Sept. 1854. No. 439- A perennial iierb or an under- 

 sbrub or sometimes a shrub, 2 to 4 or rarely 5 ft. liiLjh, with quite the 

 habit of an Urlica ; stem erect, sparingly branched at the apt-.x ; 

 branches spreading, virgate ; leaves bright green, patent and nearly 

 pendulous or deflected-pendulous while others are fasciculately erect. 

 Male flowers below, reddish, with 8 to G white anthers ; filaments of 

 the stamens hyaline, flattened, transversely and very closely septate, 

 somehow elastic ; the stamens on the opening of the perianth are 

 slowly elongated by the extension of tiie .septa and spread upon the 

 limb of the perianth in the form of a star, but at the slightest touch 

 they spring against the centre of the flower, and therefore just reversely 

 to the case of Pilna in which on the centre of the flower being touched 

 the stamens spring against the circumference. Female flowers congre- 

 gated in blood-red comose spikes. At the outskirts of thickets in 

 moist shady places nearly throughout the district, plentiful, flowering 

 and fruiting from October to ]\Iarch ; near Sange, N-delle, Fundo 

 Cacarambola, and in ]\Iata de Quibauga in Sobato Mussengue ; fl. Dec. 

 1855 and jMarch 185G. No. 438. 



Pux(K) AxDONCit). — A patently branched undershrub of 3 ft. high 

 or a shrub 4 to 6 ft. high ; flowers greenish, unisexual, the male flowers 

 on the upper part of the plant. In rocky places at the outskirts of 

 forests in the praesidium, sporadic ; fl. Jan. 1857. No. 437. 



5. A. Welwitschiana Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., p. 334, and 

 in DC, I.e., p. 834. 



Ricinoearpus Welvntschianus O. Kuntze, I.e., p. G18. 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — A shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, branched sparingly and 

 only at the apex. At the outskirts of forests among tall herbs, near 

 Luxillo ; fl. Jan. and Feb. 1857. No. 433. 



G. A. angolensis Muell. arg. ll.cc, pp. 335, 835. 



Ricinoearpus anyolensis 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 617. 



PuNGo Andoxgo. — An erect, sparingly branched undershrub, 4 ft. 

 high. In thickets at the outskirts of the forest near Catete in the 

 praesidium ; female fl. Feb. 1857. No. 434- 



7. A. polymorpha Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., p. 335, and 

 in DC, I.e., p. 835. 



Ricinoearpus poh/morpJiU^ O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 618. 



a, elliptica Muell. arg., ll.ec. 



HriLi.A.- lu hilly sandy-schistose sparingly bushy places covered 

 with sand, near Lopollo, in company with species of Thymelaeaceae 

 (cf. Gnidia ILiepfneriana Gilg. ; Welw. herb. no. 0479) and Irideac ; fl. 

 and fr. Nov. 1859. No. 429. 



y8, sericea Muell. arg., ll.ec. 



Hiii.i.A. — In rather dry rocky thicket near ^lumpulla, sparingly ; 

 fl. Oct. 18o'.*. Only one specimen preserved. No. 421. 



y, oblongifolia Muell. arg., lice., pp. 335, 836. 



Hull. I. A. — In pastures decked with species of Clemati.t (cf. C. chri/.fo- 

 carpa Welw. herb. no. 12J2) and Thymelieace;e (cf. Gnidia Rendlei ; 

 Welw. herb. no. G478), among low bushes, between Lopollo and Ferrao 

 da Sola, very sparingly ; fl. Nov. 1859. No. 428. 



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