994 cxvi. uRTiCACEiE. [^Pouzolzia 



valvate in aestivation, 4-cleft, hairy outside, jV in. in diameter ; 

 the lobes deltoid-ovate, apiculate ; stamens 4, glabrous ; filaments 

 inserted near the internal base to the perianth opposite its lobes; 

 anthers inflected in thebud,iafterwards exserted ; ovary glabrous, 

 small, ellipsoidal-oblong, rudimentaiy. 



HiTiLLA. — In shady forest at Catumlm, in rocky places close to the 

 stream, rare and seen nowhere else ; male fl. Feb. 1860. No. 6290. 



Related to P. giihiee>isis Benth. ; but the leaves are larger, whitish- 

 cottony beneath and triplinerved. 



8. PARIETARIA Tournef.,L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 392. 

 1. P. officinalis L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 1052 (1753): Weddell in 



DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 235^2 (1869). 



Cf. F. maderensis Reichenb. in Flora xiii., pp. 131, 380 (1830) ; 

 Lowe in Hook. Journ. Bot. i. p. 31. (1834). 



Island of Madkiha. — In fl. and fr. Aug. 1853. No. 6274. 



9. FORSKOHLEA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 393. 



1. F. viridis Ehrenb. ex Desfont. Cat. Hort. Paris, edit. 3, 

 p. 347 (Forskahlea) (1829) ; Weddell in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 2355« 

 (1869). 



Chamcedry folia viridis 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen, PI. ii. p. 625 (1891). 



MossAMEDES. — An annual, erect herb, from a palm to a foot high, 

 patently branched from the base upwards, with whitish to greenish 

 flowers. In rocky shady parts of Santo Antonio : fl. and fr. 

 21 July 1859. No. 6291. An erect, herbaceous-green or intensely 

 green, annual herb, branched from the base to the apex, 1 to 3 ft. high, 

 with the habit of ^lercur'nilk, Purietaria^ or l^rt/ai, with flowers 

 clustered in small heads. In neglected plots cf cultivation near 

 Cavalheiros ; fl. July 1859. No. 6292- 



CXVII. MORACE^. 



1. CANNABIS Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p 357. 



1. C. sativa L. Sp. PI, edit. 1, p. 1027 (1753) ; Welw. Apontam. 

 p. 547 sub n. 71 (1859), and Synopse Explic. p. 45, n. 125 (1862) ; 

 Alph. DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 30 (1869); Monteiro, Angola, ii. 

 p. 256 (1875); Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 261 (1884); Engl. Mon. 

 Morac. African, p. 44 (1898). 



Sierra Leone.— Without fl. or fr. No. 6275f/. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Cultivated by the negroes almost everywhere but 

 always in small quantities ; at Sange, fl. Jan. 1855. Negro name 

 " Riamba." No. 6275- 



Ptjngo Andoxgo. — In fl. and fr. No. 6275c. 



HuiLLA. — Cultivated by some of the natives in concealed places. 

 Native name " Riamba." The dried specimens were given to tlie 

 Lisbon Medical School. No. 6275?^. 



Among the Maraoes "Bangue" is the name of this jilant when 

 dried and prepared for smoking ; in the Congo district it is called 

 " Riambe," in Loanda, etc., " Riamba," also sometimes pronounced 

 ^' Riamba " ; in Golungo " Diambe," and among the Mahungos and 



