556 Lxxi. COMPOSITE. [Placus 



2. p. natalensis 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 357 (1891). Fl. Cap. 

 Comjza cafra DC. Prodr. v. p. 381 (1836) ; Harv. & Sond. iii. 



p. 112 (1865) (co.Jfra). C. natalensis Schviltz Bip. ex Walp. Rep. 

 ii. p. 971 (1843). Blumea natalensis Schultz Bip., I.e. 



MosSAMEDES. — An erect annual herb, branched from the base, 6 to 

 8 in. high, with the habit of an Erigeron ; florets violet-purple. In 

 sandy thickets at the Garganta or mouth of the Bero, many specimens 

 but sporadic : fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 3414. 



3. P. gariepinus 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 357 (1891). 

 Blumea gariejnna DC. p. 448; Hai'v. & Sond, I.e., p. 120. 

 MosSAMEDES. — A suffrutescent herb, 3 ft. high or more ; stem erect, 



branched from the middle ; branches erect-spreading, winged with the 

 decurrent leaves ; florets yellow, turning pale in drying. In gravelly 

 bushy places at the river Bero, near Quipola, not abundant ; fl. and fr. 

 July 1859. No. 3910. 



22. LAGGERA Schultz Bip. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii.p. 290. 



1. L. aurita Schultz Bip. ex A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 393 (1847). 

 Conyza aurita L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 367 (1781). Blumea aurita 



DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 16 (1834) ; 0. & H. in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 322. 



LoANDA. — A strong-scented, viscid, erect, branched, apparently 

 annual herb, with a Senecioid habit, and purplish florets. The scent 

 is somewhat like that of the aromatic Chenopodia. In flooded places 

 in the course of drying up, about the represa (pond) of Imbondeiro 

 dos Lobos, sparingly ; in fl.-bud 8 June 1858, and fl. July 1858. 

 No. 3894. 



Ambaca. — An annual erect herb, branched from the base, with 

 ascending viscid-hairy branches, and yellowish flowers. In moist 

 bushy places on the left bank of the Caringa rivulet ; fl. and fr. June 

 1855. No. 3895. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers purplish. In moist meadows (varzeas) between 

 Catumba and Ohay ; fl. end of March 1860. Perhaps the variety 

 (Bgyptiaca of B. aunta DC. Prodr. v. p. 449 (1836). No. 3909. 



No locality nor notes ; fr. annual. A poor specimen, probably this 

 species. No. 3933- 



2. L. purpurascens Schultz Bip., I.e., p. 395. 



Bli(,me pterodonta DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 16 (1834). 

 B. jmi'purascens A. Rich., I.e., i. p. 395 ; Serratula polygona A. 

 Rich., I.e., i. p. 457, t. 62. L. pterodonta Schultz Bip. in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. iEthiop. p. 151 (1865) ; 0. & H., I.e., p. 324. 



HuiLLA. — On wooded hills along the road towards Catumba in the 

 Lopollo country ; without fl. beginning of April 1860. The species 

 was so determined by Welwitsch. No. 3899. 



3. L. alata Schultz Bip. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. See. xxix. p. 94, 

 187 (1873) ; 0. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 326. 



Conyza alata Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 61 (1814). Blumea alata 

 DC, I.e., p. 448. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— Flowers purplish. In moist parts of Yarzea do 

 Isidro, among tall grasses ; fl. and fr. July 1856, A form with much 



