608 Lxxi. COMPOSITE. [Meridicwa 



although in the latter species the inner involucral scales are said to be 

 taper-pointed, and in our plant they are obtuse. 



71. BERKHEYOPSIS 0. Hoffm. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 5, p. 311 (1892). 



1. B. aizoides O. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. x. p. 180 (1893). 

 MossAMEDES. — Flowers yellow. In gravelly hilly maritime places 



at Praia da Amelia, etc., plentiful ; fl. and fr. July and August 1859. 

 No. 3707. 



HuiLLA. — A herb with the habit of a Calendula ; flowers yellow. 

 In sandy, sparingly bushy pastures, near Nene ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. 

 A form with a more compact habit and longer linear leaves, perhaps 

 belonging here. No. 3708. 



2. B. angolensis O. HofFm., I.e. 



MossAMEDES. — Habit and pappus suggestive of Berkheya but the 

 involucral scales connate nearly to the middle after the manner of 

 Mcridkma. In maritime thickets to the south of Villa de Mossamedes, 

 at Praia da Amelia ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 3705. In the sandy 

 maritime parts of the Giraul, in company with various seaside plants ; 

 fl. and fr. 9 Sept. 1859. No. 3706. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow. In pastures on a sandy clay soil, near 

 LopoUo ; fl. Dec, 1859. No. 3709. This No. is quoted by O. HofE- 

 mann, I.e., for the species, but the absence of ripe fruit does not 

 enable satisfactory identification ; so far as I can judge from the 

 specimens they much resemble a Gorteria, especially 6?. diffusa Thunb. 



72. CROCODILODES Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p. 127 (1763). 

 Berkheya Ehrh. Beitr. iii. p. 137 (1788) ; Benth. &Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 460. 



1. C. Autunesii. 



Berkheya Autimesii 0. HofTm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. x. p. 181. 



PuNCio Andongo. — A perennial herb, with numerous oblique or 

 ascending stems and yellow flowers. In wooded thickets at the banks 

 of the rivers Cuanza and LuxiUo, and near Lombe, plentiful ; fl. and 

 fr. March 1857. No. 3605. In sandy bushy places between Caghuy 

 and the river Cuanza ; not yet in open fl. April 1857. No. 3606. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow. In sunny parts of the forest between 

 Eme and Ivantala ; not yet in full flower April 1860, and not seen 

 subsequently. No. 3604. 



2. C. WelwitscMi. 



Berkheya Wehvitschii 0. Hoffm., I.e., p. 182. 



HuiLLA. — A csespitose plant, a foot high, with deep-yellow flowers. 

 In sandy thickets along the outskirts of forests between Eme and the 

 lake of Ivantrda ; fr. after the previous year's fl. end of Feb. and 

 March 1860 ; fl. April 1860. No. 3712. A perennial herb, 2 ft. high, 

 with the habit of the caulescent species of Carlina ; stems numerous ; 

 flowers large, golden-yellow. In sandy thickets near LopoUo fr. April 

 1860. Coll. Carp. 57. 



3. C. carlinopsis. 



Berkheya carlhwpsis Welw. ex 0. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii. 

 p. 34 (1896). 



