Erythrocepludum] lxxi. composit/E. 613 



spinulose-denticulate. In wooded copses not far from Mangue by the 

 way towards Candumba, at an elevation of 3n00 ft. ; ti. and fr. March 

 1857. Colonial name " Cravos do mato " (forest pink). The plant 

 furnishes excellent tinder. No. 4000 partly. 



HriLLA. — In sandy thickets at the outskirts of rather open forests 

 between Eme or Munchimo and the lake Ivantala, by no means 

 plentiful ; fl. and fr. March and April 1860. No. 4000 partly. 



Hoffmann in the place first cited quoted in error No. "4022(?)" 

 for this plant. 



75. DICOMA C'a.s8. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 492. 



1. D. tomentosa Cass, in Bull. Soc. Philom. (1818), p. 47 ; O. & 

 H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 443 ; O. Hoffm. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 XV. p. 543 (1893). 



Loan DA. — In sandy mint- beds about Maianga do Povo ; fl. and fr. 

 Feb. 1858. No. 3623. 



Icoi.o E Ben(!() and Zexza do GoLUXCio. — A herb, usually erect 

 but in old age not uncommonly decumbent ; branches crowded, ascend- 

 ing ; florets very fugacious. On a sandy clay soil, in places flooded in 

 the rainy season, about the Lagoas de Funda, plentiful ; also in Zenza 

 do Golungo ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 3623. 



Bumbo.— In rough sunny situations near Bumbo, beginning of June 

 1860 ; only one specimen collected. No. 3990. 



HuiLL.v. — In sunny rocky places near MumpuUa ; very young fl.-bud 

 Oct. 1859 ; only two plants seen, perhaps more plentiful in summer. 

 Apparently this species. No. 3608. 



2. D. foliosa 0. Hofifm., I.e., p. 543, and in Bull. Soc. Bret. x. 

 . 184 (1893). 



MossAiiEDEs. — At the calcareous sand-rocks along the banks of the 

 river Bero near Garganta do Rio Bero ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 3617- 

 A lovely shrublet, with numerous stems widely and densely spreading 

 from its many-headed rootstock, scarcely a foot high, recalling some 

 species of EUchrysa ; flowers tubular-campanulate, of a pleasant purple 

 colour ; achenes remarkable on account of the structure of their 

 pappus. In rocky places at the base of Montes negros, in company 

 with Sarcocaulon mosmmedense (Welw. herb. n. 1607) ; fl. and fr. 

 10 Aug. 1859. No. 3618. An annual or gradually turning woody 

 and biennial, with Gnaphalioid habit, the sole ornament of the very 

 gloomy Black Mountains (Serra de Montes negros) ; fl.-bud 13 Aug. 

 1859. No. 3619. 



3. D. elegans Welw. ex O. Hofim., ll.cc, p. 544, p. 184. 

 Huilla. — In thin bushy forests between Mumpulla and Nene ; fr. 



Oct. 1859. No. 3620. In open forests en a sandy soil near Nene, 

 in company with species of SterculiaccEe, Leguminosaj, and other 

 Composite ; not yet in open fl. in May 1860. No. 3621. 



4. D. Welwitschii O. Iloffm., lUc, p. 544, p. 184. 



PuNGo AxDoNco. — An erect branched herb, becoming woody at the 

 base ; stems numerous from a very hard woody-tuberous rootstock ; 

 flowers of a pale straw-colour ; style exserted after the opening of the 

 flowers ; stigma clavate, with two long cohering lobes. In sandy 

 open woods near Mopopo and Sansamanda ; fl. and fr. 1 May 1857. 

 No. 3609. 



