P/lT/Salis] LXXXVIII. SOLAN ACE.E. 751 



branches greatly elongated, decumbent ; corolla sulphur-yellow, 

 atropurpureous towards the base both inside and out. In cultivated 

 and sunny sandy places, not everywhere ; at Varzea do Isidro near 

 Sange ; tl. and f'r. July 1855. No. 6056. 



MossAMEDES. — Berries eaten. In damp fields, especially in planta- 

 tions of cotton and sugar, often too abundant ; 11. and fr. July 1859. 

 No. 6026. 



The leaves are generally eaten by the negroes. It occurred plenti- 

 fully at the lake of Quilunda, near Prata, in the district of Icold k 

 Bengo ; ti. and fr. Sept. 1S54. 



4. CAPSICUM Touinef., L. ; Benth. &: Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 892. 



1. C. annuum L. Sp. PI, edit. 1, p. 188 (175.3) ; Fing(>rh. Men. 

 Caps. p. 12, t. 2 (1832). 



LoAXDA. — In the city : probably cultivated ; fr. Nov. 1860. 

 Apparently this species or possibly C longuin DC. Coll. Carp. 803. 



2. C. frutescens L., /.c, p. 189 ; Fingerh., I.e., p. 17, t. 4, fig. c. 

 Amuriz. — Cultivated and wild ; fr. Apparently this species or 



perhaps C. coiKi/des Mill., which some authors regard as synonymous. 

 No. 6066. 



3. C. baccatum L. Mant. Pi. i. p. 47 (17G7); Fingerh., I.e., 

 p. 18, t. 4, fig. A. 



C. comarim Yelloz. FI. Flumin. p. 60 (1825) ? ; Welw. in Bol. 

 Conselho Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7, p. 83, n. G8 (Aug. 1854). 



Ambuiz. — Cultivated near Mubango and Quibanza ; fl. and fr. end 

 of Nov. 18j3. Negro name '" Comorim." No. 6068, and Coll. 

 Carp. 802. 



GoLUN(iO Alto. — Ripe berries more or less ellipsoidal, scarlet, not 

 eaten by the negroes. In the forests of nearly all the Sobatos, but 

 sporadic, very remote from human habitations and even in the 

 densest forests, apparently indigenous ; in Mata de Quibanga : fl. and 

 fr. Dec. 1855. No. 6071- Not uncommon in the primitive forest of 

 Mata de Quibanga ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1856. No. 6084. 



4. C. cerasiforme Miller, Gard. Diet., edit. 8, n. 5 (1768). 



C. MiUerl Boem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 563 (1819) 

 Fingeih., I.e., p. 20. 



PuNGO AxDONtio. — Fruit spherical, strongly pungent. Cultivated 

 in Sansamanda ; fr. 30 April 1857. No. 6070. 



5. C. cordiforine Miller, I.e.. n. 2 ; Fingerh., I.e., p. 29, tt. 9, 10. 

 Ambkiz.— Cultivated ; in fr. No. 6035. At Mubango, wild ; fl. 



and fr. No. 6067. 



Calumbo. — A shrub, 3 ft. high or more, strongly branched above : 

 branches bent in a zigzag manner ; calyx obtusely pentagonal, bent 

 down in flower, almost truncate at the mouth, obscurely 5-toothed, the 

 teeth obtuse ; corolla from yellow to greenish, with ovate-acuminate 

 lobes ; anthers cordate-ovate, dull green. At Quilonibo between 

 Camama and Calumbo, wild ; fl. and fr. June 1858. Native name of 

 the shrub " MoliingO " and of the fruit " N-dungo-Jindungo." See 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 233 (1884). No. 6047. 



GoLCNGo Alto. — In secondary thickets near Cacarambola : fr. 

 without foliage, beginning of Scot. 1856. Apparently this species. 

 No. 6097. 



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