424 Lxvii. UMBELLiFER^. \Hydrocotyle 



1857. A form remarkable for its exactly reniform leaves and very 

 elongated petioles. No. 625. 



MosSAMEDES. — In wet spongy places at the margins of the Lagoa 

 de Giraul, in company with a terrestrial form of Pistia and species of 

 Equisetum and Marsilea ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 621. 



HuiLLA. — Rosette of the radical leaves on the young plant rather 

 resembling that of Soldanella m,ontana. Willd. and some species of 

 Saxifraga ; petiole of the stem-leaves in some cases very variable in 

 length ; flowers whitish. In damp meadows along streams between 

 Ferrao de Sola and Catumba, at an elevation of 500() ft., in company 

 with Polygala Gomesiana Welw. Coll. Carp. 10, and orchids, abundant : 

 fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. No. 623. 



2. ERYNGIUM Tourn., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 878. 

 1. E. foetidum L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 232 (1753); Hiern in 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 6. 



Prince's Island. — A herb, apparently perennial, or at least 

 biennial ; root tuberous-thickened, as well as the rest of the plant 

 aromatic almost like Apium graveoh/is L. ; leaves herbaceous ; flowers 

 from yellowish to greenish. On moist slopes with thick herbage at the 

 base of the Pico de Papagaio, at an elevation of about 2000 feet, 

 abundant, fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. Used to flavour other cooked vege- 

 tables. Negro name " Jamaia" or " Lamaia." No. 2514. 



Island of St. Thomas. — In moist places along thickets in the 

 ascent to Monte Caffe from the town, between 10(J0 and 2000 ft. of 

 elevation, in the rainy season ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1860. No. 2515. 



3. FRANCHETELLA O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 2G7 (1891). 

 Heteromwpha Cham. & Schlecht (1826) ; Benth. & Hook. f. 



Gen. PI. i. p. 887; non Cass. (1817). 



1. F. arborescens O. Knntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 267 (1891). 



Heteromorpha arborescens Cham. & Schlecht. in Linntea i. p. 385, 

 t. 5, f. 2 (1826) ; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 10. 



Var. platypiiylla (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 



Leaflets ranging up to 6 in. long by 2| in. broad, elliptical. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb, 5 to 7 ft. high, with the habit almost of 

 a Bupleurum ; flowers greenish-yellow. In damp thickets at the river 

 Cuanza, near Candumba ; fl. and fr. 29 and 30 Jan. 1857. No. 2507. 



Var. stenophylla (Welw. ms. m Herb.) 



Heteromorpha stenop)liylla Welw. ex Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. p. 317 

 (1892) ; Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. p. 207 (1894). 



Leaflets ranging np to 2 in. long by | in. broad, or rather 

 longer, narrowly elliptical ; petals with a broad, light brown 

 vitta carinalis. 



HuiLLA. — In rather dry bushy places between Humpata and the 

 river Quipumpunhime, in company with Tridiodeama Medum Baker 

 and Piiiipindlaltuillemiti "Welw., plentifully, but seen nowhere else ; fl. 

 and fr. 23 April 1860. No 2508. In the same locality and company, 

 in more stony spots ; fl. and fr. April 1860. A form with even 

 narrower leaflets acute at the apex. No. 2508Z). A perennial herb ; 

 stems gregarious, 3 to 4 ft. high, glaucescent, branched, leafy ; flowers 

 yellow. In bushy pastures near Empalanca ; fr. 24 April 1860. Coll. 

 Cakp. 80. 



