Fabricia] XLiv. LEGUMiNOSyE. 247 



the banks of the river Lucala ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1856. Xo. 2132. In 

 shortly grassy places, flooded in the rainy season, at the left bank of 

 the river Caringa ; fl. and ripe fr. June 1855. No. 2132&. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A perennial (?) herb, growing in a ciespitose 

 manner with a many-headed rootstock and numerous ascending stems ; 

 flowers whitish ; pod but little longer than the calyx, joints trans- 

 versely wrinkled, glabrescent. Frequent in bushy damp pastures 

 near Pedras de Guinga ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 2133. In damp 

 meadows near the rivulet Luxillo ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1857. No. 2133/'. 

 Pedras de Guinga ; fl. No. 5179. 



29. CICER L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 524. 



1. C. arietinum L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 738 (1753); Baker in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 172; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 139 (1884). 



MossAMEDES. — Cultivated in fields about Cavalleiros, where it had 

 been introduced fi-om Portugal in the year 1855 ; in company with 

 casual specimens of Pimm sativum L. ; not yet fl. August 1859. Also 

 occasionally wild at the banks of the river Bero ; without fl. July 1859. 

 Portuguese name " Grao de bico." No. 2245. 



30. LATHYEUS L. ; Benth. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 526. 



1. L. sativus L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 730 (1753); Baker in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 174; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 139 (1884). 



MossAMEDES. — Sporadic, in fields of Ciccr (iridinuin L., near Caval- 

 leiros, probably introduced with seeds of Cicer from Portugal, but 

 cultivated nowhere in Angola ; fl. and fr. August 1859. No. 2244. 



PisuM SATIVUM L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 727 (1753); Welw. Apont. 

 p. 573; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 174, in note; Ficalho, 

 PL Uteis, p. 139 (1884). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Commonly cultivated throughout Angola, and 

 occasionally wild. Quibolo, near Sange ; fl. July 1856. No. 2243. 



31. ABE-US L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 527. 



1. A. precatorius L. Syst. Nat. Edit. 12, ii. p. 472 (1767) ; Welw. 

 Apont. p. 586, n. 27 ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 175 ; 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 140 (1884). 



Sierra Leone. — By thickets in mountainous situations near Free- 

 town ; fr. Sept. 1853. No. 2246. 



Loanda. — Sporadic but quite spontaneous alongside thickets, in 

 sandy places, in company with Cieufuegosia peidaphylla (Welw. Herb. 

 5221), near Penedo ; fl. and ripe fr. March and April 1854. No. 2247. 



LiBONGO. — A little shrub, 5 to 6 ft. high ; branches sarmentose, 

 climbing, twining ; flowers purplish ; quite spontaneous, apparently 

 indigenous, in dense shrubby places between Banza de Libongo and 

 Bombo ; fr. Sept. 1858. No. 2247&. Coll. Carp. 398. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A rigid twining shrub, 3 to 6 ft. high, often hard- 

 woody at the base ; flowering axis very rigid ; flowers violet-purple. 

 Called by the Cabundo negroes " Fingo gifingo." If not really 

 indigenous, the plant must have been introduced in the early ages. 

 In forests, often in places hitherto untouched by cultivation, along 

 streams throughout the district, but always sporadic. By the Quiapoze 



