Hyjyoxis] viii. amaryllide.e. 31 



(in Morro de LopoUo), along with Cyaflmt m-borescc/iit. A few speci- 

 mens found in Dec. 1859, but afterwards sought in vain. No. 4058. 



2. H. canaliculata Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 265, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 109 ; Durand &, Schinz, l.c , p. 231. 



HuiLLA. — Plentiful on sandy hill-pastures near Lopollo. Dec. 1859 

 and Jan. 1860. No. 4057. 



3. H. cuanzensis Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. 8oc., I.e., in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. Ill ; Durand & Schinz, l.c. 



PuNoo Andongo. — Tuber large compact. Flowers bright yellow ; 

 leaves erect to patulous, coriaceous, subfleshy. Plentiful in damp 

 meadows between Quiconde and Calemba Island. In fl. and fr. March 

 1857. No. 4056. 



4. H. angustifolia Lam. Encyc iii. p. 182; Baker in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, I.e., in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; Durand &, Schinz, I.e. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Plentiful, but in few places, in rich damp 

 pastures of the pra?sidium near Catete. In fl. and fr., beginning 

 of Dec. 185G. No. 4053. In sandy pastures between Quiconde and 

 Condo, in fl. middle of March 1857. No. 4054. 



HuiLLA. —Sparsely in sandy places bearing short herbage, near 

 Ferrao da Sola. Nov. 1859. No. 4055. 



5. H. polystachya Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 

 26G, in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 115 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 233, 



HuiLLA. — Corm ovate to subspherical, densely fleshy, 2 to G in. in 

 diameter, sometimes as big as a child's head. Plant somewhat rarely 

 flowering, at any rate in this district ; numerous individuals were seen 

 but very few in flower. Flowers yellow, rapidly becoming black. Loculi 

 of capsule 1-seeded, but two of them often empty, the whole fruit 

 sometimes containing a single spherical, black, minutely granulate, and 

 rostellate seed ; dehiscence circumscissile the upper part ctmiing away 

 together with the withered perianth-segments. On thicket-grown 

 hillsides between Lopollo and Catumba. In fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. 

 No. 4060. 



Yar. andongensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, l.c. ; Durand & Schinz, l.c. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An acaulescent herb ; corm dense as big as a fist 

 or larger ; leaves trifarious, arcuately spreading, rigid, coriaceous. 

 Flowers on a flattened peduncle. In damp sandy meadows on the 

 banks of the river Cuanza. In fr. March 1857. No. 4061. 



6. H. angolensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, I.e., p. 116 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 231. 



HuiLLA. — Plentiful on short thicket-grown sandy hills, with clayey 

 subsoil near Lopollo. Flowers fine, yellow. Oct. and Nov. ISo'J, and 

 again sporadically in May 1860. No. 4059. 



2. CURCULIGO Gaertn.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 717. 



1. C. gallabatensis Schweinf. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc 

 ser. 2, i. p. 260 (1878), in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 123 ; Durand 

 & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 236. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Seems to be GethylUs pUosa Schum. & Tuonn. A 

 spring herb, with tuberous root, tuber vertical, thick fleshy farinaceous, 



