42 XI. LiLiACEiE. [As2)aragus 



fl. 6 Feb. 1857. No. 3846. An undershrub (?) spiny, with a woody 

 tuberous many-headed root, widely ceespitose, U to 2 ft. high forming 

 thickets. Habit of Axparugus, but without dowers. Sansamanda, 

 1 May 1857. No. 3847. 



3. A. benguellensis Baker, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 283. 

 HuiLLA. — Wooded thickets near Mumpulla ; Oct. 1859. No. 3873. 

 Moss.\MET)ES.— A small decumbent shrub (perhaps a tree-climber in 



the woods), stem compressed angled, branches and branchlets slightly 

 compressed subangular. Flowers white, spreading not nodding. Here 

 and there near Mossamedes in a place called " as Hortas." In fl. 

 5 July 1850. No. 3872. 



4. A. psilurus Wehv. ex Baker, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 287. 



PuNGO Andoxgo.— Cazella-Lutete, 18 Oct. 1856. No. 3868. 

 Somewhat sparsely in sandy woods between Candumba and Lombe, 

 March 1857. No. 3869- A herb with a woody base and tuberous 

 woody root, 2 to 3 ft. high, erect with spreading branches ; flowers 

 whitish, nodding. Plentiful in thickets on the Cuanza between 

 Mopopo and Sansamanda. In fl. 1 May 1857. No. 3870. Plentiful 

 in sandy thickets around the presidium, especially near Caghuy. In 

 fr. Dec. 185G. No. 3871- 



5. A. angolensis Baker, I.e., p. 254 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., 

 p. 282. 



HuiLLA.— Near Ferrao. Dec. and March 1859 and 18G0. No. 3879. 

 Scarcely separable from some of the Abyssinian plants which Baker 

 includes in A. aslai/cus L, 



6. A. deflexus Baker, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 284. 

 PuNGO Andoxgo.— Lutete. In fl. 18 Oct. 1857. No. 3874. 



7. A. pubescens Baker, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 287. 

 HuiLLA. — Rather dry pastures near Catumba. In fl. Dec. 1859, in 



fr. Feb. 18G0. No. 3878. 



8. A. africanus Lam. Encyc. i. p. 295 (1783) ; Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. See. xiv. p. 619, in Trans. Linn. See, I.e.; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 281. 



Ambaca. — A slender twiner, widely climbing. Stems dull red, 

 shining, very tough, flexuous, hard, 5 to 12 ft. long. Leaves green, 

 not stiff or succulent. Plentiful on rocky hills between Isanga and 

 N-gombe, growing with a climbing Bauhhi'iu. With flower-buds Oct. 

 1856. No. 3877. 



PuNGO AxDOXGO. — A lofty climbing shrub, with long pendulous 

 branches and branchlets. Open woods between Condo and Quisonde, 

 and near Calundo. Without fl. March 1857. No. 3851. A shrub 

 4 to 6 ft. high, many-stemmed from the base, stems erect very much 

 branched with long strong prickles. Thickets near the banks of the 

 river Cuanza near Candumba. Without fl. March 1857. No. 3852. 

 Suffruticose, climbing far and wide, deep green. Berry smaller than 

 usual. Woods of Quilanga, and near Quibonga. In fr. Jan. 1857. 

 No. 3875. By the road on the way to Cambonde, April 1857. No. 3876. 

 Diffusely creeping, densely branched, and very densely leaved. Berries 

 red. Mata de Pungo, Dec. 1856. Coll. Cakp. 1036. 



