46 XI, LiLiACE.E. [Aloe 



together at the end of the stem, descending at first, then raised up- 

 Avards, and finally half -spirally rolled backwards at the tip. Plentiful 

 in the more lofty rocky woods of Morro de Lopollo. In fl. April 1860. 

 No. 3726. A shrub with a stem 1 to 14 ft. long. Without leaves in 

 the rocky shrubberies of Morro de Lopollo. May 1860. No. 3731. 



5. A. andongensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Sec, I.e., in Journ. 

 Linn. See, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 303. 



PuNco Andongo. — Caulescent, stem 1 to 2 ft. long, branching 

 2 to 3 times, branches ascending. Leaves lanceolate, very acuminate, 

 thick, fleshy, glaucescent, arcuately recurved, crenately dentate. Flowers 

 yellow to brick-red. Very plentiful on rocks of the prtesidium, flowering 

 from January to the end of April. No. 3729. 



6. A. littoralis Baker in Trans. Linn. See. I.e., in Journ. Linn. 

 Sec, I.e., p. 174 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 308. 



Barra do Bengo. — Arborescent, trunk 6 to 10 ft., not often higher, 

 as thick as the arm or, more rarely, the thigh ; erect or ascending, 

 simple, very rarely branched, generally with a single crown of spreading 

 leaves, and clothed beneath the crown with bent-back withered leaves, 

 rough with the scars of fallen leaves from the base to the middle. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 feet or even longer. Flowers coral-red, scape lateral 

 paniculately branched, sometimes 4 to 5 ft. high. Very plentiful on 

 dry hills with a sandy clayey soil, in the whole littoral region of 

 Loanda, diminishing in the laigher parts and absent in the rocky 

 woody region. Imbondeiro dos Lobos, near Maianga do Poro, and 

 elsewhere. In fl. May to July ].S,")4. No. 3727. 



Luanda. — A small tree with Yt/ccd-like trunk, and flower-panicle 

 5 to 6 or even sometimes 8 ft., flowers scarlet pendulous. Plentiful 

 on dry hills between S. Pedro and Cacuaco. Fl. June and July. 

 End of July 1854. Coll. Carp. 123. 



Material insufficient for specific determination : — 



S. Jago (Cape de Verde Is.). — Subcaulescent; leaves erect, spreading, 

 lanceolate, thick, glaucescent. Probably introduced. In sunny rocky 

 places on the island not far from the city Villa da Praia and somewhat 

 plentiful. Jan. 1861. No. 3730. 



Zexza do Golungo. — Short stemmed, leaves crowded at the base 

 of the stalk in many rows, spreading, very thick and fleshy, becoming 

 ovate-lanceolate from a very broad amplexicaul base, glaucous-green, 

 with numerous white streaks ; scape 3 to 4 ft., brick-red, flowers 

 flesh-red. Dry thicket-grown plains near Calumguembo. In scanty 

 fl. and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 3724. Perhaps A. zehr'ma Baker. 



Ambriz. — Radical leaves never seen. Dry woods near Mubongo. 

 Nov. 1853. No. 3718. 



5. HAWORTHIA Duval; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl.iii.p. 777. 



1. H. angolensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i. p. 263 

 (1878), in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 210 (1880); Durand & 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 316. 



Huilla. — A herb ; leaves with backwardly pointing spines, glaucous, 

 rather flat, long-acuminate, erect, bulb large, scales fleshy dull rose- 

 coloured, ovate-lanceolate, loosely imbricate ; flowers brick-red-ciuna- 

 mon, spreading. Rather rare in rocky sandy thickets near Huilla. 

 In fl. Nov. 1859. No. 3756. 



