52 XI. LiLiACE^. [Anihericuni 



9. A. arenarium Baker, I.e., p. 259 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 342. 

 PuNGO Andoxgo. — An acaulescent herb with a fibrous root, fibres 



filipendulous. Leaves rigidly coriaceous. Rather rare in sandy thickets 

 between Candumba and Lombe. In fr. March 1857. No. 3802- 



10. A. pterocaulon Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 258; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 346. 



PuNGo Andoxgo. — A herb 6 ft. high, with erect flattened two-edged 

 scape. Flowers white. Thicket-grown woods between Calundo and 

 Pedras de Guinga. Only one specimen March 1857. No. 3795. 



11. A. filiforme Thunb. Prodr. PI. Capens. p. 62 (1794). 



A. elongatumW iWd. Sp. PL ii. p. 136 (1799). A. Jacquinianum 

 Scbult. f. Syst. vii. p. 462 (1829); Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 

 p. 308, in Trans. Linn. Soc, Z.c.,p. 259 ; Durand & Schinz,?.c.,p. 344. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers whitish. Root-fibres very fleshy and brittle. 

 Saudy rather damp scantily herb-grown places near Humpata. A 

 single specimen, in fl. Jan. 1860. No. 3787. Flowers whitish, fugacious, 

 pedicels jointed. Somewhat rare, in pastures near Ferrao da Sola. 

 In fl. and unripe fr. Feb. 1860. No. 3799. 



Var. affine Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; in Ti-ans. Linn. 

 Soc, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e. 



PuNGO AxDONGo. — A herb with the habit of an Asphodel or small 

 Aiithericum, perennial by a fleshy fibrous fascicled root ; leaves rather 

 flaccid, spreading, scape oblique or somewhat straight. Flowers white 

 with purple lines. Very plentiful in boggy meadows on the banks of 

 the river Cuanza near Candumba ; Jan. and March 1857, in fl. and fr. 

 Flowers white streakt^d with red. In marshy meadows between Condo 

 and Quisonde ; in fl. March 1857. No. 3789. 



Yar. longifolium Rendle, var. nov. 



Leaves long narrow-linear with a long tapering apex, shortly 

 hairy, exceeding the simple raceme, fruit-stalk stout and sharply 

 reflexed. 



PuxGO Andoxgo. — A herb with fleshy root-fibres, suberect leaves 

 with spreading hairs and whitish purple- or red-streaked flowers. More 

 lofty heights of Serra de Pedras de Guinga, In fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. 

 No. 3788. Dampish rocky places, Barranco de Lutete. In fl. Jan. 

 1857. No. 3790. 



Var. pyrenicarpum Rendle. 



A. jyyrenicarpum Welw. ex. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 347. 



Very near var. long i folium, but a smaller plant with a very 

 stout scape. 



HuiLLA. — A tuberous pilose acaulescent herb, leaves suberect, sub- 

 fleshy, compressed, long-acuminate, erect, scapes 1 to 2 radical, lateral, 

 ascending, half as long as the leaves. Flowers white, open from 10 a.m. 

 till 4 p.m., with purple lines on the outside ; fruit a capsule ; peduncles 

 reflexed in the fruiting stage. Damp pastures between Humpata and 

 Gambas. In fl. and fr. Jan. 18G0. No. 3791. 



12. A. moUe Baker, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 346. 

 PuNGo Andongo. — Leaves plantagineous ; flowers white. Sunny 



rocky places throughout the whole prjesidium. In fl. Nov. to Dec. 

 1856. No. 37eC. 



