FloSCOpa] XIV. COMMELINACE^. 81 



PuNGO AxDONGO. — An annual herb, branched or simple, ascending, 

 somewhat succulent. Flowers a beautiful violet. Rather rare in 

 wooded marshes Sobato de Quibanga and near Quilanga. In fl. middle 

 ofAprill857. No. 6631. 



HuiLLA. — A herb 4 to 10 ft., rooting at the bottom of the water, 

 stems ascending, floating, slender, subfistulose ; flowering shoots 

 emerging ; leaves bright green. Flowers a beautiful violet. Plentiful 

 in the great lake Ivantala, about the mouth of the river Moambo, 

 growing with reeds, willows, species of Ep'doh'naii, Nijinpham ccendea, 

 etc, often rooting in very deep parts (8 to 10 ft.). In fl. and unripe fr. 

 2 March 1860. No. 6590. 



8. TINANTIA Scheidw.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 853. 



1. T. fugax Scheidw. in Allgem. Gartenzeit. 1839, p. 365 ; C. 

 B. Clarke in DC. Men. Phan. iii. p. 285 (1881). 



Angola. — Perhaps introduced by birds. Sprang up spontaneously 

 in flower-pots where several African and other plants were reared, at 

 the Ajuda garden (near Lisbon). In fl. Sept. 18lJ3. 



As this is the only African record of this tropical American plant it 

 might perhaps be one of the " other plants " referred to by Welwitsch 

 in his note and not African at all. 



XV. FLAGELLARIE^. 

 1. FLAGELLARIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 860. 



1. F. guineensis Schum. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 201 

 (1828) ; K E. Brown in Fl. Cap. vii. p. 16 (1897). 



F. indica Auct. (in part), (non L.) ; Diirand & Scliinz, Consp. 

 Fl. Afr. V. p. 436. 



Ambriz. — A very elegant plant, with habit of Smilax, high climbing 

 stem, very spreading branches, and cirrhate leaves. Sporadic, near the 

 sea, on damp wooded hills near the town of Ambriz and to the south 

 of it. In fr. end of Nov. 1853. No. 3009. 



Scarcely distinct from F. hidica L. 



XVI. JUI^CACE^. 

 1. JUNCUS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 867. 



1. J. maritimus Lam. Encyc. Method, iii. p. 264 (1789); 

 Buchen. Mon. June, in Engl. Jahrb. xii. p. 256 (1890); Durand 

 & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 444. 



MossAMEDES. — Marshy places with tall species of Scirjms and 

 Tamavix at Aguadas near Mossamedes. In fr. and with a few flowers 

 July 1859. In and by ponds near the river Bero. Sept. 1859. No. 3007. 



2. J. oxycarpus E. Mey. ex Kunth Enum. iii. p. 336 (1841) ; 

 Buchen., I.e., p. 336 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Perianth-segments equal, acute, gradually acuminate ; 

 capsule scarcely shorter than perianth, ovoid, triquetrous, subobtuse, 

 mucronate, shining. Seeds exappendieulate, obovate-oblong, shortly 

 mamillate. Very plentiful and ubiquitous in wet sandy meadows with 

 Salix, Rubus, Potamogeton and species of Rafiuncuhin near streams 



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