Pandanus] xviii. pandanace/E. 85 



places is made use of in Cabinda and elsewhere in cutting off from 

 the main bed small bays of the river when in flood by Pandamfs shoots, 

 whereby the fish which are in these bays may be very easily caught 

 when the flood subsides. Fruit ovate-elliptical, shining when ripe, 

 6 by 3 in. Plentiful, but with interrupted distribution, on the banks 

 of the river Cuanza, at Candumba, and in Calemba Island, March 1857 

 (fr. scarcely ripe). No. 5770. Common name Quitari or Quicari. 

 A tree 10 to 15 ft., palm-like or rather resembling an arborescent 

 Ananasm. Plentiful on banks of river Cuanza, near Candumba, 

 March 1857. Coll. Cakp. 1015. 



XIX. TYPHACE.E. 



1. TYPHA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 955. 



1. T. capensis Robrb. in Verbandl. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. 

 xi. p. 96 (1870). 



T. cequinocticdis Welw. ex Kronf. in Verhaudl. Zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien xxxix. p. 156 (1889). 



GoLUXGO Alto.^T. (cqiiinoctialis Welw. ms. Whole plant herba- 

 ceous-green, becoming glaucous. Leaves with very acute margin, 

 and broadly sheathing base, sheath with a membranous margin, median 

 portion of leaf convex, inflated and spongy, upper part and end 

 flattened. Female spadix separated from the male by only H or 

 sometimes not ^ line. Spongy marshes on the right of the Coango 

 and Quiapose. ^July 1855. No. 241. Used for tinder (cf. Suma- 

 uma = Ceiba). 



HriLLA. — Plentiful by river banks near Lopollo along with species 

 of Polygonum^ Ruriux and Composit:e. In fr. Nov. 1859. Plentiful 

 in pools on the banks of the stream Quipumpunhine, near Humpata. 

 In fl. April 18(30. No. 243. 



MossiAMEDE?. — Plentiful in deep pools near Mossamedes (Aguadas) 

 and rather plentiful in lakes at the mouth of the river Giraul. In fl. 

 and fr. July 1855. No. 244. 



The following specimens withoiit flower may belong here. 



LoAND.A.. — Rather rare by pools near the sea and near S. Pedro. 

 Without fl. Feb., May, and July 1854. No. 242. 



XX. AROIDE^. 

 1. PISTIA L,; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 964. 



1. P. Stratiotes L. ; Sp. PI. p. 963 (1753). 



Var. obcordata Engl, in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. pt. 2. p. 214 (1878), 

 in DC. Hon. Phan. ii. p. 634 (1879). 



Ambriz. — Lakes and even small slowly flowing streams or ponds 

 round Quizemba, on the right of the river Loge. Nov. 1854. No. 216. 



IfoLo E Bexgo. — Plentiful in lakes round Prata, pj/. in the great 

 lake of Quilunda, In fl. and fr. 14 Sept., 1854. No. 214. Specimens 

 growing on the dried-up edges of the lake are distinguished from the 

 swimming specimens by their more glaucous colour. 



PuN(io AxDoxGO. — Plentiful on the sides of the river Cuige near 

 Quibinda, growing with A::oUa and Nyiiiplum. Without fl. March 

 1857. No. 215. 



