Graminea indet] ■ xxviii. gramine^. 257 



Graminea indet. 



PuNGO AxDOXGO.— A perennial. On the rocks of the pra3sidium ; 

 April 1857. No. 7401. 



In absence of inflorescence it is impossible to determine the 

 genus of the above specimen. 



Planta indet. 



In absence of adequate material it is impossible to determine 

 even the natural order of the following : — 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — ? Orchidea. ? Aroidea. ? Liliacea. A small 

 bulbous herb, bulb ovate-conical solid, leaves somewhat fleshy, petioles 

 sheathing and spotted with red at the base, blade cordate-ovate, sub- 

 coriaceous, shining. Rather rare in clayey thickets near Luxillo ; 

 without fl. Dec. 1856. Plentiful in light thicket-grown woods near 

 the praesidium, but from Oct. 1856 to June 1857 never seen in flower. 

 No. 740. 



Addendum (see p. 84). 



Hyphaene benguellensis Welw. Synops. Expl. p. 40 (1862). 



Hyphaene sp. Welw. Apont. p. 545 (1859). 



MossAMEDES. — Mateba. Coll. Carp. 1055. A fibre specimen. 



GYMNOSPEEMS. 



I. GNETACEiE. 



1. TUMBOA Welw. in Gard. Chron. 26 Jan. 1861, p. 75. 

 Welwitschia Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 25 Jan. 1862, p. 71; 



Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 418 (1880). 



1. T. Bainesii Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 16 Nov. 1861, p. 1008. 



T. strobilifera Welw. ex Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 1862, I.e. 

 Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 1862, ^.c, in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxiv. p. 7, tt. 1-14 (1863) ; Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 pt. 2. p. 360 (1868); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 948. 



MossAMEDES. — On a great plain about 350 ft. above the sea between 

 Rio Caroca and Praia da Amelia, and growing plentifully and 

 gregariously on the high stony coarse sandy plain at 350 ft. elevation 

 between Cabo Negro and Mossamedes ; in fl. and fr. Sept. 1859. 

 No. 1223. 



2. GNETUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 419. 



1. G. africanum Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 73 (1869) ; 

 Dui'and & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 948. 



Gnetum sp. Welw. Apont. p. 545 (1859). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A slender high-climbing shrub, supported by its 

 twining stem and spreading-reflexed branches ; leaves edible and 

 chewed. Called everywhere by the negroes N-coco. Sporadic in the 

 primaeval woods of Serra de Alto Queta, somewhat rarely met with 

 owing to the leaves being eaten every year by the negroes. Near 

 Cacuso ; in bud 8 Oct. 1855 ; growing sparsely by the higher dense 

 thickets near the upper road to Capopa ; in fl. beginning of Feb. 1850. 

 No. 1224. In very dense and shady woods of Serra de Alto Queta ; 

 in plentiful fl. Jan. 1856. No. 1225- A narrow-leaved form. 



