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ANGOLAN SCITAMINEZ. 181 
St. Thomas Island, ee 1860, No. 6449. Pungo —— 
y stream 
. 6451. 
cember. In fruit, soci Febru ary, and May. 
wo or three other species are in the collection, but too 
incomplete to describe. 
Kempferia ‘ethiopica Benth. var. angustifolia. — Glaucescens, 
tubera longa aromatica er arcuata canaliculata carnosula, 
angusta lanceolata acuminat a basi angustata 8-10 unci as longa, 
$ uncia lata quo latissima. Flos roseo-purpureus, siccatus pero 
Pungo Andongo. Common in damp meadows by the banks of 
the acs Cuanza, from Sansamanda to Quisonde: A single plant 
was found in flower near Conde, in March, 1857, No. 683. Dr. 
Welwitsch cultivated it in his garden at Loanda, but it would not 
He compares the colour of the flower to that of Orchis 
ca. 
Costus afer Ker. Bot. Reg. t. eee ae maculatus Rose. var. 
roseus.—F lores albi, labello roseo purpur 
Golungo, Alto. Common on the Sice of streams, concealed 
among gigantic grasses, and almost always in company wit. 
in ml 
Trombeto and Cambondo, No. 6464. A herb 5-6 ft. high, with 
somewhat nodding stems. The strobiles are as large as the cones 
of Pinus maritimus. Sometimes the scape arises directly som the 
rhizome quite leafless, but covered eta with scale-leave 
The Eno with leafless scapes was made by Roscoe (Sectoral 
- pl. 82) into a distinct eaatt nae ag name of C. maculatus ; 
Costus giganteus = Welw. MS.—Bhizoma repens crassissimum, 
radicibus multis. Caules foliiferi ‘dob pedales. Folia 12-24 uncias 
longa, 4-5 uncias lata oblonga eee cuspidata nitida viridia, 
nga, 
petioli circiter 4 uncia longa, yaginis longis, ligula circiter 4 eta 
Sea; el plures in rhizomate ect 6-8 mis 10 pedale 8, le 
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flavi. Bractem late ovate obtuse 14-2 unciales longer, 1-13 un 
late copiose et arcte appresse. Bractea interior lanceolata ade 
formis obtusa multicostata 14 uncia eet 0 $ uncia ‘ne 
: a, margines scariose. 
