Ammannia] LVII, LYTHRACEA, 373 
2. AMMANNIA Houst., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 776 
(partly). 
1. A. senegalensis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. et Méthod. i. p. 311, 
n. 1553 (1791), t. 77 fig. 2; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii, p. 477. 
Var. auriculata Hiern, l.c. ; A. auriculata Willd. Hort. Berol. 
i. p. 7 t. 7 (1806) ; Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 244 (1880). 
MossaMEDES.—Leaves sessile, auriculate ; flowers disposed in shortly 
pedunculate small trichotomously divided axillary cymes; capsules 
bursting irregularly or circumsciss ; leaves sessile, auriculate at the 
base. In sandy places with scanty herbage, formerly flooded near the 
estuary of the river Bero and towards the river Giradl, sporadic ; fl. 
and fr. in winter, August 1859. No. 2350. 
Var. patens Hiern, l.c.; A. vesicatoria T. Thoms. in Speke Journ. 
App. p. 634 (1863), non Roxb. ; A. senegalensis Koehne in Engl. 
Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 235 (1880). 
Gotuneo ALTo.—Annual or biennial, a foot high; stem ascending, 
more rarely straight, sometimes rooting, purplish. Rather rare, in 
muddy places about marshes in wooded places near Caldlo ; fl. and fr. 
Sept. 1854. No. 2352. Annual. In spongy places near Calélo, 
abundant ; fr. Sept. 1854. Cony. Carp. 576. About swamps along 
rivulets, near Trombeta, Sept. 1854. No. 28526. 
Var. multiflora Hiern, lc.; A. multiflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 
p. 11 (1814); Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 247 (1880). 
AmBaca.—On the left bank of the river Caringa, at an elevation of 
2900 ft., also near the margins of the lake Moembege, in the neigh- 
bouring district of Cazengo; fl. and fr. June 1855. No, 2353. An 
annual erect much-branched herb, with small rose-coloured flowers, 
about marshes near the banks of the river Lucala, and near Hélo by 
swamps ; at an elevation of 2900 ft. ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1856. No. 2354. 
Puneo ANnponco.—An annual erect fen-herb, with spreading 
branches ; petals 4, rose-coloured. Sparingly in moist wooded meadows, 
near Sansamanda, in company with Isoétes cequinoctialis Welw. No. 50 ; 
fl, May 1st, 1857. No. 2351. 
Var. brasiliensis A. St. Hil Fl. Bras. Mer. iii, p. 135 t. 187. 
(1833) ; Hiern, Zc. ; A. wuwriculata, var. arenwria Koehne in Engl. 
Bot. Jahrb. i. p. 245 (1880). 
Pungo ANDoNGO.—About pools then dried up on the Ilkas de 
Calembe, in the river Cuanza, a few specimens; fl. and fr. March 
1857. No. 2358. By pools near Muta-Lucala, along the banks of the 
river Cuanza ; March 1857. No. 2358. Erect or ascending ; leaves 
bright green, broadly auriculate at the base. Frequent near Lombe, 
in moist sandy-muddy places along the banks of the river Lombe ; fl. 
and fr. March 1857. No. 2359. An annual herb, a hand high ; flowers 
very small, rosy. Condo, fi. and fr. March 1857. Cox. Carp. 584. 
MossaMEDES.—Flowers reddish. Rather rare in sandy-muddy 
places with sparse herbage at the banks of the river Bero (or Rio das 
Mortes), Mata dos Carpinteiros, near Cavalheiros ; fl. and fr. beginning 
of August 1859. No. 2360. 
The next following two Nos. probably belong to this species, 
but the material is too poor for positive determination :— 
