380 LVIII. ONAGRACEE. [ Jussicea 
perennial, with the habit of a Ludwigia or Isnardia; branches 
ascending ; flowers of a fine yellow colour; stamens 10. In spongy 
swamps on the right bank of the river Lombe, conspicuously decorating 
wide tracts of marshes with its golden flowers ; fl. and fr. March 1857. 
No. 4471. Flowers yellow. In spongy places within the fortified 
lines of Pungo Andongo. Only one specimen, gathered in May 1857. 
No. 44710. , 
MossaMEDES.—Stems branched.at the base, elongated, ascending ; 
petals large, yellow, less fugitive than in the other species. In swamps 
about the river Giraul, very abundant ; fl. 19 July 1859. No. 4477. 
5. J. suffruticosa L. Sp. Pl. edit. 1, p. 388 (1753) ; M. Micheli 
‘Onagr, Brésil, p. 23. 
J. angustifolia Lam. Encycl. Méth, iii. p. 331 (1789) and Ill, 
Gen. ii. p. 422, t. 280, f. 3 (1793). J. villosa Lam., Le., p. 331; 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 489. J. linearis Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 
575 (1799). Jussica spec.; Welw. Apont. p. 589, n. 76. 
Loanpa.—An undershrub, 23 to 43 ft. high ; stem erect or ascending, 
purplish, patently branched in the upper half; flowers yellow, tetra- 
merous, of moderate size for the genus. In damp places by stagnant 
water, Museque de Luiz Gomes, abundant; fl. and fr. August 1856. 
No. 4461. A patently branched undershrub, annual and biennial, 2 to 
4 ft. high; leaves narrow; flowers yellow, of moderate size. In 
moist places, near Museque de Luiz Gomes; fr, August 1858, Cou. 
‘Carp. 589. 
Barra DO BenGo.—An undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high ; stem ascending, 
hirsute, leafy; flowers yellow. By pools near Quifandongo ; fr. 
June 1857. Coxu. Carp. 588. 
Icoto E BEenco.—An annual herb; stem ascending or oblique, 
rarely straight, usually branched from the base ; flowers small, yellow. 
At the swampy margins of lakes near Funda, not uncommon ; fl. and 
fr. Sept. 1857. No. 4620. 
Lisonco.—An erect, slender, sparingly branched herb, with small, 
yellowish flowers. In marshy places at the banks of the river Lifune, 
near Banza de Libongo ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858, No. 4468. A herb, 
apparently annual; stems very long, prostrate, purple, almost dis- 
tichously branched, sarmentose ; branchlets shaggy, densely leafy, 
ascending. In swamps about drying-up pools on the left bank of the 
river Lifune, in company with Azolla, etc. ; without either fl. or fr. 
end of Sept. 1858. Probably astate of this species. No. 4481. 
GoLunco Azro.—A bush; fl. and fr. No, 4467. Herbaceous ; 
stem erect, red, shaggy, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers 
yellow ; petals very caducous. In damp places by the river Cuango ; 
fr, March 1856. Coy. Carp. 587. In marshy places by streams, near 
Canafilo ; fl. and fr. April 1856. No. 4462. 
Pungo ANDoNGOo.—An erect herb, 5 ft. high, with spreading 
branches and yellow flowers. By swamps along the banks of the river 
Cuanza, near Candumba ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 4469. 
Mossamepes,—A herb, either 13 to 2 ft. high and nearly unbranched, 
‘or ranging up to 4 ft. and much branched, reddish almost throughout 
except the yellow flowers. By the bushy margins of the river Bero ; 
fl. and fr. July and August 1859. A glabrous form. No. 4475. 
The two following Nos. appear to belong to this species or to be 
near it :— 
Pungo ANDONGO.—At Calunda Mangue; fl. and fr. March 1857. 
