418 LXVI, FICOIDEE. [Moliugo 
almost everywhere; fl. and fr. end of Nov, 1857. No. 2402. In 
sandy places near Cabo Lombo ; fr. 30 April 1854. Cozy. Carp, 625. 
Punco ANDONGo.—A very tender glaucous annual herb ; branches 
very patent ; flowers white ; umbels sessile. In sandy places along the 
river Cuanza from Candumba as far as Quisonde, growing in dense 
masses ; fl. and fr. Jan. to March 1857. No. 2405. 
MossaMEDEs.—A very slender annual herb ; stems purplish ; flowers 
white. In hilly maritime places between the town of Mossamedes and 
Praia da Amelia, abundant ; fl. and fr. end of June 1859. No. 2403. 
HvILia.—Radical leaves linear ; umbels sessile. In fields formerly 
cultivated about Banga de Lopollo, in damp places, always in company 
with small Cyperaceze and Eriocaulons, quickly disappearing ; fl. and 
fr. Jan. 1860. No. 2406. 
5. M. verticillata L. Sp. Pl., edit. 1, p. 89 (1753); Oliv., Le. 
Var. longifolia St. Hil. Fl. Bras. ii. p. 170 (1829). 
Var. linearis Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. Nat. i. p. 377 (1838); 
Oliv., Z.c., p. 591. MM. Schrankit Ser., l.c., p. 391. 
Loanpa.—An annual herb, erect or ascending-erect ; radical leaves 
crowded, rosulate ; internodes very pronounced ; peduncles bulbous- 
tumid at the base, arranged in sessile umbels; calyx-segments per- 
vaded with one or two obscure nerves besides the keel; styles tolerably 
elongated for the genus. In sandy maritime places in the island of 
Loanda, at Museque do Senhor Antonio Lopes de Silva, abundant, but 
not to be found in the same spot every year ; fl. and fr. 12 Jan. 1858, 
and more robust in the same locality at end of Feb. 1858. In drier 
situations the whole plant turns red. No. 2410. In the same locality, 
less abundant ; fl. and fr. 2 Oct. 1853. No. 2410b. A small herb, 
apparently lasting for several years. In gravelly places densely covered 
with Tribulus terrestris L. in the island of Cazanga, between Loanda 
and the mouth of the river Cuanza ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1853. No. 2411. 
6. M. fragilis Wawra ex Wawra & Peyr. in Sitz. Akad. Wien, 
xxxviii. p. 565 (1860): Oliv., Zc, p. 592. 
AMBRIZ.—Apparently perennial, or at least lasting for several years. 
In hilly gravelly places near the town of Ambriz, abundant; fl. and fr. 
Nov. 1853. No. 2407. 
Loanpa.—A_ small herb, perennial or rarely only biennial ; root 
simple, long, ascending vertically, woody when old; stems numerous, 
filiform, orange-red, strongly prostrate, spreading in a circle, dichoto- 
mous or verticillately trichotomous; leaves verticillate, obovate- 
spathulate, glaucous ; pedicels umbellate, involucrate, equalling thin 
common peduncle ; calyx-segments broadly white-membranous, obtuse. 
The whole plant delicately pruinose. In sandy maritime places near 
the city of Loanda, and especially about the island of Loanda, abundant 
and occurring nearly throughout the year; fl. and fr. Dec, 1853 and 
Jan. and Feb. 1858. No. 2408. 
9. PHARNACEUM L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 857. 
1. P. salsoloides Burch. Trav. 8. Afr. i. p. 286, n. 1508 (1822). 
P. verrucosum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. (ii.) p. 286 (1836) ; Oliv., 
Le. p. 592. Hypertelis verrucosa Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 
p. 262 (1840). 
Var. mossamedense (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 
An annual herb, or sometimes lasting two or three years, 
