424 LXVII. UMBELLIFERZ. [Hydrocotyle 
1857. A form remarkable for its exactly reniform leaves and very 
elongated petioles. No. 625. 
MossamMEpEs.—In wet spongy places at the margins of the Lagoa 
de Giraul, in company with a terrestrial form of Pistia and species of 
Equisetum and Marsilea ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 621. 
Huitta.—Rosette of the radical leaves on the young plant rather 
resembling that of Soldanella montana Willd. and some species of 
Sazifraga ; petiole of the stem-leaves in some cases very variable in 
length ; flowers whitish. In damp meadows along streams between 
Ferrio de Sola and Catumba, at an elevation of 5000 ft., in company 
with Polygala Gomesiana Welw. Coll. Carp. 10, and orchids, abundant ; 
fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. No. 623. 
2. ERYNGIUM Tourn., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 878. 
1. E. fetidum L. Sp. Pl, edit. 1, p. 232 (1753); Hiern in 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 6. 
Prince’s IstanD.—A herb, apparently perennial, or at least 
biennial ; root tuberous-thickened, as well as the rest of the plant 
aromatic almost like Apium graveolens L. ; leaves herbaceous ; flowers 
from yellowish to greenish. On moist slopes with thick herbage at the 
base of the Pico de Papagaio, at an elevation of about 2000 feet, 
abundant, fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. Used to flavour other cooked vege- 
tables. Negro name “ Jamaia” or ‘“‘ Lamaia.” No. 2514. 
IshanD oF St. THomas.—In moist places along thickets in the 
ascent to Monte Caffé from the town, between 1000 and 2000 ft. of 
elevation, in the rainy season ; fi. and fr. Dec. 1860. No. 2515. 
3. FRANCHETELLA 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.i. p. 267 (1891). 
Heteromorpha Cham. & Schlecht (1826); Benth. & Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. i. p. 887; non Cass. (1817). 
1. F. arborescens 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. i. p. 267 (1891). 
Heteromorpha arborescens Cham. & Schlecht, in Linnea i. p. 385, 
t. 5, £. 2 (1826); Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 10. 
Var. platyphylla (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 
Leaflets ranging up to 6 in. long by 23 in. broad, elliptical. 
Puneo AnponGo.—A herb, 5 to 7 ft. high, with the habit almost of 
a Bupleurum ; flowers greenish-yellow. In damp thickets at the river 
Cuanza, near Candumba ; fl. and fr. 29 and 30 Jan. 1857. No. 2507. 
Var. stenophylla (Welw. ms. in Herb.) 
Heteromorpha stenophylla Welw. ex Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. p. 317 
(1892); Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. p. 207 (1894). 
Leaflets ranging up to 2 in. long by 3 in. broad, or rather 
longer, narrowly elliptical; petals with a broad, light brown 
vitta carinalis, 
Hvitta.—In rather dry bushy places between Humpata and the 
river Quipumpunhime, in company with Trichodesma Medusa Baker 
and Pimpinella huillensis Welw., plentifully, but seen nowhere else ; fl. 
and fr. 23 April 1860. No 2508. In the same locality and company, 
in more stony spots; fl. and fr. April 1860. A form with even 
narrower leaflets acute at the apex. No. 25085, A perennial herb ; 
stems gregarious, 3 to 4 ft. high, glaucescent, branched, leafy ; flowers 
yellow. In bushy pastures near Empalanca ; fr. 24 April 1860. Cott. 
Carp. 80. 
