818 xciv. ACANTHACEiE. [Asi/siosia 



Ruellia secunda Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. p. 84 (1794). R. coro- 

 mcmdeUana Wall. List n. 2399 partly (1830). A. gcmgetica 

 T. And. in Thwaites, Enum. p. 235 (1860) ; S. Moore in Journ. 

 Bot. 1880, p, 308. 



ICOLO E Benuc— At Santo Antonio ; fr. Dec. 1853. No. 5170. In 

 palm groves at the river Bengo, sparingly ; fr. Deo. 1853. No. 5201. 



GrOLTJNGO Alto. — An ascending herb, a foot and a half high, with 

 whitish flowers. In bushy reed-beds ; fl. May 1856. No. 5196. In 

 fr. 1857. No. 5160. In fl. and fr. No. 5131. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers whitish violet in colour ; fruit scarcely an inch 

 long, -J^ in. broad. In the more open forests of the Monino ; fl. and 

 fr. Dec. 1859. No. 5050. 



Pkince's Island.— In fl. Sept. 1853. No. 5206. 



2. A. africana 0. B. CI., I.e., p. 134. 

 Isochoriste africa/na S. Moore, I.e., p. 309. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A diffuse herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, with rosy flowers. 

 In wooded bushy places near Quilange ; fl. Febr. 1857. No. 5073. In 

 f r. No. 5078. In fl. No. 5079. 



3. A. Welwitsohii S. Moore, I.e., p. 308, t. 213 ; C. B. 01., I.e. 

 p. 134. Of. Welw. Apontam. p. 591, n. 103 (1859). 



PuNGO Andongo. — A sparingly branched herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, with 

 the aspect of a Mimulus ; flowers whitish rosy. By thickets near 

 Cazella ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 5188. An erect or ascending herb, 2 to 

 4 ft. high ; rootstock woody : stems numerous ; flowers white or 

 rarely purplish. In thickets about the prsesidium, everywhere very 

 plentiful ; fl. and fr. Febr. 1867. No. 6105. A perennial herb, 3 ft. 

 high ; flowers spreading horizontally and somewhat drooping, in shape 

 almost like those of a Gladiolus, whitish rosy. In wooded thickets 

 near Pungo Andongo, plentiful ; fr. April 1857. Apparently this 

 species. Coll. Carp. 836. Herbaceous ; flowers white. At CazeUa. 

 Apparently the same. Coll. Carp. 837. 



Htjilla. — Flowers white. In bushy thickets near LopoUo, rather 

 rare ; fl. Nov. 1859. No. 5039. 



The following No. possibly belongs to this genus, but it is 

 represented by a very poor specimen. 



Pungo Andongo. — A decumbent herb, with white flowers. In 

 sandy wooded places near Mopopo and Sansamanda ; fl. Feb. 1857. 

 No. 5159. 



18. PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlk. in Sitzber. Bayr. Akad. W. 

 xiii. p. 282 (1883). 



Eranthemvm E,. Br. Prodr. p. 477 (1810) ; Benth. & Hook, f. 

 Gen. PL ii. p. 1097 ; non L. (1753). Siphoneranthemum O. Kuntze, 

 Eev. Gen. PI. iii. 2, p. 122 (1898). 



1. P. nigritianum Radlk., I.e., p. 286. 



Eranthemum nigritiomv/m T. And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 

 p. 51 (1863); S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 308; C. B. 01. 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 171. 



Pungo Andongo. — An erect or decumbent undershrub, slender, 1 

 to 2 ft. high, woody at the base ; leaves thinly coriaceous, somewhat 

 glossy, ranging up to 4J in. long by 1^ in. broad ; petioles ranging up 



