860 xcvii. LABIATE. [OrtJiosiphon 



lying closely together ; anthers exserted ; style exserted, nearly 

 glabrous, somewhat thickened towards the emarginate apex. 



HuiLLA, — In rooky thickets near LopoUo, not common ; fl; and fr. 

 Jan. 1860. No. 5494. 



8. 0. parvifolins Vatke in Linnsea xliii. p. 87 (1881). 



PuNGO Andohgo. — An erect, perennial herb, IJ ft. high ; roots 

 fllipendulous-tnberous ; towers white. In a sandy place near the 

 outskirts of the forest between Cazella and Luxillo, very rare ; fl.-bud 

 18 Oct. 1856. No. 1226. 



This determination is uncertain in consequence of the young state 

 of the flower-buds and the poor condition of the specimens which 

 were collected by night ; the leaves do not show the small distant 

 teeth of the type. 



. 8. ENGLERASTRUM Briq. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. p. 178 

 (21 Aug. 1894). 



1. E. Schweinfurthii Briq., I.e., t. 3 A. 



PUNGO Andongo. — An annual herb, ascending or pendulous over 

 rocks ;' flowers violet in colour. By the rocks close to the great cataract 

 of the river Cuanza, near Condo ; fl. March 1857. No. 5522. 



9. HOSIUNDIA Thonn. ex Vahl ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 1174. 



HoMslundia Vahl. ex Hornem. Indol. PI. Guin. Obs. p. 14 (1819). 



1. H. verticillata Vahl, Enum. PI. i. p. 213 (1804). 



Ambkiz. — In thickets near Ambriz ; fl. and young fr. Nov. 1853. 

 No. 5674. 



LOANDA.— A'smaU shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high, flowering at all times of 

 the year ; stem erect, branched, angular, whitish ; leaves opposite 

 or ternate, very caducous ; flowers whitish ; drupes coloured like red- 

 lead, juicy, a little smaller than peppercorns, io. moist bushy places 

 near Imbondeiro dos Lobos, sparingly ; fl. and fr. June 1858. Nos. 

 5719, 5669, 5673. 



Var. ? deoumbens. 



E. decvimhens Benth. in DC. Prodr, xii. p. 54 (1848). 



Golungo Alto. — A shrub, 3 to 6 ft. high, in flower at all seasons ; 

 stem ternately or brachiately branched ; leaves soft, ashy, loosely 

 pendulous ; calyx 5-toothed, after the fertilization of the flower fleshy, 

 swelled ; corolla white, ringent ; stamens 4, didynamous, only 2 fertile ; 

 ovary 4-ovulate ; style slightly curved ; stigma somewhat bilobed ; berry 

 like a small pea in size, beautiful, like red-lead in colour, included in 

 the calyx, tipped with the calyx-teeth which are united in a cone ; 

 nucules obovoid, pale-dusky, 4 or by abortion 3 or 2. In bushy places 

 chiefly in the rocky and more elevated localities about Sange, 

 Trombeta, etc., plentiful ; fl. and fr. 14 Oct. 1855. No. 5672. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A shrub, with white flowers and scarlet or red 

 berries. In the thickets of the prsesidium, rather rare : fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1857. No. 5718. 



10. GERMANEA Lam. Encycl. Math. ii. p. 690 (1786). 

 Plectranthus L'H^rit. Stirpes Novse, fasc. 4, p. 84 (back) (1788) ; 



Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1175. 



