Mesosphmrum] xcvii. labiatjE. 873 



2. M. pectinatum 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



JVepefa pectinata L. Syst. Nat. ii, p. 1097 (1759). Hyptie 

 pectinata Poit., I.e., p. 474, t. 30. 



Ambriz.— In the Mosul marshes ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5560. 



Barba do Dande. — A tall, erect, agreeably fragrant, branched 

 herb, 3 to 6 ft. high, with white or occasionally violet or purplish 

 flowers. In swamps throughout the district ; at the lakes on the right 

 bank of the river Dande near Bombo, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. 

 Used instead of incense by the inhabitants of the Lifune and Dande 

 kingdom, and called by the negroes " Quinbumbo," " Quinbungu," 

 " Quibumbo," or " Quinbumba." No. 5531 and Coll. Caeb. 857. 



Barea do Bengo. — In palm groves between Quifandongo and 

 Barra de Bengo, rather rare ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1853. No. 5532. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Between Trombeta and Cabondo ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1854. No. 6830. A herb, somewhat woody at the base, perennial, 

 very variable in habit so that it could be easily split into 3 or 4 

 species by critical botanists ; scent scarcely pleasant, almost mousy ; 

 stem obtusely quadrangular, furrowed on the sides, usually tall, 2 to 



5 ft. high, mostly from pale to blackish purple ; flowers arranged 

 sometimes in long erect acuminate nearly naked spikes, sometimes in 

 verticils occupying the axils of the leaves and concealed by them ; 

 corolla yellow, the tube whitish, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip bifid, 

 the lower lip trifld, all the lobes rounded-obtuse at the apex and spread- 

 ing, the middle lobe violet in colour. In damp places by streams and 

 in wet reed-beds, etc., plentiful ; near Sange, CamUungo, and Bango ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1855. No. 5561. 



MossAMEDEs. — In gravelly places at the river Maiombo between 

 Pomangale and Cazimba, sporadic ; fr. after the fall of the corolla, 

 June 1860. No. 5487. 



18. LAVANDULA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1179. 

 1. L. stricta Delile, Fl. d'Egypte, p. 238, t. 32. fig. 1 (1812), 



6 lUustr. p. 65. 



Z. eoronopifoUa Poir. Encycl. M6th. Suppl. iii. p. 308 (1813); 

 J. A. Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. p. 218 (1852). 



Cape de Veede Islands. — Island of St. Vincent ; fl. and fr. Aug. 

 1853. No. 5523. 



19. MENTHA Tournef., L. j Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 1182. 



1. M. piperita L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 576 (1753). 



Loanda. — No notes. In fl. and fr. No. 5557- 



Our specimens have a smaller foliage than is usual with this culti- 

 vated plant, which by some botanists is considered to be a hybrid 

 between M. siridis L. and M. aquatica L. ; at all events they were 

 probably not indigenous at Loanda. 



GoLDNGO Alto. — Cultivated in kitchen gardens ; without fl. or fr. 

 July 1855. Possibly belonging here. No. 5558. 



The following No. possibly belongs to the hirsute form of 

 Mentha aqwatiea L., I.e., p. 576 : — 



GolungO Alto.^ — A low prostrate herb. By the banks of the river 

 Cuango, in damp cultivated ground at Arimo do Mariano ; without fl. 

 or fr. end of Sept. 1855. No. 5587. 



