886, CI. AMARANTHACB^. [Geiodcc 



fl. and fr. Deo. 1859 ; also in maize fields at Lopollo ;: fl. and fr. May 

 1860. No. 6486 In fields near Erne in the Lopollo country ; fl. and 

 fr. end of March 1860. No. 6490. 



8. C. argenteiformis Schinz in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iii. la, 

 p. 100 (1893). 



Hermbsfcedtia a/rgenteiformis Schinz in Verh. Bofc. Brandenb. 

 xxxi. p. 209 (14 Jan. 1890). Hermstcedtia Welwitschii Baker in 

 Kew Bull. 1897, p. 278 (Sept.). 



MossAMEDES. — A slender, erect or decumbent-ascending, virgately 

 branched, annual herb, 1 to 3 ft. high ; flowers white or sometimes 

 whitish-rosy, in pyramidally arranged spikes. In sandy thickets 

 among low bushes close to the banks of the river Bero, plentifully ~, 

 fl. and fr. July 1859 and June 1860. No. 6502. 



9. C. staticodes Hiem, sp. n. 



A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, puberulous on the, young parts, turning 

 dusky in the dry state ; leaves alternate, ovate, acuminate at the 

 subobtuse apex, subtruncate or nearly rounded at or near the 

 base, rather thin, slightly scabrid, repand-entire, 2 to 4 in. long 

 by |- to 2\ in. broad ; petiole ^ to If in. long ; inflorescence like 

 that of Statice, paniculate, pyramidal, terminal, bracteolate and 

 somewhat bracteate or leafy especially below ; panicles about a 

 foot long ; bracteoles paleaceous, ovate, -^ to ^ in. long ; ultimate 

 pedicels very short or obsolete ; perianth-segments 5, white, rather 

 dryly paleaceous, about ^ in. long in flower, |- in. long in fruity 

 oval-oblong, spreading at the time of the flowering, inserted with 

 the stamens at the outside of the base of the perigynous disk ; 

 stamens 5, monadelphous, united at the base into a cup, free and 

 narrowly subulate above, shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 oblong, 2-celled, attached at the middle of the back, dehiscing 

 longitudinally, introrse ; ovary stipitate, obovoid and subtruncate 

 in flower, ovoid-oblong in fruit, the stipe arising from the bottom 

 of the perianth and penetrating the disk through a central hole j 

 style solitary, short, crowned with 2 spreading branches ; seeds 2, 

 minutely tuberculate, comparatively dull. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — At the bushy outskirts of the primitive forest in 

 Sobato de Mussengue on the left-hand side of the Ambaca road from^ 

 Sange, very rare ; fl. and fr. 16 Dec. 1855. No. 6573. 



2. AMARANTHUS Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 iii. p. 28 {Amarantus). 



1. A. caudatus L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 990 (1753). 



LOANDA. — An annual, erect herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, rarely branched ; 

 leaves turning purplish before the flowering, edible when cooked ; 

 flowers sometimes greenish, sometimes rosy-purple or nearly blood-red 

 purple. Cultivated and frequently wild on rubbish heaps ; fl. July 

 1854 ; in sandy sunny places about Maianga d'El Rei, quite wild and 

 apparently indigenous ; fl. July 1858 ; cultivated as a pot-herb in Dr. 

 Mendes Alfonso's garden ; fl. and fr. August 1858. Negro name 

 "Jimboa.," 'So. %b\Z, partly. 



Cazengo. — In the hot parts of the primitive forest of Mata de 



