Amaranthm] ci. amahanthace^, 887 



Cabonda, plentiful ; fl. and fr. middle of June 1855. Native name 

 "Jimboa." No. 6513. 

 GoLUNGO- Alto.— In fl. and fr. No. 65136. 



2. A. spinosus L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 991 (1753) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Beitr. H. Cap Verd. Ins. p. 176 (1852) ; Welw. in Ann. Cons. 

 Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7 (August 1854) p. 84. n. 90. 



Sierra Leone. — In fl. beginning of Sept. 1853. A poor specimen 

 probably of this species, ■which, according to Welwitsch's note attached 

 to no. 6515, he saw plentifully near Freetown but of which he collected 

 only one specimen growing in kitchen gardens and afterwards suffering 

 from the dampness of the winter. No. 6514. , 



Ambriz. — On rubbish heaps near Banza d'Ambriz ; also behind 

 Quizembo ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 1853. No. 6515. 



Prince's Island. — Stem straight, reddish, mostly branched from 

 the base. In plots neglected after cultivation and in sunny places, 

 near the port of S. Antonio ; fr. Sept. 1853. Coll. Carp. 867. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — Island of San Thiago. Cultivated at 

 Loanda in 1857. Coll. Carp. 868. 



This is apparently the Amaranthus, amid masses of which Acuanvir- 

 gatum Medik. grew sporadically by the lake near Banza d'Ambriz ; see 

 ante p. 309. 



3. A tricolor L. Sp. PL, edit, 1, p. 989 (1753). 



A. gangeticus L. Syst. Nat. edit. 10, ii. p. 1268 (1759). 



Loanda. — Cultivated in gardens, and according to Arsenic P. P. de 

 Carpo called " Papagaios " ; fl. and fr. No. 6516. 



Welwitsoh was informed by Senhor Pompeio Pampilhio that this 

 species occurs wild near Pungo Andongo. The name " papagaios " is 

 also used by the Portuguese colonists for Impatiens Balsamina L. ; see 

 ante p. 108. It was also found in Ambaca, near N-gombe, in plots 

 neglected after cultivation, where it was not plentiful, in Oct. 1856. 

 According to a ms. note of Welwitsch, this is one of the species which 

 are both wild and cultivated by the natives and which furnish the 

 edible vegetables called by the negroes " Jimboa." see Welw. Apontam. 

 p. 547 sub n. 74 (1859), and Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 242 (1884). 



These vegetables are eaten in large quantities like beet sprouts by 

 the natives in the interior, for example in the district of Duque de 

 Bragan^a, where for weeks and even for months they eat scarcely 

 anything else. 



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



A. alhus Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. p. 45 (1794) ; non L. (1759). 

 A. Thimbergii Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii.' 2, p. 262 (1849). 



PuNOO Andongo.— At Condo ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 6522. 



MosSAMEDBS. — An annual herb, branched from the base ; branches 

 slender ; leaves variable, narrower or broader ; flowers greenish. In 

 gravelly places at Garganta do Eio Bero ; fl. and f r. end of June 1859. 

 In sandy places by the river Bero ; fl. and fr. July 1859. In neglected 

 fields between Hortas and Boa Vista ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 6538. 

 An annual herb, erect or ascending ; stem slender, bright green, 

 branched from the base or from the middle ; branches elongated, 

 erect-patent. In damp sandy places at the mouth of the river Bero ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1859. A narrow-leaved variety. No. 6527. 



HuiLLA. — In fields after crops of Sorghum, plentiful ; fl. and fr. 

 beginning of May 1860. No. 6497. 



Perhaps only a variety of A. Blitum L. 



