898 cii. CHENOPODiACE^. \Ch,enopod/ivm, 



MosSAMEDES.— An annual or biennial herb, 6 to 6 ft. high, virgately 

 branched from the base ; the leaves, especially the fresh ones, glau- 

 cescent-green. In fields, neglected after cultivation, about the mouth 

 of the river Giraul, probably introduced ; fl. and fr. July 1859. 

 No. 6333. 



The following No., which is without flowers or fruits, has larger 

 leaves with obtuse teeth or small lobes ; it possibly belongs to this 

 species : — 



MossAMEDES. — In Sandy seaside places between Cabo Negro and 

 Mosaamedes, at Cazimba, seen nowhere else in Benguella ; Sept. 1859. 

 No. 6326. 



2. C. murale L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 219 (1753) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Eeitr. Fl. Cap Verd. p. 172 (1852). 



Ambriz.— At Mubango ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6312. 



LoANDA.^ — The whole plant, especially when rubbed, emits the un- 

 pleasant smell of some species of this genus ; leaves somewhat fleshy, 

 brittle, very mealy especially beneath ; stem mostly ascending, obtusely 

 angular, shining, longitudinally marked with red vittae, 2 ft. or some- 

 times 6 ft. high or more ; flowering branches brittle ; seeds nearly 

 smooth, somewhat glossy. By field hedges and on rubbish heaps 

 about the city, never plentiful ; fl. and fr. July 1854 and 1858. 

 No. 6309. In vegetable gardens near Santo Antonio at the river 

 Bengo ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 6310. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — On rocks near Villa da Praia, in the 

 island of St. Thiago ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. No. 6311. 



3. C. ambrosioides L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 219 (1753); Welw. 

 Apontam. p. 547. sub. n. 73(1859); Ficalho.Pl. Uteis, p. 243(1884). 



LOANDA and Bakea de Dande. — Among rubbish in cultivated 

 places and in neglected plots after cultivation, also in damp grassy 

 spots, everywhere, on the right banks of the rivers Lifune and Dande ; 

 at Bombo on calcareous hills ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6314. 



GoLTJNGO Alto.— In fi. No. 63156. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In fl. No. 6316. 



MossAMEDES. — In moist sandy places near the rivers Bero and 

 Giraftl, plentiful ; fl. July and Aug. 1859. No. 6313. 



Prince's Island. — In the coast region at Santo Antonio ; fl. Sept. 

 1853. No. 6316. 



This is the " Herva formigueira '' and the " Herva de Santa Maria " 

 of the Portuguese colonists ; it is used by the natives as a tonic remedy 

 in the curative treatment of dysentery and of the dysenteric disease 

 called "macula' or "macule." It is commonly biennial or triennial 

 according to Welwitsch, though it is often described as annual ; see 

 Monteiro, Angola, ii. pp. 250 to 252 (1875). 



4. C. graveolens Lag. & Eodr. in Anal. Cienc. Nat. v. No. 13, 

 p. 70 (1802) ; non Willd. (1809). 



G.fcetidum Schrad. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. p. 79 

 (1808) ; non Lam. (1805). 



PuNGO Andongo. — An annual, erect herb, 2 to 2^ ft. high, the whole 

 plant in the living state very pleasantly purplish and very fragrant, 

 conspicuous from afar as it grows in the quite white sand ; flowers 

 greenish purple. In sandy wooded places between Luxillo and Cazella ; 

 fl. and f r. Jan. 1857. No. 6318. In sandy places at the river Guanza, 

 near Quisonde, collected in flight ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 6319. 



