900 cii. CHENOPODiACE^. [Arth/rocnenvwm 



The following No., -which in the dry state is grey-green with 

 its branches narrowly winged, and on which I do not find any 

 flowers in the British Museum specimen, is probably a species of 

 this genus, possibly an annual form of A. indioum Moq., or a 

 Salicomia. 



MossAMEDES. — An annual, prostrate, ascending, subglaucescent 

 watery-fleshy herb, turning red in old age. In salt places near 

 Caroca, Oabo Negro, in company with Tamarix orientalis Forsk., 

 Heliotropium supinum L., and HeleocMoa schcenoides Host. ; Sept. 

 1852. No. 6329. 



5. LERCHIA Hall, in Comment. Getting, i. p. 224 (1752), & 

 Enum. PI. Getting., edit. 2, p. 21 (1753), & ex Zinn, Oat. PL 

 Getting, p. 30 (1757); non Eeichenb. (1828). 



Dondia Adans. Fam. PI. ii. pp. 261, 550 (1763); non Spreng. 

 (1813). Lerchea Ruling, Ord. Nat. PI. p. 47 (1774) ; non L. 

 (1771). Suceda Forsk. Fl. ^gypt. Arab. p. 69. t. 18, B. (1775); 

 Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 66. 



1. L. obtusifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. edit. 1, pp. 187, 474 

 (1821) {Lerchea). 



Chenopodiwm fruticosum L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 221 (1753). 

 Salsola fruticosa L., I.e., edit. 2, p. 324 (1762). Suceda frwticosa 

 Forsk., I.C., pp. cix. 70. L. mwritima, y. fruticosa O. Kuntze, Rev. 

 Gen. PL ii. p. 549 (1891) (Lerchea). Lerchea fruticosa B.D. Jacks. 

 Ind. Kew. ii. p. 66 (1894). Dondia fruticosa Druce in Ann. Scott. 

 Nat. Hist. 1896, p. 42. 



Benguella. — A much-branched shrub, as tall as a man, with 

 numerous stems. In gravelly seaside places near the city of Benguella, 

 plentiful ; June 1859, not then in good fl. No. 6322. 



MossAMEDES.— A shrub, 4 to 6 ft, high j stems numerous, branched 

 from the base ; branches and branchlets numerous, mostly purplish ; 

 leaves succulent, glaucescent. In gravelly thickets, close to the banks 

 of the river Bero, very plentiful ; inside the mouth of the river ; fl. 

 July 1859. No. 6321. On the Oazados sands, near Mossamedes, 

 common. A young branch, without fl. or fr., apparently belonging 

 to this species ; beginning of August 1859. No. 63215. 



6. SALSOLA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 71. 



1. S. aphylla L. f. Suppl. PL p. 173 (1781). 



MossAMEDES. — A glaucous-hoary shrublet, with the habit of LerchiOf 

 and with numerous branches from the base ; stems and branches 

 prostrate ; flowers reddish. At the sides of sandhills near Cavalheiros, 

 plentiful; fl. July 1859. No. 6320. 



cm. PHYTOLACCACE^. 



1. HILLERIA VeU. FL Flum. p. 47 (1825), i. tab. 122 (1827). 

 Mohlana Mart. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. p. 170. t. 290 (1829) ; Benth. 

 & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 81. 



1. H. elastica VelL, I.e. 



Rivina laUfolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. i. p. 324 (1792) ; Poir. in 



