Pouzolzia] cxvi. ueticacEjE. 993 



abbreviated sboots -with small leaves resembling foliaceous 

 stipules ; flowers in short axillary or lateral clusters, androgynous 

 or dioecious, several together, on the upper part of the stem or 

 branches ; male perianth 4-cleft, -^-^ in. in diameter ; the lobes 

 ovate, thinly pilose on the back, ciliate ; stamens 4, glabrous, 

 around a rudimentary ovary; female perianth 4-cleft, thinly 

 pilose on the back, -^ in. long, investing the ovary ; stamipodes 

 ; fruit ovoid, shining, ^ in. long. 



PuNGO Andongo. — By streams in the presidium, near Cazella, 

 fl. and fr. Feb. 1857. No. 6271- In bushy rocky parts of the 

 praesidium, plentiful ; female fl. Feb. and March 1857. No. 6260. 



A textile plant. On No. 6260 grew Cuscuta blepJiarokpis Welw. 

 herb. no. 6140, ante p. 743. 



3. P. golnngensis Hiern, sp. n. 



An erect or ascending, slender, annual herb, 2 to 3 ft. high ; 

 stem rosy purple, simple naked and glabrescent below, branched 

 and more or less pilose above ; branches ascending, pilose- 

 pubescent, leafy ; leaves alternate, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate 

 at the apex, sub-truncate rounded or more or less narrowed at the 

 base, submembranous, limp, deep green and with scattered pallid 

 pilose hairs above, whitish and more or less cottony beneath, 

 trinerved at the base, entire, f to 2 in. long by ^ to f in. broad ; 

 only one pair of lateral veins in addition to the basal nerves, in 

 relief on the lower face of the blade, impressed on the upper face ; 

 cystoliths punctiform ; petioles pilose, ranging up to f in. long ; 

 stipules lanceolate, acuminate-caudate, glumaceous, pilose on the 

 back, ciliate, -J^ to |- in. long ; flowers dioecious, the female ones 

 greenish, axillary ; perianth J-y in. long, ovoid-conical, costate, 

 somewhat hairy outside, closely investing the ovary and young 

 similarly shaped glabrous fruit. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In thinly wooded places at the Capopa stream, 

 very sparingly ; female fl. and fr. end of May 1856. No. 6277. 



Habit of P. guineensis Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 518. 



4. P. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



Apparently a perennial shrubby herb, about 3 ft. high, 

 branched at least above ; branches purplish brown, glabrescent ; 

 branchlets alternate, somewhat tawny or brown, pubescent, leafy ; 

 leaves alternate, ovate or oval, more or less acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or very obtuse at the base, firmly membranous, deep 

 green and with scattered pallid adpressed hairs above, paler and 

 more or less whitish-cottony beneath, triplinerved near the base, 

 entire, 1^ to 3 in. long by f to 2 in. broad ; lateral veins about 

 two on each side of the midrib in addition to the sub-basal nerves, 

 in relief on the lower face of the blade, impressed on the upper 

 face ; cystoliths punctiform ; petioles hispid-pilose, ranging \ip 

 to nearly an inch long ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate-caudate, 

 glumaceous, pilose on the back, ciliate, 4 to ^ in. long ; flowers 

 dioecious, the male ones clustered several together in the axils, 

 subsessile ; male perianth depressedly spheroidal in the bud, 



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