542 Lxxi. COMPOSITE. [Elephantojms 



with shrubs, between LopoUo and J&u ; without fl. Feb. ; with fl. 

 end of April 1860. No. 3390. Flowers blue-purple ; at Ferrao da 

 Sola ; fl. end of April 1860. No. 3391. 



TeIBE II. EuPATOEIAOEiE. 



7. ADENOSTEMMA Forst. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. ii. p. 239. 



Bulhopodium Welw. ex 0. Hoffm. in Bol. See. Brot. xiii. p. 22. 



1. A. viscosum Forst. Char. Gen. p. 90, t. 45 (1776); O. & H. 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 299. 



Verbesina Lavenia L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 902 (1753) ; non Eoxb. 

 A.Lavenia 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 304 (1891). 



GrOLiJNGO Alto. — An erect or ascending, annual herb, 2 ft. high ; 

 ' lower leaves opposite, the upper ones alternate ; corolla milk-white or 

 dirty-white. In neglected places after cultivation in Sobato Bumba, 

 sparingly ; fl. and fr. May 1856. No. 3513. 



HuiLLA. — A herb, 2 to 4 ft. high ; stem cylindrical, erect, branched, 

 relatively thick, not hollow ; branches reddish ; lower leaves opposite ; 

 capitula homogamous ; involucral scales biaeriate, oblique, directed 

 towards the periphery, deep ; corolla white, 5-clef t, papillose outside ; 

 anthers ecaudate, relatively very broad ; style filiform, rather fleshy, 

 quite glabrous, divided about the middle into 2 gradually clavate 

 thickened yellowish papillose branches ; receptacle sub-convex, naked ; 

 nectary cupular, denticulate i achene elongate-triquetrous, verrucose 

 all round, obcuneate, truncate, the angles subacute, narrowed at 

 the base and laterally seated on a little bulb ; pappus consisting of 

 3 paleae. In elevated situations along the streams of Morro de 

 LopoUo ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1860. No. 3700. 



Island of St. Thomas. — In wooded mountainous places, Monte 

 Caff^, at 2000 ft. elevation ; fl. and fr. ; only one specimen, Dec. 1860. 

 No. 3513. 



8. AGERATUM L. ; Benth & Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 241. 



1. A. conyzoides L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 839 (1753) ; O. & H. in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 300. 



Garelia cov.yzodes 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 325 (1891). 



SiEERA Leone. — Flowers pale-blue. In meadows and places of 

 cultivation, near Freetown, abundant ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 3396. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An erect annual herb, 1 to 3 ft. high, with 

 beautifully blue florets. In herbaceous places at the outskirts of 

 thickets, near Sange, abundant ; fl. and fr. middle of Jan. 1856. 

 No. 3392. Everywhere throughout the district ; fl. and fr. June to 

 Aug. No. 3393. At Dalatanda ; fl. and fr. June 1855. No. 3394. 



Island of Madeira'. — In hilly places above Fnnchal, abundant ; 

 fl. and fr. Aug. 1853. No. 3395. 



9. EUPATORIUm Tourn., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii.p. 245. 



1. E. africanum 0. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 301 ; O. 

 Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii. p. 22 (1896). 



GoLUNGO Alto.— -A perennial herb, 2 or rarely 3 ft. high, with a 

 woody rootstock and whitish flowers. On bushy declivities in Queta- 

 Carengue, after the so-called Queimadas or burnings of the bush, 

 tolerably abundant ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1855 and Jan. 1856. No. 3331. 



