750 Lxxxviii. solanacBjE. [Solanum 



high ; leaves membranous but ratber flesby ; flowers from wbitish to 

 lilac ; anthers yellow ; berries at first yellowisb, at lengtb turning 

 black. On bushy hills near Puri-Caoarambola, sparingly ; fl. and fr. 

 middle of Oct. 1856. No. 6082. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An undersbrub, 3 ft. high ; flowers white ; 

 berries cinnabar-red, scarcely as big as peas. In bushy pastures in the 

 prsesidium and at Pedra Cabondo : fl. and young fr. end of Nov. 1856. 

 No. 6105. 



17. S. indicum L. Sp. PI., edit, i., p. 187 (1753), partly. 

 HuiLLA. — A strongly branched and prickly shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high ; 



flowers violet in colour ; berries scarlet. Usually growing in dense 

 masses on the sites of previous negro-huts, flowering nearly throughout 

 the year ; at Embala de Lopollo ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1859 and April 1860. 

 No. 6038. A shrnblet, 3 to 4 ft. high ; leaves sinuate ; berries cinnabar- 

 red, pea-shaped. May 1860. Determination doubtful. Coll. Carp. 81 . 



18. S. duplosinuatum Kl. in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. p. 233 (1861). 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — An undershrub or rarely a shrub, 2. to 3J ft. high, 



sometimes almost unarmed, sometimes bristling with white-yeUowish 

 prickles ; corolla deep violet in colour, usually 5- but not rarely 

 6-cleft. In rather dry sunny places at the outskirts of thickets 

 throughout [the district, plentiful ; at Sange, fl. beginning of Aug. 

 1855. No. 6096. A much branched, very prickly undershrub ; 

 flowers large, violet in colour ; berries deep yellow, as large as a 

 pigeon's egg. In rough sunny places near Sange ; seeds July 1857. 

 Apparently this species. Coll. Carp. 800. 



Prince's Island. In fr. Sept. 1853. A poor specimen, apparently 

 of this species. No. 6085. 



19. S. fuscatum L. Sp. PL, edit. 2, i. p. 268 (1762). 



Cape de Verde Islands. — At Villa da Praia in the island of San 

 Thiago ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 6086. 



3. PHYSALIS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 890. 



1. P. minima L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 183 (1753); Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 445 (1852). 



P. divaricata D. Don, Prodr. p. 97 (1825) ; Dunal, I.e., p. 444. 



LiBONGO. — An annual, erect herb, branched from the base ; flowers 

 from whitish to yellowish ; fruit pale yellow, in size (without the 

 calyx) hke a very large pea, eaten by the negroes and found by 

 Welwitsch not altogether unpleasant. In damp sandy places at the 

 banks of the river Lifune, near Banza de Libongo ; fl. and fr. 

 Sept. 1858. Negro name " Cab6bo4d." No. 6055. 



GoLXJNGO Alto. — Stem angular, 2 to 3 ft. high ; ripening calyx 

 acutely angular, the keels of the angles somewhat crenate and beset 

 with long hyaline hairs ; corolla pale sulphur in colour, small. In 

 the rather shady parts of thickets, also at roadside ; road towards 

 Capopa ; fl. and young fr. 1 Dec. 1854. No. 6057. A prostrate herb, 

 with a mouse-like smell throughout ; stems divaricately branched, 

 densely shaggy ; flowers yellowish. In places neglected after cultiva- 

 tion, on a moist sandy soil, in company with species of Cyperus, etc., 

 in Sobato Cabanga-Oacalungo ; fl. and fr. beginning of Feb. 1855. 

 No. 6058. In like situations at the base of the Cungulungulo moun- 

 tains ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1855. No. 6059. Stem at first erect, afterwards 

 weakened by the rapid development of the lower branches ; the basal 



