Physalis] lxxxviii. solanace.e. 751 



branches greatly elongated, decumbent ; corolla sulphur-yellow, 

 atropurpureous towards the base both inside and out. In cultivated 

 and sunny sandy places, not everywhere ; at Varzea do Isidro near 

 Sange ; fl, and fr. July 1855. No. 6056. 



MosSAMEDES. — Berries eaten. In damp fields, especially in planta- 

 tions of cotton and sugar, often too abundant ; fl. and fr. July 1859. 

 No. 6026. 



The leaves are generally eaten by the negroes. It occurred plenti- 

 fully at the lake of Quilunda, near Prata, in the district of Icolo e 

 Bexgo ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1854. 



■4. CAPSICUM Tournef., L. ; Benth. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 892. 



1. C. annuum L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 188 (1753) ; Fingerh. Men. 

 Caps. p. 12, t. 2 (1832). 



LOANDA. — In the city ; probably cultivated ; fr. Nov. 1860. 

 Apparently this species or possibly C. longum DC. Coll. Caep. 803. 



2. C. fruteseens L., Z.c, p. 189 ; Fingerh., I.e., p. 17, t. 4, fig. c . 

 Ambeiz. — Cultivated and wild ; fr. Apparently this species or 



perhaps C. conoides Mill., which some authors regard as synonymous. 

 No. 6066. 



3. C. baccatum L. Mant. PI. i. p. 47 (1767); Fingerh., I.e., 

 p. 18, t. 4, fig. A. 



C. comarim Velloz. Fl. Flumin. p. 60 (1825) ? ; Welw. in Bol. 

 Conselho Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7, p. 83, n. 68 (Aug. 1854). 



Ambeiz. — Cultivated near Mubango and Quibanza ; fl. and fr. end 

 of Nov. 1853. Negro name '• Comorim." No. 6068, and Coll. 

 Carp. 802. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Ripe berries more or less ellipsoidal, scarlet, not 

 eaten by the negroes. In the forests of nearly all the Sobatos, but 

 sporadic, very remote from human habitations and even in the 

 densest forests, apparently indigenous ; in Mata de Quibauga ; fl. and 

 fr. Dec. 1855. No. 6071. Not uncommon in the primitive forest of 

 Mata de Qaibanga ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1856. No. 6064. 



4. C. cerasiforme Miller, Gard. Diet., edit. 8, n. 5 (1768). 



C. Milleri Eoem. & Sohult. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 563 (1819) 

 Fingerh., I.e., p. 20. 



PuNGO Andongc— Fruit spherical, strongly pungent. Cultivated 

 in Sansamanda ; fr. 30 April 1857. No. 6070. 



5. C. cordiforme Miller, I.e., n. 2 ; Fingerh., I.e., p. 29, tt. 9, 10. 

 Ambeiz.— Cultivated ; in fr. No. 6085. At Mubango, wild ; fl. 



andfr. No. 6087. 



Calumbo. — A shrub, 3 ft. high or more, strongly branched above ; 

 branches bent in a zigzag manner ; calyx obtusely pentagonal, bent 

 down in flower, almost truncate at the mouth, obscurely 5-toothed, the 

 teeth obtuse ; corolla from yellow to greenish, with ovate-acuminate 

 lobes ; anthers cordate-ovate, dull grepn. At Quilombo between 

 Oamama and Calumbo, wild ; fl. and f r. June 1858. Native name of 

 the shrub " Molungo " and of the fruit " N-dungo-Jindungo." See 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 233 (1884). No. 6047- 



Golungo Alto. — In secondary thickets near Caoarambola ; fr. 

 without foliage, beginning of Sent. 1866. Apparently this species. 

 No. 6097. 



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