760 Lxxxix. sceophclariacejB. [Stemodiacra 



-^-g in. long, 2-valved ; seeds netted-areolar, irregularly ovoid, 

 about -^jf in. long. 



PuNGO Andongo.— In swampy places at the lake of Quibinda then 

 almost dry ; fl. March 1857. Only one clump seen. No. 1241. 



This should be compared with small states of S. indica {Hottonia 

 indica L. = Limnophila gratioloides R. Br.), though they apparently 

 differ. 



8. MONIERA B. Juss. ex P. Browne, Hist. Jamaic. p. 269, 

 t. 28, f. 3 (1756) ; non Loefl. (1758). 



Brami Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p. 208 (1763). Mella Vand. El. 

 Lusit. p. 43, f. 23 (1788). Septas Lour. Fl. Oochinch. p. 392 

 (1790). Mecardonia Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. p. 95 (1794). 

 Galyptriplex Euiz & Pav., I.e., p. 96. Herpestis Gaertn. f. Fruct. 

 iu.p. 186, t. 214 (1805) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 951. 



1. M. calycina. 



Herpestis calycina Bth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 57 (1836). 



Ambeiz. — An annual, creeping herb ; branchlets ascending or erect, 

 rather fleshy, mostly turning purple ; flowers white. By streams in 

 rather elevated bushy places near Ambriz, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Nov. 



1853. No. 5918. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — In marshy wooded places near Cal61o ; fr. Sept. 



1854. No. 5909. 



Cazengo. — At the sides of streams near Dalatanda, growing after 

 the fashion of Isnardia ; fr. and a few fl. June 1855. No. 1262. 

 PuNGO Andongo.— Fl. Dec. 1856. No. 5875. Fl. and f r. No. 5877. 



2. M. occultaus Hiern, sp. n. 



A herb, apparently annual ; root fibrous ; stem branched from 

 the base, procumbent, ascending, pale reddish, obtusely quad- 

 rangular, bisulcate, phiristriate, juicy, 3 to 12 in. long, puberulous, 

 leafy especially towards the apex ; leaves opposite, spreading, 

 oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse at the apex, rounded at the 

 nearly sessile sub-amplexicaul base, serrulate alpng the upper 

 half, herbaceous-membranous, glabrous, about an inch long by a 

 quarter-inch broad or a little more, pale green above, glaucescent 

 and dotted beneath, pellucid-punctate, rather obscurely so in 

 some cases ; flowers small, axillary, solitary or a few together ; 

 peduncles very short ; calyx-segments 5, unequal ; the outer 3 

 ovate, obtuse, ^ in. long, the inner ones lanceolate-linear, all 

 surrounding and adnate to the base of the ovary, at length con- 

 cealing the fruit ; corolla white ; the tube funnel-shaped, short, 

 straight ; the limb sub-bilabiate, 5-cleft ; the lobes obtuse, some- 

 what spreading ; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on the coroUa- 

 throat ; filaments smooth, but little arched ; anthers all fertile, 

 not bearded ; ovary oblong-conical, 2-celled ; the cells pluri- 

 ovulate ; the ovules horizontal ; placentas central, radiating 

 towards the periphery ; style filiform ; stigma bicapitate. 



Pdngo Andongo. — In marshes and gently flowing streams from 

 Caghuy towards Condo, plentiful ; fl. and young fr. March and May 

 1857 ; also at the Mi6ge stream near the lake of Quibinda, very rare, 

 and near Sansamanda ; fl. March 1857. No. 5891. 



Nearly related to M. calycina, but differs in habit, foliage, etc. 



