766 Lxxxix. scROPHULAKiACEiE. [Jli/santhes 



bank of the river Cuango, near Arimo do Isidro, rather rare ; fl. mostly 

 fallen July 1855. No. 6905. In palm groves at the river Cuango in 

 Sobato da Quota ; fl. and f r. July and Aug. 1855. No. 5906. 

 This species belongs to the section Bonnaya. 



12. LIMOSELLA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 958. 

 1. L. aquatica L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 631 (1753). 



Var. alismoides Welw. ms. in Herb. 



Leaves very greatly varying in size, not uncommonly gigantic 

 in proportion to the rest of the plant ; stamens 4, sub-exserted, 

 not evidently didynamous ; anthers distant ; style as long as the 

 stamens, inclined to one side of the corolla ; stigma capitellate. 



HuiLLA — Flowers whitish, at length almost rosy. In marshy 

 muddy-sandy places by the LopoUo stream, plentiful ; fl. and f r. end 

 of Oct. and in Nov. 1859. No. 1131. In flooded places by streams 

 near LopoUo, at an elevation of 5500 ft., plentiful ; fl. and fr. 31 Oct. 

 1859. No. 1132. Sometimes annual, sometimes biennial, and 

 apparently even perennial ; fruiting peduncles almost always spirally 

 recurved. A form, more robust in all respects gathered with No. 1132. 

 The size and shape of the leaves are variable enough, but the size of 

 the flowers is always the same whether in the smallest or largest 

 specimens. By the margin of the Lopollo river, especially around 

 the edges of pools close to the river, very abundant ; fl. and fr. 

 28 and 31 Oct. 1859. No. 11326. Leaves 3 to 5-nerved, floating 

 after the manner of Alisma natans ; flowers whitish, at length turning 

 a violet colour. In flooded sandy places at the banks of the Lopollo 

 river, at an elevation of 6500 ft. in masses, not uncommon ; fl. and fr. 

 Nov. 1859. A large-leaved floating form, but not separable by any 

 characters specifically from the common species. No. 1133. 



This is the Limosella mentioned by Welwitsch in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. p. 187 (1861) ; it should be compared with L. maior Diels in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxvi. p. 122 (27 Sept. 1898), which may also prove to be 

 only a form of the common species. 



13. SIBTHORPIA L. ; Benth. <fe Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 959. 

 1. S. peregrina L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 631 (1753). 



Island op Madeira. — In moist places among short herbage, by the 

 rooks between Punchal and Camara dos Lobos ; fl. and f r. Aug. 1853. 

 No. 5925. 



14. SCOPARIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 959. 



1. S. dulcis L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 116 (1753). 



Cap-aria dulcis O. Kuntze,,Rev. Gen. PL ii. p. 459 (1891). 



SiBKRA Leone. — In neglected fields and in moist herbaceous places 

 about Freetown, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 5921. 



Ambriz. — In hilly moist places near Quizembo, abundant ; fl. and 

 fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5920. An annual or biennial herb, with white 

 flowers. In hilly previously cultivated parts of Mossul-Ambriz, 

 abundaut ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1853. "Herva dos vassiros." No. 5919. 



Prince's Island. — In the mountainous parts of the island ; fl. and 

 fr. Sept. 1853. No. 5922. 



Loanda.— At Loanda ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1863. On a sandy clay soil, 

 in moist places and around pools near Imbondeiro dos Lobos, plentiful ; 

 fl. and fr. beginning of Feb. 1858. In damp places between Quicuxe 

 and MutoUo ; fl. and fr. beginning of August 1858. No. 5915. 



