Gynandropsis] ix. capparidace,e. 29' 



Loanda. — Called by the negroes " Mozembue " or " Mozambue." In 

 the interior of the country found only in places where the negro 

 caravans touch ; very common in sandy and clayey places, whether 

 damp or rather dry, after the spring and summer rains in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Loanda and in the city itself ; fl. and fr. Oct. and Nov. 

 1853 and Feb. 1854. No. 958. A form with the lower leaves 6-foliolate, 

 Loanda, fl. and fr. March 1854. No. 9586. An annual herb, 2 ft. 

 high; flowers white-violet. Eaten by the negroes like spinach. In 

 sandy places throughout the district, Dec. 1857 and March 1858. 

 Coll. Carp. 163. 



Golungo Alto. — Native name " Mozambue." A herb eaten by the 

 negroes. Frequent in exposed uncultivated places about Banza de 

 Quilombo Quiacatubia, fl. and fr. Feb. 1855. No. 959. 



Pungo Andongo. — See Welw. Apont. p. 586, n. 26 ; no specimens, 

 in Herb. 



Huilla. — In neglected fields and behind dwellings, sporadic, fl. and 

 fr. Dec. 1859. No. 960. 



Welwitsch found it also near Luinha, in the district of Cazengo. 



3. MJERTJA Forsk. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 108. 



1. M. angolensis DO. Prodr. i. p. 254 (1821); Welw. in Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. p. 329 (1865); Welw. Apont. p. 555; Welw. 

 Synopse p. 15 ; Welw. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 288 ; Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 86. 



Very variable in habit and in the shape of the leaves ; it occurs 

 in dry and rocky situations in the coast regions from Ambriz to 

 Benguella ; occasionally it becomes a tree, although usually it 

 assumes the form of a bush ; it is known by the name of 

 " Muriangombe." 



Loanda. — A tree 15 to 20 ft. high, with a straight trunk 6 to 8 in. 

 in diameter ; near Gabriel's house, fl. 1 April 1854 ; commonly only a 

 shrub ; fl. May and June 1858 ; in dry clay-sandy hilly stations, almost 

 everywhere about Loanda up to the mouth of the river Coanza. 

 No. 968. In the interior a tree of 25 to 30 spans high, but in the 

 littoral regions a shrub of 4 to 5 ft. ; abundant. At Mutollo, fr. 

 23 July 1854. ' Coll. Carp. 99. In flat places on the hills near 

 Loanda ; fr. August 1860. Coll. Carp. 124. 



Bumbo. — An arborescent shrub, with rambling branches and green- 

 subglaucescent leaves, in thickets at the edges of primitive forests near 

 Bumbo, sporadic ; sparingly fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 969. 



Var. /3. heterophylla (Welw.), ex. Oliv., I.e. Loanda. — A shrub, 

 3 to 4 ft. high, very smooth ; flowers grass-green ; in dry thickets 

 between Loanda and Cacuaco, rather rare ; sparingly in fl. near Museque 

 de Senhor Schut, 2 Nov. 1853. No. 9686. 



Var. y. stenophylla Welw. ms. in Herb. Loanda. — Branches more 

 or less rod-like, sprung up from the base of burnt or fallen trunks, 

 never seen in flower ; on dry hot sandy-rocky hills, near Alto das 

 Cruzes, June 1858. No. 968c. 



Var. 8. platyphylla. Loanda. — Leaves oval, 2J in. long by If in. 

 broad. No. 968d. Welwitsch, Apont. 555, describes it as forming a 

 small very handsome tree, which agreeably interrupts the gloomy uni- 

 formity of the neighbourhood of Loanda ; during all his travels he 

 found it only three or four times developed as a full-grown tree (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. p. 288). 



