72 xxiii. Malvaceae. [Hibiscus 



11. H. lunarifolius Willd. Sp. PI. iii. p. 811 (1800); Masters, 

 I.e., p. 202. 



Oazengo. — Caculo, fl. and fr. June 1855. This resembles the type 

 of H. guinee?isis G. Don. No. 5252. 



Pungo Andongo. — A shrubby herb, 5 to 6 ft. high, patently 

 branched, with irritating hairs ; flowers very large (2J in. long in the 

 dry state), of a sulphur-wine colour ; in wooded stations of Mata de 

 Pungo, May 1857. No. 5251. 



Huilla. — Flowers of a brilliant sulphur colour, very large (2J in. 

 long in the dry state) ; in moist shrubby stations on the left bank of 

 stream Catumba ; fl. and fr. end of April 1860. This resembles 

 H. dongolensis Delile. No. 4939. 



12. H. calyphyllus Cav. Diss. v. p. 283, tab. cxl. (1788) ; 

 H. calycinus Willd. (1840), Masters, I.e., p. 202 ; vel affinis. 



Golungo Alto. — An erect herb, 3 to 4 ft. high, not abundant, in 

 shaded stations at the cataracts of the river Cuango, and more rarely 

 on the right bank of the river Delamboa, in thickets ; fr. August 1855 ; 

 also an erect herb, 4 to 5 ft. high, sparingly branched, in the wooded 

 thickets of Quisuculo, near Bango ; fl. May 1856. No. 5238. A shrub, 

 5 to 8 ft. high ; producing many long slender straight and nearly 

 erect stems, and slender rather spreading tough branches, apparently 

 adapted for the manufacture of string ; flowers yellow, marked inside 

 near the base with dark purple ; calyx and epicalyx pentamerous ; cap- 

 sule conical-pyramidal, acuminate, 5-valved ; seeds numerous, reniform, 

 densely and shortly hirsute ; fr. Sept. 1855 ; native name "Quibosa 

 ca-iala " (macho da Quibosa). No. 4919. By road leading to Bango, 

 July 1856 ; a textile plant. Coll. Carp. 367. 



Zenza do Golungo. — A shrubby herb ; leaves poplar-like ; fruit- 

 peduncles £ in. long ; segments of the epicalyx several ; capsules 

 ovoid-pyramidal, of 5 woody pointed carpels 1£ in. long ; in thickets 

 near Quicanda ; fr. Sept. 1854. Very doubtfully referred to this 

 species. No. 4898. 



Pungo Andongo. — Flowers (in the dry state) ranging up to 2£ in. 

 long ; Lombe. The tail-like tips of the segments of the epicalyx 

 resemble those of H. subtrllobatus Hochst. n. 2319 ; this Masters 

 unites with H. calyphyllus, to which the specimens of Welwitsch are 

 doubtfully referred, and from which the fruiting specimens differ by 

 the long carpels exceeding the calyx and epicalyx. No. 5244. Flowers 

 patent-drooping, nearly 2 in. long (in the dry state) ; segments of the epi- 

 calyx spathulate-lanceolate, entire. Possibly belongs here. No. 5250. 



13. H. panduraeformis Burin, f. Fl. Ind. p. 151, t. 47, f. 2 

 (1768); Masters, I.e. (pandwriformis), p. 203. 



Icolo E Bengo. — A hoary erect herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, with yellow 

 flowers, small for the genus ; in swamps about Lagoa da Funda ; fl. 

 and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 4896. An undershrub, 5 ft. high, patently 

 branched ; leaves silky-tomentose, flowers yellow at the margin ; in 

 bushy places by the king's highway, near Funda ; Sept. (seeds tomen- 

 tose). Coll. Carp. 257. 



Loanda. — In young flower-bud Feb. 1859. No. 4895. An under- 

 shrub, 5 to 8 ft. high, with numerous stems ; flowers of a deep-sulphur 

 colour, marked inside at the base with dark purple (1^ in. long when 

 dry) ; not infrequent ; May 1854. No. 4894. 



14. H. oannabinus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, ii. p. 1149 (1759); 

 Masters, I.e., p. 204 ; vel affinis. 



