212 xliv. LEGUMiNOS.aE. [Indigo/era 



17. I. hirsuta L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 751 (1753); Baker, I.e., p. 88. 

 Anil(a) hirsuta 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 160. 



Ambeiz. — Frequent, in dry open bushy places in the forest, between 

 Ambriz and Banza de Ambriz ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 2054. 



Golungo Alto. — An annual herb (also suffruticose, and lasting 

 2 or 3 years), 2 to 3 ft. high, erect or decumbent, clothed with hairs, 

 which not rarely but not always sting ; flowers scarlet ; in moist 

 thickets, borders of Mata de Quisucula; fl. May 1856. No. 2055. 

 Sange, at the base of Serra de Alto Queta ; fr. June 1856. No. 20556. 



"Var. p. polystaehya Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 89. 



Pungo Andongo. — A' herb, 1£ ft. high, with spreading branches 

 from the base. In sandy places along thickets, between Lombe and 

 Quibinda, by roadsides, flooded in the rainy season ; fl. March 1857. 

 No. 2056. 



Huilla. — Erect. In wooded meadows with tall herbage ; at the 

 skirts of forests, in company with various species of Crotalaria, 

 Cracca, and Ampelocissus, about the great lake Ivantala, nowhere 

 abundant ; fl. and young fr. end of Feb. 1860. No. 2065. Decumbent 

 or ascending ; spikes distant ; flowers violet-purple. In sandy meadows 

 by forests composed of species of Protect and Eugenia, near Monino ; 

 fl. beginning of Feb. 1860. No. 20656. 



Var. y. pumila Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 89. 



Huilla. — Suffruticose; rootstock thick, woody, many-headed; stems 

 much branched from the base ; leaflets orbicular-elliptical, secund ; 

 flowers violet-purple. In the more elevated stony shortly-bushy 

 pastures, between the great lake Ivantala and Quilengues ; in young 

 fl. beginning of Feb. 1860. No. 2057. 



18. I. astragalina DC. Prodr. ii. p. 228 (1825) ; Baker, I.e., p. 89. 

 Bumbo. — Serra da Xella. In fields after the cultivation of Arachis 



hypogcea L. ; not common ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 2021. 



19. I. alternans DC. Prodr. ii. p. 229 (1825) ; Baker, I.e., p. 89. 

 Anil(a) alternans O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 938. 



Mossamedes. — On sandhills, among species of leafless Euphorbia 

 and Zygophylbim, rather frequent, near the city of Mossamedes ; fl. 

 and fr. end of June 1859. No. 2059. Flowers rose-red. On the sea- 

 sands at Praia da Amelia ; fl. August 1859.. No. 20586. 



Tar. yS. macra Baker, I.e. 



Mossamedes. — Flowers violet-purple. On sea-sands near " As 

 hortas," along the banks of the river Bero, near its mouth ; fl. and fr. 

 July 1859. No. 2058. 



20. I. maritima Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 89. 

 Anil(a) maritima O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



Mossamedes.— A prostrate, very widely csespitose, glaucous-silky, 

 perennial herb, with the habit and colour of foliage like those of 

 Medicago maritima L. ; leaflets fleshy, thick ; flowers blood-red. Fre- 

 quent and polymorphic, on sea-sands near the city of Mossamedes ; 

 fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 20616. 



21. I. heterocarpa Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 90. 

 Anil(a) heterocarpa O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 939. 



Huilla. — A prostrate ascending bright-green perennial herb or 



