246 xliv. leguminos*. [Uraria 



high, in other cases ranging up to 7 ft. and half- climbing amidst shrubs ; 

 flowers rose-coloured. In bushy places near Izonga ; fl. Oct. 1856. 

 No. 2111&. 



28. FABRICIA Scop. Introduct. p. 307 (1777); non Thunb. 

 (1779), nee Gaertn. (1788), nee Adans. (1763). Alysicarpus 

 Neck. (1790); Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p ; 522. 



1. F. numnralarisefolia O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 181 (1891). 

 Hedysarum nummularifolium L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 746 (1753). 



H. vaginale L., I.e. Alysicarpus nummularifolius DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 353 (1825). A. vaginalis DC, I.e. ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. p. 170. 



Ambkiz. — A perennial herb, with csespitose prostrate-ascending 

 stems. On gravelly hills near Ambriz ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 2128. 



Loanda. — Alto das Cruzes, in grassy hills, pretty frequent ; fl. and 

 fr. May 1854. Pods in the living state sub-cylindrical, remarkably 

 thickened in the upper part, joints always rectangular, not moniliform 

 nor constricted ; very common on shortly-grassy pastures near the 

 ocean between Sambe grande and Cabolombo ; fl. and fr. 30 July 1854. 

 Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. April 1858. No. 2129. A low under- 

 shrub, with prostrate branches and inconspicuous violet-coloured 

 flowers. Habit of Indigofera, but the leaves simple. Alto das Cruzes. 

 Fr. Coll. Caep. 378. 



Ambaca. — A perennial herb, prostrate, glaucous, with many stems 

 and white flowers ; a shore plant, not seen in the mountain-wooded 

 region. In rather dry flat places near N-gombe ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1856. 

 No. 2130. 



2. F. Zeyheri O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 182 (1891). 

 Alysicarpus Zeyheri Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 230 



(1862); Baker, I.e., p. 170. 



Huilla. — A perennial herb with the habit and mode of growth of 

 the previous species, but with deeply sulcate stipules, calyx-lobes 

 densely and long ciliate, and pod-joints moniliform not straight. 

 Plentiful in the higher marshy pastures of Empalanca with short 

 herbage flooded in the rainy season, at an elevation of 5500 ft. ; fl. and 

 fr. end of April 1860. No. 2131. 



3. F. porrecta O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 182 (1891). 

 Alysicarpus porrectus Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 171. 



Loanda. — An annual herb with a smooth stem branched from the 

 base ; branches rather spreading, virgate ; stipules nearly twice the 

 length of the petiole ; calyx-lobes divided down to the base ; narrower 

 than the other species, not imbricated by their margins at the base ; pods 

 much longer than the calyx ; joints 6, orbicular, glabrous, transversely 

 wrinkled, wrinkles flexuous acute anastomosing in the middle. Bather 

 common at the grassy margins of pools (represas) nearly dried up at 

 the time, near .Quicuxe ; fl. and fr. April 1854. No. 2134. 



4. F. ragosa O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 182 (1891). 

 Alysicarpusrugosu8~DG.~Prodr. ii.ip. 353 (1825); Baker, I.e., p. 171. 

 Ambaca. — An annual herb ; stems virgate ascending ; flowers 



whitish : calyx scarious, rigid, striate, rose-purplish or whitish ; pod 

 included, moniliform, with transversely oblong and wrinkled joints, 

 the last joint empty, acuminated. Eather rare, in sandy places along 



