Canavali] xliv. leguminos^e. 255 



Cazengo. — In mountainous places near Palmira ; fl. 25 Dee. 1854. 

 No. 2195ft. 



Pungo Andongo. — Flowers nearly whitish throughout; in bushy 

 places near Caghuy ; fl. April 1857, at an elevation of 3800 ft. No. 2196. 



40. PHASEOLTJS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 538. 



The following Nos. from the carpological collection apparently 

 belong to this or some allied genera ; they consist of seeds 

 only, and it is difficult or impossible to assign the species in 

 each case : — 



Golungo Alto. — Bango road. Called " Buri." Coll. Carp. 425. 

 Ten kinds such as are cultivated in this district, 1857. Coll. Carp. 456. 



Pungo Andongo. — Condo on the Cuanza, March 1857. Several 

 species or varieties such as are cultivated in Bike" and Bailundu. 

 Coll. Caep. 419. 



1. P. lunatus L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 724 (1753); Welw. Apont. 

 p. 573 (1859) ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 192. 



Golungo Alto. — A widely climbing herb ; standard herbaceous- 

 green ; wings whitish ; keel whitish-green ; pods 2-3-seeded ; in deserted 

 fields near Cambondo, sometimes cultivated by the negroes ; fl. and 

 young fr. July 1855, at an elevation of 2400 ft. No. 2203. Cf. Coll. 

 Cakp. 420, 421. 



2. P. adenanthus G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. p. 239 (1818) ; 

 Baker, I.e., p. 192. 



Pungo Andongo. — Cultivated near the fortress of Pungo Andongo, 

 and occasionally spontaneous ; fr. not quite ripe March 1857. No. 2197- 



3. P. vulgaris L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 723 (1753) ; Baker, I.e., p. 193. 

 Loanda. — Flowers whitish-yellow. Commonly cultivated throughout 



the district and occasionally subspontaneous along neglected fields ; 

 in cultivated fields near Maiango do Povo ; fl. and young fr. Dec. 1858. 

 No. 2198. 



Golungo Alto. — A twining annual herb ; flowers whitish-yellow 

 and variegated with violet, somewhat turning yellow, at other times 

 altogether whitish or wholly violet ; seeds of a uniform colour, or 

 variegated, striated, etc. ; it ripens fruit two or three times in each year 

 in one and the same place. Varzea de Isidro, and near Undelle, Cami- 

 lungo ; frequently cultivated throughout the district ; Oct. and Dec. 

 1855, and June 1856 ; at an elevation of 2400 ft. No. 2199. 



The following No. looks more like a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L., than anything else (Baker ms. in study set) : — 



Golungo Alto. — A widely climbing herb ; leaves large ; leaflets 

 5 to 1\ in. long, about equalling the common petiole ; flowers yellowish- 

 violet ; by thickets of primitive forests, between Sange and Sobato 

 Mussengue, very rarely met with ; fl. April 1856. No. 2205. 



The following Nos. from the carpological collection apparently 

 belong here : — 



Golungo Alto. — Varzea de Bango, June 1856 ; seeds yellow-greenish 

 such as very rarely occur. Coll. Caep. 418. Varieties of the common 

 kidney-bean gathered in the field below Isidro's house. Coll. 

 Carp. 424. 



