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shining, sheaths spotted with purple. Umbel in well-developed plants 
at first flat, then hemispherical, finally when all the flowers have 
opened, spherical. Not plentiful in elevated shady primitive woods 
(Coffea), in rather dry stony places, and on the marshy banks of 
streams at Cungulungulo; in fl. Feb. 1855. In very lofty mountainous 
places near Montalegre ; Jan. and Feb. 1855. No. 4008. 
The following number comprises insufficient material for specific 
determination :— 
Punco Anponco.—H. cruentatus Sch. & Thonn.? Bulb as big as 
a rather large nut, or larger, somewhat conical. Leaves 4 to 7, 
emerging from the bulb almost opposite, lanceolate, wavy, long 
acuminate, subfleshy, with an obtuse keel ; blade with a long decurre~t 
base. In somewhat open woods near Luxillo, without fl. end 
Jan. 1857. No. 4011. 
8. BOOPHANE Herb. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 730. 
1. B. toxicaria Herb. App. p. 18 (1821). 
Buphane disticha Herb. sub Bot. Mag. t. 2578 (1825); Baker 
Handb. Amaryllid. p. 73; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 268. 
Punco AnponGo.—A fine plant; bulb large elliptical, scales 
cartilaginous, orange to brick-red. Leaves arranged fan-like in two 
rows, glaucous, thick and coriaceous. In J/imosa woods between Guinga 
and Candamba. Without fl. Jan. 1857. No. 4024. 
Hvuititsa.—A_ beautiful plant; bulb large ovately-oblong, scales 
orange-colour, parchment-like, almost crustaceous. Leaves coming 
after the flowers, 1} ft. long, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, striated, 
glaucous, coriaceous, rather fleshy, spreading like a fan from the 
top of the bulb with faces opposed. Scape compressed, about 2 in. 
Peduncles radiating in a perfect sphere in the fruiting stage, and 
bearing bulbils. Pastures and less dense grassy thickets between 
Mumpulla and Lopollo. In fl. Oct. 1859; in leaf and fr. April 1860. 
No. 4026. On thicket-grown hills between Lopollo and Nene, in leaf 
Feb. and April 1860. No. 4025. Germinating bulbils. Coun, Carr. 
1004. 
9. HYMENOCALLIS Salish. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
p. 734. 
1. H. littoralis Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. p. 338 (1812). 
H. senegambica Kth. & Bouché (e descript.); Baker Handb. 
Amaryllid. p. 124. 
AMBRIZ.—On sandy places near the sea, and in the interior as far 
as Quizembo and in Marguerito Mossul to the mouth of the river 
‘Onco. On sandy sea-shores of the Congo country between Ambriz 
and Quizembo, but very scattered. Cultivated in Loanda, where it 
flowered in July and August 1858. Flowered also in the Lumiar 
garden and in Welwitsch’s house at Lisbon in July 1863. No. 4029. 
10, XEROPHYTA Juss. 
Vellozia Vand.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 739. 
1. X. capillaris Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2.i. p. 264, t. 36, 
fig. 1 (1878); Durand & Schinz, Consp, Fl. Afr. v. p, 271. 
Vellosia capillaris Welw. ex Baker, /.c. 
Huitia.—Stem 2 ft. long. Flowers often milk-white, sometimes 
