42 XI, LILIACEA [Asparagus 
fl. 6 Feb. 1857. No. 3846. An undershrub (?) spiny, with a woody 
tuberous many-headed root, widely cespitose, 14 to 2 ft. high forming 
thickets. Habit of Asparagus, but without flowers. Sansamanda, 
1 May 1857. No. 3847. 
3. A. benguellensis Baker, /.c.; Durand & Schinz, L.c., p. 283. 
Huta. Wooded thickets near Mumpulla; Oct. 1859. No. 3873. 
MossaMEpEs.—A small decumbent shrub (perhaps a tree-climber in 
the woods), stem compressed angled, branches and branchlets slightly 
compressed subangular. Flowers white, spreading not nodding. Here 
and there near Mossamedes in a place called “as Hortas.” In fl. 
5 July 1859. No. 3872. 
4, A. psilurus Welw. ex Baker, J.c.; Durand & Schinz, lc., 
p. 287. , 
Punco ANDoNGO.—Cazella-Lutete, 18 Oct. 1856. No. 3868. 
Somewhat sparsely in sandy woods between Candumba and Lombe, 
March 1857. No. 3869. A herb with a woody base and tuberous 
woody root, 2 to 3 ft. high, erect with spreading branches ; flowers 
whitish, nodding, Plentiful in thickets on the Cuanza between 
Mopopo and Sansamanda. In fl. 1 May 1857. No. 3870. Plentiful 
in sandy thickets around the presidium, especially near Caghuy. In 
fr. Dec. 1856. No. 3871. 
5. A. angolensis Baker, J.c., p. 254; Durand & Schinz, ic., 
p. 282. 
Huitia.—Near Ferréo. Dec. and March 1859 and 1860. No. 3879. 
Scarcely separable from some of the Abyssinian plants which Baker 
includes in A. asiaticus L. 
6. A. deflexus Baker, d.c.; Durand & Schinz, Jc, p. 284. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Lutete. In fl. 18 Oct. 1857. No. 3874. 
7. A, pubescens Baker, Uc.; Durand & Schinz, ic, p. 287. 
Hvitta.—Rather dry pastures near Catumba. In fi. Dec. 1859, in 
fr. Feb. 1860. No. 3878. 
8. A. africanus Lam. Encye. i. p. 295 (1783); Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 619, in Trans. Linn. Soc., .c.; Durand & 
Schinz, i.c., p. 281. 
Ampaca.—A slender twiner, widely climbing. Stems dull red, 
shining, very tough, flexuous, hard, 5 to 12 ft. long. Leaves green, 
not stiff or succulent. Plentiful on rocky hills between Isanga and 
N-gombe, growing with a climbing Bauhinia. With flower-buds Oct. 
1856. No. 3877. 
Punego Anponeo.—A lofty climbing shrub, with long pendulous 
branches and branchlets. Open woods between Condo and Quisonde, 
and near Calundo. Without fl. March 1857. No. 3851. A shrub 
4 to 6 ft. high, many-stemmed from the base, stems erect very much 
branched with long strong prickles. Thickets near the banks of the 
river Cuanza near Candumba. Without fl. March 1857. No. 3852. 
Suffruticose, climbing far and wide, deep green. Berry smaller than 
usual. Woods of Quilanga, and near Quibonga. In fr. Jan. 1857. 
No. 3875. By the road on the way to Cambonde, April 1857. No. 3876. 
Diffusely creeping, densely branched, and very densely leaved. Berries 
red. Mata de Pungo, Dec. 1856. Cott. Carp. 1036. 
