46 XI. LILIACES. [Aloe 
together at the end of the stem, descending at first, then raised up- 
wards, and finally half-spirally rolled backwards at the tip. Plentiful 
in the more lofty rocky woods of Morro de Lopollo, In fl. April 1860. 
No. 3726. A shrub with a stem 1 to 1} ft. long. Without leaves in 
the rocky shrubberies of Morro de Lopollo. May 1860. No. 3731. 
5. A. andongensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc., /.c., in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., ic. ; Durand & Schinz, lc, p. 303. 
Punco ANDoNGo.—Caulescent, stem 1 to 2 ft. long, branching 
2 to 3 times, branches ascending. Leaves lanceolate, very acuminate, 
thick, fleshy, glaucescent, arcuatelyrecurved,crenately dentate. Flowers 
yellow to brick-red. Very plentiful on rocks of the presidium, flowering 
from January to the end of April. No. 3729. 
6. A. littoralis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ic., in Journ. Linn. 
Soe., Uc. p. 174; Durand & Schinz, lc., p. 308. 
Barra Do Benco.—Arborescent, trunk 6 to 10 ft., not often higher, 
as thick as the arm or, more rarely, the thigh ; erect or ascending, 
simple, very rarely branched, generally with a single crown of spreading 
leaves, and clothed beneath the crown with bent-back withered leaves, 
rough with the scars of fallen leaves from the base to the middle. 
Leaves 2 to 3 feet or even longer. Flowers coral-red, scape lateral 
paniculately branched, sometimes 4 to 5 ft. high. Very plentiful on 
dry hills with a sandy clayey soil, in the whole littoral region of 
Loanda, diminishing in the higher parts and absent in the rocky 
woody region. Imbondeiro dos Lobos, near Maianga do Poro, and 
elsewhere. In fl. May to July 1854. No. 3727. 
Loanpa.—A small tree with Yucca-like trunk, and flower-panicle 
5 to 6 or even sometimes 8 ft., flowers scarlet pendulous. Plentiful 
on dry hills between S. Pedro and Cacuaco. Fl. June and July. 
End of July 1854. Cox. Carp. 123. 
Material insufficient for specific determination :— 
8. Jaco (Cape de Verde Is.).— Subcaulescent; leaves erect, spreading, 
lanceolate, thick, glaucescent. Probably introduced. In sunny rocky 
places on the island not far from the city Villa da Praia and somewhat 
plentiful. Jan. 1861. No. 3730. 
ZENZA DO GOLUNGO.—Short stemmed, leaves crowded at the base 
of the stalk in many rows, spreading, very thick and fleshy, becoming 
ovate-lanceolate from a very broad amplexicaul base, glaucous-green, 
with numerous white streaks; scape 3 to 4 ft., brick-red, flowers 
flesh-red. Dry thicket-grown plains near Calumguembo. In scanty 
fl. and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 3724. Perhaps A. zebrina Baker. 
AmpBriz.—Radical leaves never seen. Dry woods near Mubongo. 
Nov. 1853. No. 3718. 
5. HAWORTHIA Duval; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii.p.777. 
1. H. angolensis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i. p. 263 
(1878), in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii, p. 210 (1880); Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 316. 
Huiiua.—aA herb ; leaves with backwardly pointing spines, glaucous, 
rather flat, long-acuminate, erect, bulb large, scales fleshy dull rose- 
coloured, ovate-lanceolate, loosely imbricate ; flowers brick-red-cinna- 
mon, spreading. Rather rare in rocky sandy thickets near Huilla. 
In fl. Nov. 1859. No. 3756. 
