Gloriosa] XI, LILIACER. 65 
21. GLORIOSA L.; Benth, & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 830. 
I. G. superba L. Sp. Pl. p. 305 (1753); Welw. Apont. p. 592; 
Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc, xvii. p. 457; Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
Fl. Afr. v. p. 417. 
SrerRA LEONE.—OClimbing to a height of 5 to 6 ft. Mountains 
behind Freetown, 1853. No. 1742. A unique specimen, 
GoLuNGo ALTO.—A herb sometimes erect, sometimes climbing on 
the higher grasses and on shrubs. Tuber smooth and whitish outside, 
3-digitate, with numerous filiform fibres, stem 3 to 6 ft. ; leaves 2 or 3, 
the lower alternate, the rest opposite, finely striately nerved, somewhat 
shiny above, paler beneath, upper ones tendril-bearing. Flowers at 
first green, then yellow, finally scarlet ; two or three swollen hairy 
glands at base of segments. Native names “ Dicumbelle,” “‘Cumbelle.” 
Wooded deeply herb-grown meadows on the river Quiapose near Sange. 
In fl. Nov. & Dec. 1854. No. 1748a._ Thickets between Cambondo 
and theriver Luinha. In fi. Jan., in fr. June 1855. No.1743b. Tubers 
sent from Angola and flowered at Lisbon July 1862. No. 1748c. May 
1856. CoLL Carp. 1039. 
PunGo ANDONGO.—Wooded mountain-slopes of the presidium near 
Mata de Cabondo ; sporadic. In fl. Dec. 1856 ; flowerless stem April 
1857. No. 1744. 
2. G. simplex L. Mant. p. 62 (1767). 
G. virescens Lind]. Bot. Mag. t. 2539 (1825); Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Zc, p. 458, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i. p. 262; 
Durand & Schinz, ic. 
Pungo Anponeo.—Anerect herb 1 to 14 ft., densely leaved, scarcely 
branched, 2- to 5-flowered. Flowers blood-red even when in bud. 
Perianth-segments subequal, elliptical, with a narrow channelled base 
and long-acuminate apex, twice to thrice undulated in the middle, 
blood-red inside and out except for some lateral sulphur-coloured 
bands at the base. Flowers a little smaller than in G. superba, with 
proportionately broader, more markedly striate leaves showing only 
a tendency to become cirrhose ; root-tubers as in G. superba. Woody 
thickets on the presidium near Catete, but rare. In fi. beginning 
of Dec. 1856. No. 1745. Flowers a pale copper-green when alive, 
reddening in drying. In fl. end of Nov. 1857. No. 1745. In fr. 
only in rather dry thickets near the banks of the river Cuanza near 
Sansamanda, 7 Feb. 1857. Co. Carp. 1040. 
Hviuua.— Never climbing. Flowers blood-red from the first ; petals 
very slightly or scarcely at all undulate ; peduncles extra-axillary. 
Deep-grassed wooded meadows on the banks of the river Monino, 
growing with Epilobium, Salix, and Faurea. In fi. beginning of 
March 1860. No.1746. Sporadic on wooded rather damp slopes across 
Lake Ivantila near the road to Quilengues. In fl. Feb. 1860. No. 
1746d. The loveliest queen of tropical African Liliacese. In fr. on 
the river Monino. End of April 1860. Couu. Carp. 63. 
22. LITTONIA Hook.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 831. 
1. L. Welwitschii Benth. & Hook. f., .c. 
Sandersonia littonioides Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2. i, p. 262 (1878); Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 453; Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 418. 
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