Floscopa] XIV, COMMELINACEA. 81 
Punco ANDONGO.—An annual herb, branched or simple, ascending, 
somewhat succulent. Flowers a beautiful violet. Rather rare in 
wooded marshes Sobato de Quibanga and near Quilanga. In fl. middle 
of April 1857. No. 6631. 
Huitta.—A herb 4 to 10 ft., rooting at the bottom of the water, 
stems ascending, floating, slender, subfistulose; flowering shoots 
emerging; leaves bright green. Flowers a beautiful violet. Plentiful 
in the great lake Ivantdla, about the mouth of the river Moambo, 
growing with reeds, willows, species of Epilobium, Nymphea cerulea, 
etc., often rooting in very deep parts (8 to 10 ft.). In A. and unripe fr. 
2 March 1860. No. 6590. 
8. TINANTIA Scheidw.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 853. 
1. T. fugax Scheidw. in Allgem. Gartenzeit. 1839, p. 365; C. 
B. Clarke in DC. Mon. Phan. iii. p. 285 (1881). 
ANGOLA.—Perhaps introduced by birds. Sprang up spontaneously 
in flower-pots where several African and other plants were reared, at 
the Ajuda garden (near Lisbon). In fl. Sept. 1863. 
As this is the only African record of this tropical American plant it 
might perhaps be one of the “ other plants” referred to by Welwitsch 
in his note and not African at all. 
XV. FLAGELLARIE. 
1, FLAGELLARIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 860. 
1. F. guineensis Schum. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 201 
(1828) ; N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. vii. p. 16 (1897). 
F. indica Auct. (in part), (non L.); Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
Fi. Afr. v. p. 436. 
AmBRIz.—A very elegant plant, with habit of Smilax, high climbing 
stem, very spreading branches, and cirrhate leaves. Sporadic, near the 
sea, on damp wooded hills near the town of Ambriz and to the south 
of it. In fr. end of Nov. 1853. No. 3009. 
Scarcely distinct from F. indica L. 
XVI. JUNCACEZ. 
1. JUNCUS L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 867. 
1. J. maritimus Lam. Encyc. Method. iii. p. 264 (1789); 
Buchen. Mon. June, in Engl. Jahrb. xii. p. 256 (1890); Durand 
& Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 444. 
MossaMEDES,—Marshy places with tall species of Scirpus and 
Tamarix at Aguadas near Mossamedes, In fr. and with a few flowers 
July 1859. In and by ponds near the river Bero. Sept. 1859. No. 3007. 
2. J. oxycarpus E, Mey. ex Kunth Enum. iii. p. 336 (1841) ; 
Buchen., dc., p. 336; Durand & Schinz, dc. 
Huitia.—Perianth-segments equal, acute, gradually acuminate ; 
capsule scarcely shorter than perianth, ovoid, triquetrous, subobtuse, 
mucronate, shining. Seeds exappendiculate, obovate-oblong, shortly 
mamillate. Very plentiful and ubiquitous in wet sandy meadows with 
Saliz, Rubus, Potamogeton and species of Ranunculus near streams 
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