Pandanus| XVIII. PANDANACES. 85 
places is made use of in Cabinda and elsewhere in cutting off from 
the main bed small bays of the river when in flood by Pandanus shoots, 
whereby the fish which are in these bays may be very easily caught 
when the flood subsides. Fruit ovate-elliptical, shining when ripe, 
6 by 3in. Plentiful, but with interrupted distribution, on the banks 
of the river Cuanza, at Candumba, and in Calemba Island, March 1857 
(fr. scarcely ripe). No. 5770. Common name Quitari or Quicari. 
A tree 10 to 15 ft. palm-like or rather resembling an arborescent 
Ananassa.  Plentiful on banks of river Cuanza, near Candumba, 
March 1857. Cou, Carp. 1015. 
XIX. TYPHACEZ. 
1. TYPHA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 955. 
1. T. capensis Rohrb. in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. 
xi. p. 96 (1870). 
7. equinoctialis Welw. ex Kronf. in Verhandl. Zool.-bot. Ges. 
Wien xxxix. p, 156 (1889). 
GoLunco ALTO.—T. wquinoctialis Welw. ms. Whole plant herba- 
ceous-green, becoming glaucous. Leaves with very acute margin, 
and broadly sheathing base, sheath with a membranous margin, median 
portion of leaf convex, inflated and spongy, upper part and end 
flattened. Female spadix separated from the male by only 1} or 
sometimes not 4 line. Spongy marshes on the right of the Coango 
and Quiapose. July 1855. No. 241. Used for tinder (cf, Suma- 
uma = Ceiba). 
Huitia,—Plentiful by river banks near Lopollo along with species 
of Polygonum, Rumex and Composite. In fr. Nov. 1859. Plentiful 
in pools on the banks of the stream Quipumpunhine, near Humpata. 
In fl. April 1860. No. 243. 
MossaMEvDES.—Plentiful in deep pools near Mossamedes (Aguadas) 
and rather plentiful in lakes at the mouth of the river Giradl. In fl. 
and fr. July 1855. No. 244. 
The following specimens without flower may belong here. 
Loanpa.—Rather rare by pools near the sea and near S. Pedro, 
Without fl. Feb., May and July 1854. No. 242. 
XX. AROIDEA. 
1. PISTIA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 964. 
1. P. Stratiotes L.; Sp. Pl. p. 963 (1753). 
Var. obcordata Engl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. pt. 2. p. 214 (1878), 
in DC. Mon. Phan. ii. p. 634 (1879). 
AMBRIz.—Lakes and even small slowly flowing streams or ponds 
round Quizemba, on the right of theriver Loge. Nov. 1854. No. 216. 
Icoto & Benco.—Plentiful in lakes round Prata, ¢.g. in the great 
lake of Quilunda, In fl. and fr. 14 Sept., 1854. No. 214. Specimens 
growing on the dried-up edges of the lake are distinguished from the 
swimming specimens by their more glaucous colour. 
Punco AnponGo.—Plentiful on the sides of the river Cuige near 
Quibinda, growing with Azolla and Nymphea. Without fl. March 
1857. No. 215. 
