Graminea indet. | XXVIII, GRAMINEA. 257 
Graminea indet. 
Pungo Anponco.—A perennial. On the rocks of the presidium ; 
April 1857. No. 7401. 
In absence of inflorescence it is impossible to determine the 
genus of the above specimen. 
Planta indet. 
In absence of adequate material it is impossible to determine 
even the natural order of the following :— 
Punco ANnpoNnGo.—? Orchidea. ?Aroidea. ? Liliacea. A small 
bulbous herb, bulb ovate-conical solid, leaves somewhat fleshy, petioles 
sheathing and spotted with red at the base, blade cordate-ovate, sub- 
coriaceous, shining. Rather rare in clayey thickets near Luxillo; 
without fl. Dec. 1856. Plentiful in light thicket-grown woods near 
the presidium, but from Oct. 1856 to June 1857 never seen in flower. 
No. 740. 
Addendum (see p. 84). 
Hyphaene benguellensis Welw. Synops. Expl. p. 40 (1862). 
Hyphaene sp. Welw. Apont. p. 545 (1859). 
MossaMEDEs.—Mateba. Cou. Carp. 1055, A fibre specimen. 
GYMNOSPERMS. 
J. GNETACEA. 
1, TUMBOA Welw. in Gard. Chron. 26 Jan. 1861, p. 75. 
Welwitschia Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 25 Jan. 1862, p. 71; 
Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 418 (1880). 
1. T. Bainesii Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 16 Nov. 1861, p. 1008. 
T. strobilifera Welw. ex Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 1862, J.c. 
Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. 1862, Z.c., in Trans. 
Linn, Soc. xxiv. p. 7, tt. 1-14 (1863); Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 
pt. 2. p. 360 (1868); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 948. 
MossaMEpDESs.—On a great plain about 350 ft. above the sea between 
Rio Caroca and Praia da Amelia, and growing plentifully and 
gregariously on the high stony coarse sandy plain at 350 ft. elevation 
between Cabo Negro and Mossamedes; in fl. and fr. Sept. 1859. 
No. 12238. 
2. GNETUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 419. 
1. G. africanum Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 73 (1869) ; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 948. 
Gnetum sp. Welw. Apont. p. 545 (1859). 
Gotuneo Atto.—A slender high-climbing shrub, supported by its 
twining stem and spreading-reflexed branches; leaves edible and 
chewed. Called everywhere by the negroes N-coco. Sporadic in the 
primeval woods of Serra de Alto Queta, somewhat rarely met with 
owing to the leaves being eaten every year by the negroes. Near 
Cacuso ; in bud 8 Oct. 1855; growing sparsely by the higher dense 
thickets near the upper road to Capopa ; in fl. beginning of Feb. 1856. 
No. 1224. In very dense and shady woods of Serra de Alto Queta ; 
in plentiful fl. Jan. 1856. No. 1225. A narrow-leaved form. 
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