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perhaps even in engraving. The same species is met with in Huilla, par- 
ticularly in the woods near the lake of labantala, where it attains larger 
dimensions, In those parts it is called mulábi. Itis one of the fetish plants, 
The negroes of the interior of Angola believe that it is a protection from 
lightning—perhaps in virtue of the great hardness of its wood, as Welwitsch 
observes—and are in the habit of putting the branches on. the tops of their 
huts, believing that they thus obtain shelter from electrical discharges. 
From this supposed virtue Welwitsch derived the specific name of Jovis- 
tonantis, dedicating it to the God of Thunders.” 
According to Seret, the seeds yield a black dye for painting the skin. 
The wood is very hard, and is used for the manufacture of knife-handles. 
Flowering specimens much resembling this species were collected by 
H. Waller at the foot of Morambala Hill, where the fruits form the favourite 
food of the elephants. 
4. G. Могкиххи, AY Schum., т Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. (1904) p. 332. 
German East. Africa ; sandy creeks of the coast ; Engler, 2199, Kirk! 
(fruit in Kew Museum). 
5. С. THUNBERGIA, Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 162 (deser. emend.). 
Dot. Mag. t 1004 ; Drapiez, Herb. Amat. Fl, vii. t. 554 ; Wood, Natal 
Plants, t. 40; Sims, For. FI. Cape Col. t. 78. Gardenia verticillata, 
Lam. Encycl. 11. p. 607 (1786). G. speciosa, Salisb. Prod. Stirp. 
Hort. Chap. Allert. p. 63 (1796). G. crassicaulis, Salisb. Parad. 
Londin. i. t. 46 (1800). Bergkias, Sonnerat, Voy. N. Guin. p. 47, 
tt. 17, 18 (1776). Thunbergia capensis, Montin in К. Vet.-Akad. 
Handl. (Stockholm) xxxiv. 179) P 289, t. 11. Piringa Caquepiria, 
A. L. de Juss. in Mém. Mus. Par. vi. (1820) р. 899. 
Arbuscula, 2:5 т. alta, vel frutex ; rami cortice griseo vel albido tecti, 
etiam juniores glabri. Folia eum floribus coëtanea, rotundato-ovata vel 
obovata, breviter vel longius acuminata, acumine plerumque obtuso, basi 
cuneatim attenuata lamina magis minusve in petiolum brevem decurrente, 
9-7 em. longa, 3-4 em. lata, papyracea, fere concoloria, glabra nisi in 
nervorum axillis pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7 tenuibus obliquis, 
venis laxis inconspicuis ; petiolus 2-4 mm. longus; stipule in tubum 
connatie, seartoso-membranacese, unilateraliter беха, demum circumscissiles, 
summe ad 12 mm. longa. Flores ad ramulorum. breviorum apices, solitarii, 
sessiles inter ramulos orti, Receptaculum obeonicum, 10-12 mm. longum, 
tenuiter sericeo-pubescens. Сиу tubulosus, 5-8-lobus; tubus superne uno 
latere fissus, extus glaber vel magis minusve appresse pilosus, intus densis- 
sime арргеххе tomentosus, ultra loborum insertionem breviter. productus ; 
lobi foliacei, breviter vel longiuscule petiolati, laminis spatulatis vel obovato- 
