Car>vpijlo(jyne\ Lir. combretace.e. 355 



thickened to the thicker obliquely truncate capitate or depreased- 

 disciform stigma ; seed elongate-oblong, pentagonal ; testa mem- 

 branous or rather fleshy ; cotyledons obovate-elliptical, broadly 

 plicate, one of them being received in the folds of the other. In 

 forests, Barranco de Pereira ; fl. and fr. May 1855. No. 4349. 



Cazengo. — Rather frequent in Mata de Cabondo, June 1855. (No 

 specimen.) 



PuNfiO Andongo. — A sarmentose shrub with whitish to slightly 

 reddish flowers. In thickets within the lines of fortifications ; fl. 

 May 1857. No. 4350. 



7. aUISaUALIS Eumpf, L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 689. 

 1. Q,. falcata Welw. ms. in Herb. 



A shrub 3 to 5 ft. high, erect or occasionally scandent ; 

 bx^anchlets petioles rachis of the inflorescence and calyces softly 

 tawny -pubescent ; leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate 

 at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, flat, membranous- 

 papery, entire, 2^ to 4| in. long by 1^ to 2 in. broad, glabrous 

 or nearly so except the ptiberulous margin and narrow veins 

 beneath, dark green above, paler and whitish-green beneath ; 

 lateral veins about 5 on each side of the midrib ; petiole |^ to | in. 

 long, jointed about the middle ; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered, including a peduncle of | to 1| in., ranging to 

 3 in. ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, more or less pubescent and 

 petiolate, soon falcate-recurved, persisting sometime after the fall 

 of the flowers, ^ to | in. long, usually of a sulphur-greenish 

 colour ; pedicels ^o to i in. long, tawny-pubescent ; flowers about 

 1^ to 1 in. long, erect or erect-patent ; calyx-tube very narrowly 

 obconical, clothed with short white pilose hairs ; calyx-teeth 

 linear-subulate from an ovate base, equalling the petals, 

 promptly recurved ; petals oval, j^ ^- long ; fruit drupaceous, 

 1 in. long, of a whitish -i"ose colour, at length fuscous and 

 bi-oadly-winged, making the fruit | in. diam. 



GrOLUNGO Alto. — In secondary thickets between Sange and Bango ; 

 fl. June, sparingly in fr. Aug. 1855. No, 4348- 



Nearly related to the Natal plant Q. parviflora Gerr., differing from 

 it by the falcate-recurved bracts and the long subulate recurved tips 

 of the calyx-teeth. 



8. ILLIGERA Blume ; Benth & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 689. 

 1. I. pentaphylla Welw. Sert. Angol. p. 26 (1869). 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — A shrub, climbing to a great height, and then 



giving off branches 15 to 20 ft. long or more, pendulous vertically from 

 the upper parts of trees ; stems green or black-purplish or reddish, 

 somewhat angular ; leaves 5- to 3-foliolate ; petiole bulbous-tumid at 

 the base, reflexed, often twisted like a tendril, leaflets rigidly juicy- 

 coriaceous, glossy on the upper face, pale and scattered on the lower 

 face with black dots or glands ; nerves very prominent, reddish when 

 young ; veinlets between the nerves horizontal, blackish ; flowers 

 greenish-yellowish ; calyx-tube obtusely 4- or 5-angular ; limb 5-cleft, 

 green, spreading in a stellate manner; petals 5, linear-lanceolate, yellow- 

 greenish, acuminate, inserted on the throat of the calyx, alternate 



