358 Liii. MYRTACE^. [Psidiuni 



Barra do Bkngo. — Fruit delicious, 1 to 2 in. in diameter. By 

 the river Bengo near Santo Antonio, cultivated and there almost wild : 

 in late fl. and young fr. Dec. 1853. Called " Guiava " by the Portuguese 

 colonists. No. 4577. 



LoANDA. — At Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. Feb. 1858. No. 4583. 

 Fruit obtusely ellipsoidal, sweet-scented, shining with an oily gloss, 

 yellow outside, flesh-coloured inside. Cultivated near the river Bengo, 

 March 1858 ; seeds. Coll. Cakp. 5G1. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Mostly a shrub, but sometimes a small tree of 10 

 to 12 ft. ; fruit eaten with avidity. In dense thickets and by streams 

 about Mongolo, Muria, Trombeta, etc., abundant and ubiquitous. 

 Near Sange, fl. and fr. Dec. 13th, 1854. No. 4579. Fruit pear-shaped, 

 as laroe as a modei-ate-sized hen's egg : aroma very agreeable. Culti- 

 vated in the Arimo of Senhor Mariano ; seeds. Coll. Cakp. 562. 



PuxGo AxDOXGO. — A tree 20 to 25 ft. high; trunk |^ to 2 ft. in 

 diameter at the base ; bark chestnut-brown ; fruit delicious, ellipsoidal- 

 obovoid. On the Calemba islands, Bumba, etc., in large quantities, 

 forming little woods, spontaneous ; fl. 12 March, 1857. The Guiavas 

 of the islands of Cacula, Calemba, Bumba, Quitage, etc., were the 

 largest found by Welwitsch and the best-flavoured that he ever tasted : 

 they were about the size of a small orange, but rather oblong, some of 

 them nearly 3 in. long by 2J thick : these fruits during the monthis of 

 March, April, and May form one of the chief foods for the subsistence 

 of the negroes of those parts. No. 4581. A tree of 20 to 25 ft. ; 

 head widely spreading ; fruit large, oblong, pear-shaped, delicious. 

 On the islands in the river Cuanza, near Condo, Quitage, etc., very 

 abundant ; seeds March 1857. Coll. Carp. 563. 



It is called "Goiabeira" by the Portuguese colonists. 



2. P. guineense Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 881 (1800); Welw. 

 Apont. p. 589 n. 71 ; Laws, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ji. p. 436. 



P. Araca Ptaddi, Mem. p. 5 t. 1 (1821); Welw. Apont. p. 570 

 sub n. 170; Monteiro, Angola, ii. p. 297 (1875). P. littorcde 

 Eaddi, I.e., p. 6, t. 1, f. 2; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 184 (1884). 



IcoLO E Bengo. — An arborescent shrub ; fruit small, of a size of 

 that of Pyrus Sorbus L., yellow outside, whitish inside, very well fla- 

 voured, resembling a strawberry in aroma. Cultivated and wild in 

 shrubby places by the river Bengo near Loanda ; seeds March 1858. 

 Coll. Carp. 560. 



Barro do Bengo. — At Santo do Bengo, wild but scarcely indigenous; 

 fl. Dec. 1853. No. 4578. 



Golungo Alto. — Fruit almost spherical, golden-yellow when ripe, 

 with the aroma of a strawberry. In moist thickets, and especially 

 in reedy places with species of Pe)i)ii><eti<m, abundant throughout the 

 district. Near Canguerasange ; fl. Dec. 1854. Probably introduced in 

 olden times from an unknown country, but quite wild for ages. Called 

 by the natives " Ara^a." No. 4680. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An arborescent shrub. In Mata de Cabondo ; 

 fl. and fr. Dec. 1856 and Jan. 1867. It is doulatful whether this belongs 

 here or to the previous species. No. 4582, 



2. EUGENIA Micheli, L. ; Bentb. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i.p. 718. 



1. E. coronata Vabl ex DC. Piodr. iii, p. 271 (1828); Schum. 

 <fe Thonn, in Danske Vid, Selsk. iv. p. 4 (1829); Laws, in Oliv, 

 Fl, Trop, Afr, ii, p, 437, Eugenice sp,, Horn, Anniv., p. 22 

 (1818). 



