Eitgenia] liii, myrtace.e. 361 



coriaceous, glossy, dotted, blade 2| to 4| in. long by ^ to 1-| in. 

 broad ; margin narrowly revolute, lateral veins numerous, slender ; 

 petiole f to I in. long ; inflorescence cymose, terminal and sub- 

 terminal, 2 to 4 in. in diameter ; ultimate pedicels very short ; 

 bracteoles very small, deciduous ; flowers white, ^ in. long ; calyx 

 turbinate, ^ in. long, 4-lobed, lobes very short, broad, obtuse, 

 scarcely apiculate ; petals 4, thrown ofi^ in a calyptrate manner ; 

 stamens inserted on a ring on the upper part of the calyx-tube ; 

 young fruit globose, | to ^ in. in diameter. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In wooded situations by the river Tangue within 

 the lines of fortification ; fl. May 1857. No. 4398. 



The following No. apparently is a monstrous state of this 

 species : — 



PUNGO Andongo. — A small tree of 10 ft. ; leaves narrowly elliptical, 

 coriaceous, glossy, distinctly dotted beneath ; flowers (?) pseudo- 

 morphous, quite deformed and indeed scarcely to be considered flowers. 

 In the denser forests of Mata de Cabondo, Feb. 1857. No. 4584. 



7. E. Jambos L. Sp. PI., edit. i. p. 470 (1753); Elliot in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 80 (1894), {E. Jamhosa). 



Jambosa vulgaris DC. Prodr. iii. p. 286 (1828) ; Welw. Apont. 

 p. 570 sub n. 170. J. australis Ficalho PI. Uteis, p. 184 (1884), 

 non DC. 



Barra do Dande. — A very elegant tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, evergreen, 

 with copious inflorescence, spreading branches, and nodding flowering 

 and fruiting branchlets. Cultivated at the banks of the river Dande 

 near Bombo, originally introduced from Brazil according to Pedro 

 Alexandrine ; fl. Sept. 1858. No. 4586. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Sometimes a shrub 3 to 5 ft. high, sometimes at 

 the banks of the river Quango a tree attaining 20 to 30 ft., with a 

 trunk 3J ft. in diameter ; fruits when nearly dry scented like musk. 

 In deep valleys along streams among the mountains of Serra de Alto 

 Queta, very abundant and often almost exclusively occupying extensive 

 tracts : fl. June 1855. Scarcely typical; as the corymbs are very highly 

 compound, bearing upwards of 100 flowers. No. 4588. A small tree 

 or in secondary thickets a shrub of 5 to 8 ft. ; corymbs very large, 

 mostly terminal ; pedicels purple, repeatedly branched, very brittle at 

 the joints ; flowers white. In very dense more elevated forests at the 

 banks of streams among the mountains of the Eastern Queta ; fl. and 

 young fr. June 1855. No. 4590. A small tree, more frequently a 

 shrub of 5 to 6 ft., remarkable for the peculiar luxuriance of the 

 flowers possibly due to insect-work. Abundant by mountain streams 

 in the Central and Eastern Queta ; fl. end of June 1856. No. 4589. 

 A small tree but mostly a shrub, flowers densely corymbose ; dry 

 fruits scented like musk, scarcely edible. Sange, fr. August 1855. 

 Coll. Carp. 565. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A small tree with lax branches and white 

 flowers. Mata de Pungo ; fl. end of May 1857. Probably an escape 

 from cultivation. No. 4585. 



Prince's Island.— Among the rocks of Pico de Papagaio, rather 

 rare, cultivated ; without either fl. or fi'. 21 Sept. 1853. No. 4618. 



Island of St. Tho:\ias. — Frequently cultivated in the Island ; 

 without either fl. or fr., Dec. 1860. No. 4587. Coll. Carp. 566. 



This is called " Jamboeiro " or " Jambo " by the Portuguese colonists. 



