Adenia] lxi, passiflore^. 385 



The following Nos. appear also to belong to Adenia : — 

 GoLUNGO Alto and Cazencjo. — A glaucous tall-climbing herb, with 

 soft leaves, rather tender, membranous or a little fleshy, very quickly 

 becoming flaccid, very dark-green, variegated with pale-green spots ; 

 by the banks of the river Cuango, near the cataract of Sange, in 

 shaded forests ; without fl. Dec. 1855 and Feb. 1856. Also in Serra 

 de Muxaula ; without fl. June 1855. Cf. A.Welwitschii Engl. Nos. 795 

 and 795b. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A glaucous,iwidely climbing herb ; flowers greenish- 

 white, small ; fruit as large as a hazel-nut, greenish when ripe ; leaves 

 very glaucous, with the blade marked with whitish spots, and below 

 paUid ; in thickets in Sobato de Mussengue ; fr. March 1857. Coll. 

 Carp. 137. Fruit ovoid, turning bluish, as large as a walnut ; in 

 thickets and also in the densest forests of Quilombo ; fr. Feb. Coll. 

 Carp. 598. 



4. OPHIOCAULON Hook. f. in Benth. &Hook. f.Gen. PI. i. p. 813. 



1. 0. cissampeloides Masters in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 518. 

 GOLUNGO Alto. — A shrub or undershrub widely climbing, 3 to 4 ft. 



high or more, herbaceous above, hard-woody below, wholly glaucous ; 

 flowers rather fleshy, greenish. In the very dense primitive forests of 

 Sobato de Bumba, not uncommon, but rarely flowering ; fl. from Jan. 

 to May 1856. No. 866. A tall cUmber, shrubby ; leaves juicy- 

 membranous, deep green and spotted with white above, glaucous 

 below ; flowers yellow-greenish. Not seen in fruit in this district. 

 Not uncommon in the denser shaded and moist palm groves about 

 Sange ; fl. March 1856, and not yet fl. Jan. 1856. No. 868- 



PuNGO Andongo. — In the primitive forest of Mata de Quilanga, 

 near Pungo Andongo; only one specimen ; fr. end of May 1857. No. 867- 



2. 0. cynanchifolium Masters, I.e., p. 519 (cynanchifolius). 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — A chmbing herb, somewhat shrubby at the base ; 



lower leaves 3-lobed. In the denser forests on the eastern side of 

 Serra de Alto Queta, Zenza do Queta ; a young plant not yet in fl. May 

 and June 1856. No. 869. Stems with leaves but without flowers, in 

 rather shaded and wooded stations, among the mountains of Serra de 

 Alto Queta, Dec. 1855. No. 869^. A climbing herb, apparently 

 annual ; climbing on palms in woods near the river Cuango, at 

 Cacarambola ; leafy branches, Jan. 1856. No. 869c. 



The specimen under this No. in Herb. Kew. appears to belong 

 to a different species, namely, 0. gummiferum Mast., I.e., p. 518 

 (gummifer), which is perhaps only a variety of 0. cissampeloides. 



5. MACHADOA Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 814. 



1. M. huillensis Welw. Sert. Angol. p. 29, tab. x. (1869); 

 Masters in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 520. 



HuiLLA.— In hilly and rather dry stations, stony and with short 

 bushes, at an elevation of about 5000 ft., in company with Nes<za 

 UnifoUa Welw. and with species of Thymelaeacese and Iridaceae, near 

 LopoUo ; seen only in one spot ; fl. and young fr. Dec. 1859. No. 865. 

 Root napiform, not milky ; capsules many-seeded, 1^ in. long (in the 

 dry state) ; placentas parietal ; seeds as in some species of Passifiora ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, 4 to 5 in. long, somewhat fleshy ; flowers sub- 

 lateral. In sandy thickets near LopoUo ; very rare. Coll. Carp. 599. 



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