Combretum] lii. coMBRETACEiE. 347 



14. C. lepidotum A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 268 (1847); Laws, 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 427 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 183 

 (1884); non Presl (C squamosum Roxb.). 



0. Richardianuvi Van Heurcli & Miill. Arg. in Van Heurch, 

 Observ. Bot. fasc. ii. p. 234 (10 Sept. 1871). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A much-branched shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, some- 

 times almost climbing ; leaves not pellucid-punctate ; flowers yellow- 

 whitish. Not common, by thickets near the banks of the rivulet 

 Quiposa (or Quiapose).inot far from Canguerasange ; fl. and old fr. 

 beginning of Nov. 1854. No. 4318. A small tree ; at the banks of 

 the river Cuango, along the base of Serra de Alto Queta, fl. April 1856. 

 No. 4318&. A tree 25 to 30 feet high ; trunk straight, 18 inches in 

 diameter at the base ; crown widely spreading ; branches patent. On 

 the drier slopes of Sobato de Mussengue, near Menha-lula ; fr. May 

 1855. A form with narrower leaves. No. 4315. A tree usually of 

 moderate size, 25 to 30 feet high, somewhat resembling in foliage and 

 flowers a tall Salix caprea L., occasionally a handsome lofty tree of 50 

 to 80 feet and then after C. clipterum Welw. the largest of the family in 

 Angola, flowering without leaves at the beginning of spring, glistening 

 like mother-of-pearl ; leaves coriaceous ; flowers whitish-yellowish. 

 On slopes of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, in forests less 

 densely wooded and along streams near Sange, Menha-lula, etc. ; fl. 

 beginning of Sept. 1855 ; fr. end of June and July 1855-56 ; sporadic. 

 Native name in Bango " Mucage " ; it is also called the tree of the 

 worms, on account of its being often lined with grubs of a large and 

 beautiful Bupredis. No. 4312. 



Zenza do Golungo. — A tree, 12 to 15 feet high, rarely higher, 

 almost resembling in habit Amygdalus Peraica L. or when in flower a 

 species of Salix ; leaves deciduous at the time of flowering, coriaceous 

 when adult ; flowers yellowish, Near Montes de Mongolo (whence 

 Bengo negroes brought fruiting specimens, and where it forms small 

 thickets) and vicinity towards the river Chixe, in company with 

 Celastrineae forming small bright woods ; fl. Sept. 1857. No. 4317. 

 Montes de Mongolo ; fl. Sept. 1854. No. 4281 (as to fl. specimen). 



Ambaca. — A tall tree, 50 to 80 feet high ; leaves deciduous. In 

 hilly situations along the banks of the river Caringa, at an elevation of 

 3000 feet, sporadic and solitary where the primitive forest had been 

 destroyed ; ripe fr. June 1855. No. 4316. River Caringa. No. 4281 

 (as to fr. specimen). 



Bumbo. — A handsome tree ; trunk sometimes 18 to 30 inches in 

 diameter ; timber highly valued by the Portuguese colonists, who call 

 it Carvalho (oak). In the more open forests along the base of Serra 

 da Xella, not uncommon ; branches without fl. Oct. 1859. Native 

 name " Munhangue " or " Munhandge." No. 4313. 



HuiLLA. — A handsome tree, 20 to 30 feet high, with spreading 

 umbrageous usually broadly-ovoid head : flowers yellowish or in bud 

 purple. In the forest near Mumpulla, where under its shade Welwitsch 

 pitched his tent, and again about Humpata as far as Nene, frequent ; 

 fl. and few fr. Oct. 1859. Nos. 4314, 4388. 



Var. melanostictum (Welw.). 



A small tree of 10 to 15 feet (probably a young one); trunk 

 straight, 9 inches in circumference ; head spreading widely ; the 

 older branchlets densely scattered with small black points ; leaves, 

 even the adult ones, ferruginous-shaggy and densely lepidote 



