342 Lii. coMBRETACEiE. \C ombrettvm 



Sierra Leone. — A climbing shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; shoots 6 to 

 10 ft. long, scandent in all directions or pendulous-nodding ; leaves 

 glossy, blackish-green, coriaceous ; flowers sanguine-red, brilliant, very 

 handsome. In elevated forests at the cataract of Sugar-loaf Mountain 

 above Freetown ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 4311. 



Ambriz. — Sporadic, in rocky thickets alongside streams between 

 Ambriz and Quizembo ; fl. Nov. 1853. No. 4310- 



5. C. constrictum Laws, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 423 ; 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 183 (1884). 



LoANDA. — A large shrub, 5 to 7 ft. high, with stems in some cases 

 erect, in others climbing amongst other shrubs or decumbent ; leaves 

 deciduous at the flowering season ; flowers whitish ; anthers brick-red. 

 Abundant in moist thickets between Quicuxe and MutoUo, but rarely 

 flowering : at Quicuxe with leaves and without fl. April and July 1854. 

 Native name " Mafucama-hoje " or " Muhondongolo." No. 4302- 



IcoLO e Benc.o. — By thickets in rocky situations near Prata ; fl. 

 Sept. 1854. Native name '' Muhondongolo." No. 4304. 



LiBONGO. — A small shrub, mostly only 1 to 3 ft. high, rai'ely attain- 

 ing 3 to 5 ft., mostly but not always leafless at the time of flowering ; 

 branchlets virgate-sarmentose ; leaves opposite, membranous but rather 

 fleshy, quickly dropping in the course of drying ; calyx-limb glabrescent ; 

 petals elongate-spathulate, obtuse, rather shaggy, whitish ; stamens 10, 

 with red anthers. In dense thickets at the edges of forests in the 

 more elevated parts of the district, at the banks of the river Lifune ; 

 fl. without leaves Sept. 1858. Native name " Muandongolo." No. 4303. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — A climbing shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, with sarmentose 

 branches variously curved or elongate-straight ; petals of a pale 

 sulphur colour, wooUy-ciliate. In rocky thickets near Cambondo and 

 Cabanga Cacalunga, sporadic ; fl. and young fr. Oct. 1855, ripe fruit 

 Jan. 1855. Native name "Muhondongolo" or " Mochondongolo." 

 Nos. 4282 and 4305. A low scandent shrub ; leaves grass-green, 

 pendulous by reason of the weak petioles being always bent and 

 twisted in various ways : odour of the bruised branches and foliage 

 resembling that of Pmnun Padxs L., not noticed in the root, which is 

 recommended by the natives as an excellent remedy in the case of 

 worms {Ascaridcs) in children. In thickets about Sange, sporadic ; 

 without either fl. or fr. beginning of June 1855. Native name 

 " Muhondongolo." No. 4306. 



Ambaca. — A sarmentose shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, with numerous stems, 

 mostly leafless at the time of flowering ; leaves membranous but rather 

 rigid ; flowers white except the brick-red anthers, decandrous : calyx 

 rather shaggy, with a campanulate limb and 5 teeth ; petals elongate- 

 spathulate or lanceolate-spathulate, shaggy, whitish, erect, far exceeding 

 the calyx-limb. Not uncommon but sporadic, in bushy rocky places 

 near Puri-Cacarambola : fl. and also leafy branches Oct. 185G. Used 

 oflBcinally by the natives. This No. is referred in Welwitsch's 

 herbarium, to Lawson's variety /3, though the next species, C. rigidi- 

 fol'niii, Welw., better suits Lawson's description. No. 4307. 



A decoction of the root or a tepid infusion of the bark is administered 

 to children suffering from intestinal worms (.Iscr^Wrfe.s) ; it is usually 

 leafless at the time of flowering. Another form of the native name 

 is " Muandongolo." The green leaves when rubbed give off the smell 

 of cyanic a(nd. 



6. C. rigidifolium Welw. ms. in Herb. 



An erect .shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high ; stem with a few subterete 



