Eandia] lxix. rubiace^. 461 



ternate, coriaceous, varnished-glossy on both faces, paler beneath, 

 subrevolute on the margin, broadly undulate ; flowers not then seen ; 

 July 1855. No. 3094c. 



7. R. macrantha DC. Prodr. iv. p. 388 (1830) ; Hiern, I.e., p. 97. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small tree of 8 to 12 feet, patently branched ; 

 branchlets curved-ascending ; leaves crowded at the extremities of the 

 branchlets, membranous, tender, the younger ones reddish or violet- 

 purple ; calyx-tube covering tlae ovary, cylindric-turbinate, green ; 

 the limb 5-partite, marked at the bottom of the segments with 10 

 scars ; disk moderately elevated. In the more elevated very dense 

 forests of Mata de Quisucula, rather rare : young fr. 28 April 1856. 

 No. 3105. 



19. GARDENIA Ellis, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 89. 

 Decmneria Welw. Apont. p. 579, note 12. 



1. G. Jovis-tonantis Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 101; 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 198 (1884). 



Decmneria Jovis-tonantis Welw. Apont. p. 579, Nota 12, and 

 Synopse Explic. p. 10, n. 20, and p. 18, n. 44. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small evergreen tree, 5 to 8 feet high, nearly 

 always in flower, very rigid in all its parts ; branches branchlets and 

 leaves ternate, patent ; wood very hard ; flowers large, in habit like 

 those of Tabermemonfana, deep yellow, 2h to 3 in. long, succulent ; 

 calyx-lobes 10, rarely 9 ; corolla salver-shaped ; its lobes 10, rarely 9, 

 contorted in imbrication ; stamens 10, inserted on the corolla-throat ; 

 stigma very thick, oblong-claviform, consisting of 10 very viscid little 

 lobes densely clustered ; fruit as large as a good-sized goose's egg, 

 ovoid-oblong, crowned with the 10 or 9 lobes of the persistent calyx- 

 limb, hard, woody, grey-green ; sarcocarp thick, woody, fibrous ; 

 endocarp almost bony, divided inside by 9 or 10 repla ; seeds numerous, 

 bony, angular-flattened, embedded in pulp. In dry hilly places among 

 the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, sporadic but not uncommon ; 

 fl. and fr. Dec. 1854. The natives call the tree " N-dai " or " Undai," 

 and also " Dai " ; and they fix branches of it on the roofs of their 

 huts, as a protection against damage by lightning. On this account 

 Welwitsch in naming it dedicated the tree to Jupiter. Also at 

 Catomba, near the river Luinha ; fl. July 1856. No. 2573. Also at 

 Cambondo ; fr. Dec. 1856. Coll. Carp. 168 (partly). 



BxJMBO. — In rocky mountainous places among tall bushes, above 

 Bumbo, at the base of the mountains of Serra de Chella, very sporadic; 

 fl. Oct. 1859. No. 2579. 



HuiLLA. — A small tree, 6 to 15 ft. high, evergreen, its trunk rarely 

 more than 8 in. in diameter ; wood like that of Buxus ; branches, 

 branchlets and leaves ternate -verticillate ; flowers yellow, large, salver- 

 shaped ; fruit the size of a hen's egg, green, afterwards covered with 

 bark, many-seeded. Between Huilla and Quilengues ; seeds Feb. 

 1860. Coll. Carp. 168 (partly). 



According to a note of Welwitsch the Unday is also known by the 

 local names of " Mulabi," " Morala," and "Saie." Fungus n. 440^ 

 Hi/menochcete rubiginosa Lev., grew on decayed wood of this tree at 

 Carengue in Golungo Alto in July 1857. The wood approaches a yellow 

 colour, has a very fine grain, is very compact, heavy and remarkably 

 strong, and is suitable for use in European workshops for all purposes 

 for which box-wood is employed ; the best time for felling the timber 

 is in the months of June and July. The tree is remarkable by reason 



