82 XXIV. STERCULiACEiE. [StercuUa 



to 2| in. long) ; near Canguerasange, etc. ; fl. Oct. 1854, fr. August. 



No. 4685. A young tree, 20 ft. high, with a broad crown ; flowers of a 



cinnamon-reddish colour ; in less dense forests, throughout the district ; 



at Sange, fl. April 1856. No. 4689. By the river Delamboa, fl. August 



1856 ; native name " Quibondo." No. 4690. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — A tree, 20 ft. high, probably a young one ; in 



the wooded parts of Barranco da Pedra Songue within the citadel ; 



with foliage but wii^out flowers, Feb. 1857. No. 4688. 



The two following numbers show leaves less pubescent beneath, 



but are without either flowers or fruits ; they may, however, 



belong here : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — From the Government House courtyard in Sange, 



said by Welwitsch to be the species from which he collected the flowers 



in the last quarter of 1854 on the Delamboa ; Sept. 10th, 1856 ; native 



name "Quibondo camenha." No. 4686. In hedge at Sange, May 1856. 



No. 4684. 



The following probably belongs to this species : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A lofty tree ; fibre excellent for various purposes ; 



the natives call the tree " Quibondo," and the fruit " Mucolococo " ; 



Sange 1855 (seeds albuminous, ^ to § in. long ; fruit 2 in. long). 



Coll. Carp. 276. 



The folloAving three numbers of the herbarium (and the two of 

 the carpological collection) perhaps belong to the same species ; 

 but their leaves differ by being glabrous or nearly so : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A tree, .30 to 60 ft. high, with a quite straight 

 trunk, un branched below and forming above a more or less depressed 

 ovoid crown ; in forests by the river Luinho, but always in drier spots 

 than " Quibondo ca menha " ; in flower at Sange at the beginning of 

 July 1856 ; native name " Quibondo ia Molemba." No. 4681. Fre- 

 quent as saplings in the Alameda at Sange, and in company with the 

 " Quibondo ca menha," in the Government courtyard ; leaves much 

 larger (attaining more than a foot long by 7 inches broad) nearly 

 glabrous and more deeply cordate at the base than in that tree ; in 

 fruit with ripe seeds, near the wall of the courtyard, Sept. 10th, 1856 ; 

 the capsules of this species or variety are when young of a peach-red 

 colour, and when old of a rusty brownish-grey. No. 4682. At the 

 great cataract of the river Cuango, near Sange ; leaves of the young 

 " Bondo-ik-Molemba " ; August 1855. No. 4683. Coll. Carp. 279. 

 Ripe seeds very bitter, of a cinnamon-red colour ; native name " N- 

 Bondo ia Molemba" ; March 1856. Coll. Carp. 278. 



An imperfect specimen, No. 4687, bearing an oval leaf 10^ in. long 

 by 6 in. broad, besides the petiole of 3^ in. long, glabrous except the 

 middle and lateral veins beneath and petiole, from Monte CafPe in the 

 Island of St. Thomas, Dec. 1890, maj'- be mentioned here, but it appears 

 to belong to a different species ; it is there called *' Nespera." The 

 timber of this tree is said to be good, strong and durable, and to be the 

 same as that known in Prince's Island as " popo." See Ficalho, PI. 

 Ut. p. 106 (1884). 



2. S. tomentosa Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. p. 81, t. 16 

 (1831) ; Masters, I.e., p. 217 ; non Thunb. 



Loan DA. — Museque Schut ; fl. Dec. 1857 ; native name " Chixe " ; 

 (carpels 3 in. long, hispid-tomentose outside, pilose with stellate hairs 

 inside ; leaves ranging up to 5 in. in length). No. 4691. A tree, 



