Ekebergict] xxxiy. meliace.e. 133 



4. E. fruticosa C. DC, I.e., p. 644 (1878). 



Ambaca. — A shrub, 4 to 7 ft. high ; stem erect ; habit nearly that of 

 Spondiaceae ; bark red-warty, marked with decurrent ridges proceeding 

 from the articulated base of the petioles ; leaves odd-pinnate, together 

 with the flowering racemes developed near the extremities of the 

 stems ; leaflets coriaceous, glaucous, paler beneath. Buds white : fruit 

 fleshy, 3-celled, of a blood-red colour, as also the petioles and midribs 

 of the leaflets. Not rare in bushy stony places near Zamba and in the 

 direction of the river Lutete ; in young fr. Oct. 185G. No. 1305. 



This species may perhaps prove to be a variety of E. benguelensis 

 Welw, 



6. TRICHILIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 337. 



1. T. strigulosa Welw. ex C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. 

 p. 658 (1878). Cf. Trichilia (sp.), Welw. Synopse, p. 7, n. 3. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A tree, 20 ft. high, with a lax crown and elongated 

 branches. In primitive woods near Undelle, sporadic ; sparingly in fl. 

 April 1856. No. 1311. In the primitive forests of Sange. Seeds, 1856. 

 Coll. Carp. 315. 



The tree referred to by Welwitsch, Synopse, I.e., has a tall trunk, 2 to 

 3 J ft. diam., and is occasionally met with also in the districts of Cazengo 

 and Dembos. The next two species might have been also intended. 



2. T. vestita C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. p. 428 (1896). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A beautiful tree, 15 to 25 ft. high, with an ample 

 ■crown; trunk 1 to If ft. diam. at the base ; branches spreading; leaflets 

 in 3 to 4 pairs with or without an odd one, opposite or subposite, more 

 or less acuminate, obovate or obovate-elliptical, 2 to 8 by f to 3f in., 

 dry-coriaceous, obscurely green hardly shining above, pale beneath, 

 midrib thick ; capsule globose, size of a poppy-head, velvety, 3-valved, 

 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded ; seeds size of a bean, scarlet with a black spot on 

 the convex surface, flat on the other side. In moist woods of Sobato 

 de Bumba, near Quibixe and Cangunhe, sporadic ; with ripe f r. beginning 

 of Oct. 1855. No. 1309.* A tree, 30 ft. high. At Cazengue, near 

 Queta Central ; fl. June 1856. No. 1310. 



3. T. Welwitschii C. DC. in DC, I.e., p. 659. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A magnificent tree, 30 to 40 ft. high or even 

 higher ; trunk 1^ to 2 ft. in diam. at the base ; branches rather patent, 

 irregular ; leaflets coriaceous, pale beneath. In the primitive woods at 

 the base of the mountains of Alto Queta ; at the right bank of the 

 river Luinha, in flower-bud Nov. 1855, sparingly ; fr. June 1856. No. 

 1312. A tree, 20 to 25 ft. high or more, with a fine crown and straight 

 trunk a foot in diam. In the more elevated parts of Alto Queta ; in 

 young fr. Dec. 1855. No. 1312&. A vast tree, 25 to 35 ft. high, with 

 broad leafy crown ; branches nearly ereut ; leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, 

 pinnate, beneath shining with a silvery or coppery lustre ; flowers 

 crowded, thyrsoid ; capsules coriaceous, tomentose, 4-seeded ; seeds 

 arillate, bright scarlet. Alto Queta ; fr. July and August 1855. Coll. 

 Carp. 351. Fruit 4-valved, 2 valves usually cohering. Alto Queta, in 

 forests, August 1855. Coll. Carp. 352. 



Var. /?. grandiflora C DC. in DC, I.e., p. 660. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A highly frondose tree, 30 to 60 ft. high ; wood 

 valuable ; adult leaflets coriaceous ; flowers fleshy, whitish, scented like 

 those of Citrus Aurantium L.; filaments very broad, bicuspidate, bearing 

 the anthers in the sinus. In the more elevated mountainous places in 



