190 XLIII. CONNARACE.E. [IfcCTlOteS 



leaflets coriaceous, glossy ; flowers (for the most part only in bud) 

 deeply cinnamon-ferruginous ; styles apparently 5. In the denser 

 primitive forests of Mata de Quisuculo in Sobato de Bango ; fl. Sept. 

 1855. No. 4639. 



2. M. (?) macrophylla Hiern, sp. n. 



A high -climbing shrub, glabrous except the youngest parts 

 and the inflorescence ; branchlets terete, slender, wiry, somewhat 

 flexuous, sparingly lenticellate ; leaves impari-pinnate, 10 to 16 in. 

 long, 3- or 4- jugate ; petiole 2 to 4| in. long ; petiolules all short, 

 i to 5 in. long ; leaflets opposite or nearly so, oval or oblong or 

 often somewhat obovate and shortly acuminate, 2| to 5 in. long* 

 by 1 to 2 1 in. wide, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glossy, 

 delicately veined ; the lateral ones unequal and obtuse or rounded 

 at the base ; inflorescence clothed with closely-set short hairs, con- 

 sisting of pyramidal panicles, 9 in. long or more ; ultimate pedicels 

 very short ; bracteoles subulate, deciduous, those next the calyx 

 shorter than it ; flower-buds ovoid, i in. long, clothed with very 

 short hairs; calyx 5 -partite, valvate, with ovate-lanceolate seg- 

 ments; petals 5, glabrous; stamens 10, glabrous, alternately 

 longer and shorter; anthers short; pistil hairy. Neither ex- 

 panded flowers nor fruits appear on the specimens. 



GoLUxao Alto. — In the forests of Mussengue, near XJndelle ; 

 flower-bud May 1856. No. 613. 



5. CNESTIS Juss. ; Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. i. p. 433. 



1. C. corniculata Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii. p. 23 (1789); Baker 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 461 ; non Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 

 p. 290 (1849). 



Spondidides 2^'i'uriens Smeathm. ex Lam., I.e. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A climbing shrub, frequenting the tallest trees ; 

 flowers racemose, pendulous, inclining from white to reddish ; fruit 

 follicular, purple-velvety outside. In palm-groves and in dense woods, 

 near Fonte de Capopa and Ponte do Felix Simoes ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1855. 

 No. 4633. A lovely slender high-climbing shrub, afterwards hanging 

 down ; leaflets coriaceous, glossy ; flowers whitish or somewhat flesh- 

 coloured ; fruit follicular, legume-shaped, scarlet-velvety outside, very 

 beautiful but covered with rather rigid and highly prurient bristles ; 

 seeds oblong, purple-black, shining, with a large orange-coloured 

 arillode. In palm-groves and shady woods near N-delle ; fl. March 1856, 

 fr. Jan. 1855 ; also at N-delle in May 1855. No. 4634. A tall-climbing 

 shrub ; fruit bi-corniculate, the horns pod-shaped, of a brilliant scarlet 

 colour, beset with rather rigid stinging bristles ; near Sange, excursion 

 to Capopa, 8 Oct. 1854. Coll. Cakp. 362. 



2. C. ferruginea DC. Prodr. ii. p. 87 (1825); Baker in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 461. 



Sjyondid ides ferruginea Smeathm. ex DC, I.e. 



Golungo Alto. — An evergreen shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; flowers 

 apparently polygamous ; calyx 5-partite, almost pentaphyllous, with 

 ferruginous segments valvate in aestivation ; petals 5, ovate, concave, 

 white ; stamens 1() ; carpels 5 (or 3 to 4 by abortion), pilose. Road to 



