■Cnestis] xliii. connarace^. 191 



Mussengue, in woods ; fl. May 1855. No. 4637- In the forests of 

 Sobato Mussengue ; fl. Feb. 1855. No. 4636- 



The next following No., in dehisced fruit, which has larger 

 foliage with leaflets ranging up to 4 in. long by 1| in. broad, 

 perhaps belongs to this species : — 



Sierra Leone. — No. 4635. 



Also the following fruits and seeds from the Carpological 

 •Collection : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A climbing shrub ; fruit fleshy-coriaceous bril- 

 liantly scarlet-velvety outside ; seed black, shining, with a bright- 

 orange cup-shaped arillode ; Sange, Dec. 1855. Coll. Carp. 364. 

 An evergreen shrub, standing erect ; leaves pinnate ; flowers yellowish ; 

 fruit follicular, pod-shaped, coriaceous, scarlet-velvety, monospermous ; 

 seed cylindrical-obovoid, shining, black, with an orange-coloured 

 arillode. Mata Quisuculo ; Bango, Sept. 1855. Coll. Carp. 3G3. 



XLIY. LEGUMINOSiE. 



The sub-order Papilionacese is represented in the Angolan flora 

 by a great abundance both of species and individuals; in the 

 littoral region the genera CrotalcuHa, Indigofera, and Cracca pre- 

 dominate in the meadows and sandy fields, on the hills and at the 

 margins of streams and stagnant waters ; various species of Seshan, 

 jEschynomene and Meibomia inhabit moist soils ; the beautiful 

 Herminiera Elaphroxylon and Drepanocar'pus lunatus, as well as 

 climbing species of Vigna, ornament the banks of the rivers Bengo, 

 Dande, and Lifune ; and gradually, as the country successively 

 rises towards the interior, the species are increased in number, 

 becoming more shrubb37" and also arborescent, so that in the moun- 

 tainous region various handsome trees of this sub-order comprise 

 a considerable proportion of the primitive forests, in which the 

 genera Millettia, Pterocarjnis^ etc., are conspicuous. The arbores- 

 cent Erythrina suherifera covers the rocky fields, and a multitude 

 of woody climbers, such as Physostigma cyli7idrosperma, of bright 

 colours and very various habit, adorn the banks of rivulets, en- 

 twining themselves in coils on gigantic trees up to the top and 

 thence hanging down in garlands of flowers. This abundant display 

 of what is beautiful and interesting in the vegetable kingdom 

 is continued and even augmented in the highland region, where 

 these trees and climbers appear in luxuriant grandeur. 



Not less varied is the use which the natives make chiefly of the 

 roots, bark and wood, as for instance with respect to Molungo 

 {Erythrina suherifera), Taenia {Tterocarpiis erinaceus), Mutala- 

 menha {Lonchocarpus sericeus), and P4o quisecua {Millettia rho- 

 dantha). 



Among the plants cultivated on a greater or smaller scale, 

 the following principally deserve mention, arranged according to 

 their importance : — 



1. The common kidney-bean (Feijao), Phaseolus vulgaris L., is 

 cultivated throughout the province ; there are more than twenty- 



