Eriosema] xliv. leguminos^. 275 



18. E. speciosum Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 

 p. 230; Baker f. in Journ. Bot. 1895, p. 236. 



HuiLLA. — A handsome undershrub, 2i to 4 ft. high, erect, becoming 

 very woody at the base ; leaflets stipellate, sub-pellucid-punctate, with 

 glistening hairs ; flowers yellow ; keel tawny-purplish ; young pods 

 short, compressed, 2-seeded. In thickets at the borders of forests near 

 Catumba ; fl. and young fr. April 1860. No. 4103. 



49. AMERIMNON P. Browne, Jam. p. 288, t. 32, f. 3 (1756). 

 Dalhergia L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 52 (1781) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL 

 i. p. 544. Ecastaphijllum ,P. Browne, Z.c, p. 299, t. 32, f. 1 ; 

 Benth. & Hook, f., I.e., i. p. 545. 



1. A. hostile O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 159 (1891). 

 Dalhergia host'dis Benth. in Journ, Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 33 



(1860) ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 232 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 p. 144 (1884). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A remarkable shrub, robust, arborescent, climbing 

 to a great height and then hanging a long way down ; older trunks (in 

 the primitive forests) flattened, 5| to 12 in. wide, ^ to lA in. thick, in 

 the form of a band, armed with clustered spines coalescent at the base 

 1^ in. long ; younger stems (in secondary woods) several from the same 

 rootstock, cgespitose, erect, 3 to 5 ft. high, terete, armed with separate 

 spines, and in this state even bearing flowers and fruits ; when 2 to 3 ft. 

 high, occasionally flowering but more rarely fruiting ; leaflets glauces- 

 cent ; flowers white. Frequent throughout the district, especially in 

 Alto Queta, Mussengue, and at the spring of Capopa ; fl. Oct. and Dec. 

 1854. fr. Nov. 1854 and March 1855. Native name " Pd,o Quisembe." 

 No. 1880 and Coll. Carp. 539. 



The stem is thoroughly dried in the sun by the negroes and then 

 serves them for tinder ; a piece of it 2 ft. long, if ignited at one end, 

 will glow almost the whole day and afford the means of lighting a fire 

 at any moment. Younger stems about 2 in. wide are used as hoops 

 for barrels and drums. 



The following No,, with much larger leaflets, is apparently 

 different, but may be mentioned here : — 



GoLUNGO Alto, — A shrub climbing high and widely, with the habit 

 of A. puhescens O. K,, but with entirely different foliage; abortive 

 brjinchiets recurved in a spiral manner. In the primitive forest of 

 Mata de Quibanga, near Sange ; leafy branches without fl, July 1857. 

 No. 1894. 



2. A. Brownii Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. p. 27 (1760). 

 Ecastaphifllum Brownel Pers. Syn. PL ii. p. 277 (1807); Baker, 



I.e., p. 236. Dalhergia malifolia Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 233. 

 A. malifolium 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 159. 



Prince's Island. — A handsome leafy tree, 25 ft, high, with the 

 habit of a luxuriant apple tree ; flowers whitish, with a rose-red tinge. 

 Abundant, in company with Turrcea procera. Welw. (Herb, No. 1299), 

 near the sea-shore, in the dense woods of Bahia de S. Antonio ; fl. 

 Sept, 1853, No, 1886. 



3. A. pubescens O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen, PL i. p, 159 (1891). 

 Dalhergia p)uhesce7ys Hook. f. in Hook. Niger FL p. 315 (1849); 



Baker, I.e., p. 234. 



