302 XLiv. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Brctchi/stegia 



On No. 585 twines the Menispermaceous climber, Stej^hania rotunda 

 Lour. (Welw. No. 2322). 



To this or a nearly allied species Bentham and Oliver, ll.cc., 

 refer the following No. ; the native name is " Muzamba " : — 



PuNGO Andongo. — A handsome tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with dilated 

 crown, constituting very beautiful forests ; branches elongated ; timber 

 whitish, valuable in every respect. Common, especially between Condo 

 and Quisonde, also at the base of Serra de Pedras de Guinga, on the 

 slopes of primitive w^oods, descending to the plains ; in young fr. March 

 1857. No. 571. At Sansamanda, at the beginning of May 1857, in 

 nearly ripe fr. A unique specimen. No. 571&. 



The following No. also appears to be not far removed from the 

 above-mentioned species of Brachystegia ; it must be compared 

 with the genus Cryptosepalum and with the plant figured in Serpa 

 Pinto's book, How I Crossed Africa, vol. i. p. 305 (1881); it also 

 may prove to belong to the same species as Nos. 5856 and 4157, 

 and perhaps the same as Nos. 571 and 5716. 



HuiLLA. — A small tree, about 8 ft. high, with the habit nearly of a 

 Pistacia ; sparingly in forests composed of species of Eugenia (Syzygium), 

 Proteaceae, etc., between MumpuUa and Nene ; without either fl. or fr. 

 Oct. 1859. No. 584. 



The next following No. cannot be satisfactorily determined ; it 

 has been regarded by Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 305, as probably 

 a new species of CYi/ptosejyahtm, allied to C. ? 7nimosoides, Welw., 

 but Welwitsch thought that perhaps it was Muzamba No. 571 : — 



PuNGo Andongo. — A small shrub, 1 to 2| ft. high; rootstock woody, 

 with numerous stems ; stems erect, csespitose, perhaps the up-growth 

 of a mutilated tree ; branchlets rather spreading. The leaves of the 

 younger portion of the plant are much larger than the lower and older 

 leaves. Frequent in the primitive w^oods of Mata Grande near Pedras 

 de Guinga and in the woods of Mutollo between Pedras de Guinga and 

 Candumba, in the shade of forests consisting of Muzamba (Herb. 571) ; 

 without either fl. or fr. Jan. and March 1857. No. 572. 



75. TAMARINDUS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 581. 



1. T. indica L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 34 (1753); Welw. Apont. 

 p. 574, under n. 175; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 308; Ficalho, PI. 

 Uteis, p. 156 (1884). 



LoANDA. — A huge majestic tree, ranging up to 50 ft. in height, with a 

 broad frondose crown, probably introduced in older times, frequently 

 cultivated in Angola, especially in the littoral region and along the 

 banks of the larger rivers, also occasionally spontaneous ; celebrated 

 in all parts for the agreeable acid pulp of its fruit. At Penedo near 

 the city of Loanda ; in good fl. and ripe fr. Dec. 1858. No. 564. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small tree, 12 ft. high. In the garden of 

 Senr. Rodrigo at vSange, in a spot a short distance from that of the 

 heteromorphous variety (No. 588), not in a vigorous state and without 

 fl. 14 Dec. 1854. No. 5646. A shrub, 5 ft. high, patently branched 

 from the base ; branchlets flexuous, divaricate ; leaves glaucescent. In 

 wooded bushy slopes, on a mica-schist su])stratum, perhaps formerly 

 cultivated, near Sange ; without fl. Feb. 1855. A heteromorphous 

 variety or monstrosity, with many of the leaflets having long tails. 

 Nos. 588, 4156. 



