664 LXXXII. APOCYNACE. [ Pacouria 
acidulous-sweet. Morro de Lopollo, 26 Jan. 1860. “ Maboca falso.” 
Cou, Carp, 98. 
The name “ Maboca pequena” means small Maboca, but it is not 
the true Maboca, which is the local name of a species of Strychnos. 
The flowers of this species are very like those of P. owariensis. 
2. CARANDAS Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p- 171 (1763). 
Arduina Miller ex L. Mant. Pl. (i.) p. 7 (1767); K. Schum. in 
Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 2 p. 126 (1895). Carissa L., Le. ; 
Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 695. 
1. C. edulis. 
Carissa edulis Vahl, Symb. Bot. i. p. 22 (1790); Ficalho, Pl. 
Uteis, p. 221 (1884). C. duleis Schum. & Thonn. in Dansk. 
Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 166 (1828). Jasminoderium edule O. Kuntze, 
Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. p, 415 (1891). 
SreERkA LEONE.—Leaves obtuse ; fl. fallen Sept. 1853. Doubtfully 
placed here ; the foliage is like that of C. Carandas (L.) which latter 
is perhaps not specifically distinct. No. 5976. 
ConGo.—An evergreen shrub, with edible berries. At Ponta do 
Padrao at the mouth of the river Zaire, Nov. 1857. No. 5975. 
AMBRIZ.—At Quizembo, Noy. 1853, after flower. No. 5974. 
Loanpa.—A much-branched shrub, as tall as a man, bristling with 
strong very sharp spines ; flowers from whitish to rosy ; fruits black, 
as large as a moderate-sized hazel nut, acidulous-sweet, very pleasant. 
By thickets towards the west side of the city; fl. Feb. and March. 
No. 5972. At Maiango do Povo; fl. Dec. 1857, No. 5973. A shrub 
of 6 ft. or more, spiny, the most densely branched of all the shrubs of 
this region; flowers whitish-rosy, very fragrant ; fruit black-purple, 
edible, pleasantly sweet-acidulous. On the hills of the coast from 
Loanda to Cacuaco and Morro de Santa Catharina, plentiful: at 
Maiango del Rei, fl. Dec. 1858. Native name “‘ Jingongono.” No. 5973d. 
A specimen grown in Alves’ garden at Lisbon from seeds sent from 
Loanda; without either fl. or fr. June 1862. No. 5973c. A shrub of 
5 to 7ft.; stems czespitose, very densely branched ; flowers whitish, 
sweet ; fruit edible. Loanda ; seeds July 1860. “Jingongona.” Co... 
Carp. 717. 
Bumso.—Flowers whitish-rosy. At Bruco ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 5971. 
HviLtLa.—A much-branched shrub, with numerous stems, not un- 
commonly arborescent ; flowers white-rosy, very fragrant ; fruit edible 
of the size of a very large cherry. In wooded thickets about Lopollo 
frequent: fl. Aug., fr. Oct. 1859. No. 5969. An arborescent shrub, 
rarely a small tree of 12 ft., much branched, evergreen ; fruit red, like 
a cherry in shape, several-seeded, sweet-acidulous, very pleasant. In 
rather elevated wooded places near Lopollo; fr. Dec. 1859 and Feb. 1860. 
Native name ‘‘ Munhiangolo.” Cou. Carp. 53. 
Care or Goop Horr.—Leaves thickly coriaceous, rigid, glossy and 
dusky green above, bright green without gloss beneath ; corolla-tube 
yellowish: the segments of the limb obtuse, obovate-spathulate, 
obtusely keeled on the back, snow-white. Cultivated in Alves’ garden 
at Lisbon; fl. July and August 1862. This is labelled in the herbarium 
Carissa grandiflora, a species of Alph. DC. from Natal, figured in 
Wood & Evans, Natal Pl. i. t. 14 (1898), with bifurcate spines and 
large flowers, perhaps not differing specifically from the above. 
No. 5970. 
