Cordia| LXXXVI. BORAGINEA. 713 
places by thickets near Barra de Dande and thence extending over 
nearly the whole coast districts as far as the mouth of the river 
Cuanza, not uncommon; fl. from Jan. to the beginning of June ; 
fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5423. In hilly bushy places in the coast region : 
fr. June and July 1858. Cou. Carp. 755. 
Gotunco ALTo.—No notes. In fl. and fr. No. 5431. 
Bumpo.—A small tree of 8 to 12 ft., spreading widely at the head ; 
flowers whitish ; fruit sulphur in colour, edible, rather viscid. In 
thickets near Bumbo ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4783. 
C. rubra Hochst. has been referred, perhaps correctly, to C. ovalis 
Hochst. in Pl. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 1218 and ex Alph. DC. in DC. 
Prodr. ix. p. 479 (1845), non R. Br.; but the latter has longer and 
slenderer petioles ; both have been reduced by A. Richard, /.c.., to 
C. Myzxa L. Sp. Pl., edit. 1, p. 190. A plant collected by Hildebrandt, 
n. 624, in July 1872 at Habdb, in Abyssinia, reaching 13 ft. in height, 
with edible fruit, which was identified with C. suwbopposita DC. by 
Vatke in Linnea xliii. p. 315 (1882), belongs to C. rubra. 
2. C. subopposita DC. Prodr. ix. p. 480 (1845). 
C. ovalis R. Br. in Salt Abyss. App. iv. p. lxiv. (1814), name 
only ; non Hochst. nec Alph. DC. in DC., lc, p. 479. CG. myaxa 
Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. p. lxiii. n. 136 (1775); non L. Cornus 
sanguinea Forsk., l.c., p. 33, non L. 
Barra DE Benco.—A small tree, 7 to 10 ft. high ; trunk erect, 
divaricately branched towards the apex ; leaves subopposite, scabrous ; 
flowers from whitish to slightly yellowish; drupes orange-yellow, very 
viscid. In dry hilly places amongst shrubs, in company with 
Capparidee and Agialid egyptiaca O. Kuntze, var. angolensis, between 
Teba and Cacuaco ; fl. and fr. April and May 1854. Also plentiful 
near Loanda. No. 5421. 
Loanpa.—A branched tree, 6 to 15 ft. high, with the habit re- 
markably like that of some arborescent species of Solanum ; branches 
erect-spreading. In maritime thickets near Maianga d’El Rei, plenti- 
ful; fl. and young fr. beginning of April 1854. No. 5422. No notes. 
In fl. No. 5468. 
The following Nos. should be compared with this species :— 
Ampriz.—In fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5453. 
BENGUELLA.—Sticks used for obtaining fire, June 1859. COLL. 
Carp. 756. This perhaps belongs to the Cordia mentioned in 
Welwitsch’s diary, 18 June 1859, S.E. Benguella, as an arborescent 
shrub with lanceolate leaves, occurring also at Loanda. 
MossaMEDEs.—A small tree ; taking root as pitchers by fences in 
gardens at Mossamedes ; fl.-bud and fr. July 1859. No. 4781. 
3. C. pilosissima Baker in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 28. 
Bumpo.—A small tree of 8 to 15 ft., very elegant, with a quite lax 
head and flowers whitish-violet in colour. In open forests at the foot 
of the mountains of Serra da Xella, near Bruco ; scarcely in full fl. 
Oct. 1859. No. 4784. 
4, C. chrysocarpa Baker in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 27. 
GoLuNGo ALTo.—A tree, 20 to 30 ft. high; fruit drupaceous, 
grape-shaped, shining, yellow ; fruiting calyx hardened, ashy-green. 
At the outskirts of the forest in the ascent to Capopa ; fr. March 
1856. No. 5461. <A lovely tree. At Undelle; fr. June 1856. 
Probably this species. Cou. Carp. 753. 
