1022 cxvii. MORACE.E. [A^'toccoyvs 



Pflanzenfam. iii. 1, pp. 82, 83, fig. 61 (1888) ; Engl. Mon. Morac. 

 African, p. 35 (1898). Sitodium altile S. Parkins. Journ. South 

 8eas, p. 45 (1784). Saccus communis 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 

 ii. p. 633 (1891). 



Sierra Leone. — Cultivated in several gardens at Freetown, where 

 Welwitsch took the opportunity of eating the savoury cooked fruit, 

 Sept. 18o3 ; he recommended its re-introduction and general cultiva- 

 tion in Angola. No. 2585 (no specimens). 



The fruit is cut into slices and baked in Jinguba oil, that is, the oil 

 extracted from the seeds of Aracliis hypogcKa L., ante, p. 239. 



2. A. integrifolia L. f., I.e., p. 412 ; Ficalho, I.e., p. 272 ; Engl. 

 Men., I.e. {integrifolius). 



Rademachia integra Thunb., I.e.. p. 254. Sitodium ecmliflorum 

 Gsertn. Fruct. i. p. 345, tt. 71, 72 (1788). A.jaca Lam. Encycl. 

 Meth. iii. p. 209 (1789). Saceus integer 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



Isy,A\n OF St. Thomas. — Wild here and there, and cultivated in 

 both the coast and mountain regions of the island : ripe fr. Dec. 18G(). 

 No. 2586. The fruit (syncarpium) is brought to market whole, and 

 is often much larger than a man's head, green on the outside with a 

 soft rind : the interior is full of a soft pulp (like half-baked bread), in 

 which the seeds are embedded ; the seeds are about an inch long. 

 The fruit is sliced and cooked in oil like the last species, which, 

 however, makes a preferable dish. The inhabitants call the tree 

 " Jaca" or " Jacca." 



Lichen n. 141 grew on the trunk of this tree on Pico de Papagaio 

 in Prince's Island in Sept. 1853. 



8. TRECULIA Decaisne ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 374. 



MyrioiwMis Welw. ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5986 (1872) ; and 

 ex Ficalbo, PL Uteis, p. 272 (1884). 



1. T. africana Decaisne ex Tree, in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, 

 viii. p. 109, t. 3. figs. 86-99 (1847); Hook, f., I.e.; Ficalho, PI. 

 Uteis, I.e.; Henriques, BoL Soc. Brot. x. p. 162 (1893); Engl. 

 Mon. Morac. African, p. 32, tt. 12, 13 and 14, fig. B (1898). 



Ifi/riopeltis edulis Welw., I.e. ; and ex Ficalho, I.e. Ficus 

 Welwitsehii (Miquel ms.) Hort. Kew. ex Hook, f.. I.e.; non Warb. 



Barra do Dande. — A tree about 25 ft. high ; leaves rather shorter 

 and comparatively broader than in the type, about 7^ in. long by 4 in. 

 broad, in shape almost like those of Jrtocarjmf^ hitcgrifoUa L. f. 

 Cultivated in plantations of " Bombo " (cf. mandioc) on Fazenda do 

 Bombo, on the right bank of the river Dande, about 500 ft. elevation, 

 where it is said to have been formerly introduced by Pedro Alexan- 

 drino from the island of St. Thomas ; without fl. or fr., Sept. 1858. 

 No. 2588. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A handsome, stout, lofty tree, 35 to 80 ft. high, 

 exuding a whitish milk ; trunk straight, 1 to 2 ft. in diameter at the 

 base, bare below up to two-thirds of its height, in consequence of the 

 gradual falling away of the branches, loosely branched above ; branches 

 spreading almost horizontal or deflected-patent, strong, long, tortuous ; 

 the younger branchlets atropurpureous ; leaves coriaceous, bright 

 green, glossy, paler beneath, atropurpureous on the midrib ; flowers 

 white, dioecious ; heads of male flowers mostly spherical or slightly 



