644 Lxxviii. SAPOTACE.E. \C'hryso2)hyllum 



seed solitary, ellipsoidal, ^ in. long, -^ in. broad, § in. thick, 

 polished at least on one side, exalbuminous ; embryo f in. long, 

 ^ in. bi-oad and thick ; i-adicle very small ; cotyledons semi- 

 ellipsoidal, 4 in. long. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — In primitive forests amon^ the eastern Queta 

 mountains ; fl. end of June 1856. Nos. 4817, 4825. 



PuxGO Andongo.— In the deep valleys among the gigantic rocks 

 on the northern side of the presidium, sporadic ; ripe fr. Jan. 1857. 

 No. 4821. In the httle forests of Catete in the prassidium ; fl.-bud 

 April 1857. No. 4822. Near Catete ; fr. June 1857. Coll. Carp. 694. 



This is nearly related to C. alhkluni G. Don. 



2. SIDEROXYLON Dill, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 655 

 1. S. densiflorum Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 503; 

 Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 210 (1884). 



Island of St. Thomas. — A beautiful tree, called by the Portuguese 

 colonists "Pao Azeitona " (olive-wood). In the denser forests be- 

 tween the town and Monte Caflfe ; without either fl. or fr. Dec. 1860. 

 Nos. 4839, 6764. 



The determination is rather doubtful ; the foliage differs from that 

 of the type of the species by the little prominence of the lateral vein.«. 

 According to Ficalho, I.e., the tree in St. Thomas is reported to reach 

 60 ft. in height. 



3. MIMUSOPS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 661. 



1. M. angolensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. p. 523 (1890). 

 Ambriz. — A small tree, 6 to 10 ft. high ; branches spreading ; 



branchlets mostly ternate, the terminal ones nodding or even 

 pendulous ; leaves crowded at the tips of the branchlets ; flowers 

 sweet-scented, in colour from orange to dusky or cinnamon ; fruit 

 drupaceous, fleshy, subspherical, yellow. In hilly bushy places near 

 Ponta d'Ambriz, rather rare ; fl. Nov. 1853. No. 4836. 



Congo. — A small tree. At Ponta do Padrao, near the mouth of 

 the river Zaire, Dec. 1857 ; a poor specimen in fr., probably belonging 

 to this species. No. 4838. 



2. M. cuneifolia Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 506. 

 Kauhenia cuneifolia O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 406 (1891). 

 Ambriz. — A tree, 15 ft. high ; trunk patently branched a little 



above the base ; branches rather elongated, ascending ; branchlets 



fasciculately leafy. In wooded situations in Mossul domain, rather 



rare ; without either fl. or fr. end of Nov. 1853. Apparently this 

 species. No. 4837- 



3. M. Welwitschii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. p. 524 (1890). 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — A tree, 10 to 15 ft. high, patently branched ;. 



leaves dryly coriaceous, penni-nerved, calling to mind those of 

 Guttifer^. In the primitive forests among the mountains of the 

 eastern Queta ; without either fl. or fr. March 185G. No. 4815. A 

 tree, 25 to 30 ft. high; trunk 9 in. in. diameter at the base, unbranched 

 to the height of 10 to 15 ft. ; the lower branches directed gradually 

 downwards ; the crown leafy, oblong, evergreen ; leaves coriaceous, 

 rather dry, brittle, but little glossy ; calyces and peduncles ferruginous- 

 lepidote, remaining in the same state from March to the end of July. 



