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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 nncommon ; fi. 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. Coi.r.. Cai;p. 755. 



Gon'NGO Ai/ro. — No notes. In fl. and fr. No. 5431. 



Bum no. — 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. 185;t. No. 4783. 



C. rubra Hochst. has been referred, perhaps correctly, to C. ornUs 

 Hochst. in PI. 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, I.e., to 

 C. Myxa L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 190. A plant collected by Hildebrandt, 

 n. 624, in July 1872 at Habab, in Abyssinia, reaching Vd ft. in height, 

 with edible fruit, which was identified with C. snhopposita DC. by 

 Yatke in Linnaja xliii. p. 315 (1882), belongs to C. rubra. 



■2. C. subopposita DC. Prodr. ix. p. 480 (1845). 



C. ovalis 1{, Br. in Salt Aby.ss. App. iv. p. Ixiv. (1814), name 

 only; non Hoch.st. nee Alph. DO. in DC, I.e., p. 479, C. myxa 

 Forsk. Fl. .iEgypt.-Arab. p. Ixiii. n. 136 (1775); non L. Cornv^ 

 sanguined Forsk., I.e., p. 33, non L. 



B.\ki;a 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 

 CapparidejB and Ay/al/d ixgyptiaca O. Kuntze, var. inigolenais, between 

 Teba and Cacuaco ; fl. and fr. April and May 1854. Also plentiful 

 near Loanda. No. 5421. 



LoAXDA. — A branched tree, 6 to 15 ft. high, Avith the habit re- 

 markably like that of some arborescent species of SolauKin ; 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 : — 



AMBiaz.— In fr. Nov. 1853. No. 5453. 



Benguella. — sticks used for obtaining fire, June 1859. Coll. 

 Cakp. 756. This perhaps belongs to the Cordiu 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. 



BuMHO. — 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 Ai>T().— 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. Coll. Carp. 753. 



