Eugenia] liii. MYRTACEiE. 359 



Var. hirtula (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 



A dwarf erect shrub, 1 to 1 ^ ft. high ; the upper pai-t of the 

 stems and the peduncles somewhat shaggy ; berries rubicund. 



PuNco Andongo. — In sandy thickets near Luxillo ; fr. Dec. 1856, 

 fl. May 1857. No. 4390. 



Var. salicifolia (Welw. ms. in Herb,), 



A dwarf shrub rarely a foot high, or occasionally attaining 

 15 in., occurring in masses, of a pleasant green, glabrous; leaves 

 narrower and more rigid, 1 to 3 in. long, by ^ to ^ in. broad. 



HuiLLA. — In moist thickets at the skirts of forests, near Catumba, 

 rather rare ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 4391. Flowers white. In 

 sandy-earthy thickets on the right bank of the river of Lopollo, 

 abundant ; late fl. Nov. 1859, fr. Jan. 18(50. No._ 4392. In similar 

 stations subject to annual burnings ; fr. Dec. 1859 and Jan. 1860. 

 No. 4393. 



2. E. uniflora L. Sp. PI. edit. i. p. 470 (1753) ; Welw. Apont. 

 p. 570 sub n. 170. 



E. Michelii Lam. Encycl. Meth. iii. p. 203 (1789) ; Laws, in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 437 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 184 (1884) 

 {E. Michelii). 



IcoLO E Bengo. — A much-branched tree of 15 to 18 ft. ; fruit hke 

 a cherry, acid-sweet, very agreeable but rarely developed in perfection 

 in the interior of the coast region. Cultivated at Santo Antonio by 

 the river Bengo ; fr. Dec. 1853. Portuguese name " Pitangueira." 

 No. 4576c. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — Cultivated rather rarely in arimos (meadows) on 

 the bank of the river Cuango ; fl. Dec. 1855. No. 4576. Also about 

 Sange. No. 4576i. 



Island of St. Thomas.— Cultivated on Monte Caffe at 2000 ft. 

 elevation ; fr. Dec. 1860. Called " Pitangueira." Coll. Cai:p. 559. 



3. E. guineensis. 



Calyptrantlies yiohieensis Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 974 (1799). 

 Syzygiimi yuineense DC. Prodr. iii. p. 259 (1828); Perrott. & 

 Guillem. Fl. Senegamb. p. 315 t. 72 (1833). 



Ambriz.— A handsome tree, about 30 ft. high. In rocky forests 

 between Ambriz and Quizembo, sporadic ; almost finished fl.Nov. 1853. 

 No. 4396. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An immense tree, with a trunk more than 3 ft. 

 in diameter at the base, 35 to 50 high and more ; head ovoid-hemi- 

 spherical, spreading widely ; branches and branchlets nodding ; leaves 

 coriaceous, but little shining, deep-green, pellucid-punctate ; calyx- 

 limb 4-lobed ; lol^es large, broad, arranged in a quadrangular manner ; 

 petals cohering in the form of a calyptra, open during the flowering, 

 after the flowering thrown off, but not always so, greenish ; filaments 

 and anthers whitish ; in very dense primitive forests by the river 

 Delamboa ; fl. Sept. 1856. One tree very lofty, certainly 100 ft. high, 

 and trunk nearly 10 ft. in circumference at the base of the stem ; in the 

 forest of Quisucula. No. 4397. 

 Var. huillensis. 



Leaves rigidly coriaceous ; petioles often shorter than those of 

 the type, but ranging from ^ to | in. long. 



