342 Lii. coMBRETACEiE. [Combretum 



Sierra Leoxe. — A climbing shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; shoots 6 to 

 10 ft. long, scandent in all directions or pendulous-nodding ; leaves 

 glossy, blackish-green, coriaceous ; flowers sanguine-red, brilliant, very 

 handsome. In elevated forests at the cataract of Sugar-loaf Mountain 

 above Freetown ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 4311. 



Ambriz. — Sporadic, in rocky thickets alongside streams between 

 Ambriz and Quizembo ; fl. Nov. 1853. No. 4310- 



5. C. constrictlim Laws, in Oliv. Fl. Troi?. Afr. ii. p. 423; 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 183 (1884). 



LoANDA. — A large shrub, 5 to 7 ft. high, with stems in some cases 

 erect, in others climbing amongst other shrubs or decumbent ; leaves 

 deciduous at the flowering season ; flowers whitish ; anthers brick-red. 

 Abundant in moist thickets between Quicuxe and Mutollo, but rarely 

 flowering : at Quicuxe with leaves and without fl. April and July 1854. 

 Native name " Mafucama-huje " or " Muhondongolo." No. 4302. 



IcoLO E Bengo.- — By thickets in rocky situations near Prata ; fl, 

 Sept. 1854. Native name '' Muhondongolo." No. 4304. 



LiBONOo. — A small shrub, mostly only 1 to 3 ft. high, rarely attain- 

 ing 3 to 5 ft., mostly but not always leafless at the time of flowering ; 

 branchlets virgate-sarmentose ; leaves opposite, membranous but rather 

 fleshy, quickly dropping in the course of drying ; calyx-limb glabrescent ; 

 petals elongate-spathulate, obtuse, rather shaggy, whitish ; stamens 10, 

 with red anthers. In dense thickets at the edges of forests in the 

 more elevated parts of the district, at the banks of the river Lifune ; 

 fl. without leaves Sept. 1858. Native name " Muandongolo." No. 4303. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A climbing shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, with sarmentose 

 branches variously curved or elongate-straight ; petals of a pale 

 sulphur colour, woolly-ciliate. In rocky thickets near Cambondo and 

 Cabanga Cacalunga, sporadic ; fl. and young fr. Oct. 1855, ripe fruit 

 Jan. 1855. Native name "Muhondongolo" or " Mochondongolo." 

 Nos. 4282 and 4305. A low scandent shrub ; leaves grass-green, 

 pendulous by reason of the weak petioles being always bent and 

 twisted in various ways : odour of the bruised branches and foliage 

 resembling that of Prnnux Padui^ L., not noticed in the root, which is 

 recommended by the natives as an excellent remedy in the case of 

 worms {Ascaridcs) in children. In thickets about Sange, sporadic ; 

 without either fl. or fr. beginning of June 1855. Native name 

 " Muhondongolo." No. 4306. 



Ambaca. — A sarmentose shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, with numerous stems, 

 mostly leafless at the time of flowering ; leaves membranous but rather 

 rigid : flowers white except the brick-red anthers, decandrous ; calyx 

 rather shaggy, with a campanulate limb and 5 teeth ; petals elongate- 

 spathulate or lanceolate-spathulate, shaggy, whitish, erect, far exceeding 

 the calyx-limb. Not uncommon but sporadic, in bushy rocky places 

 near Puri-Cacarambola ; fl. and also leafy branches Oct. 1856. Used 

 oflBcinally by the natives. This No. is referred in Welwitsch's 

 herbarium, to Lawson's variety /3, though the next species, C. rigidi- 

 fol'mm Welw., better suits Lawson's description. No. 4307. 



A decoction of the root or a tepid infusion of the bark is administered 

 to children suffering from intestinal worms {A^inir'ides) ; it is usually 

 leafless at the time of flowering. Another form of the native name 

 is " Muandongolo." The green leaves when rubbed give off the smell 

 of cyanic acid. 



6. C. rigidifolium Welw. ms. in Herb, 



An erect shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high ; stem with a few subterete 



