Cofea] Lxix. rubiace^e. 489 



iu old age inclining ; branches horizontal or even nodding, in old age 

 mostly unilateral. Quite indigenous in the more elevated primitive 

 forests throughout the district, and also often cultivated ; fl. Dec. ISSa 

 and Feb. ISSi".. No. 3183. 



The coffee-tree is native in nearly all the virgin forests of the moun- 

 tainous districts, chiefly in elevated positions ; it occurs iu this manner 

 in Cazencjo, Dembos, and Hunco, and from the wild plants seedlings 

 are raised to stock the coffee-plantations in Golungo Alto and Cazengo. 

 It is quite erroneous to say that the coffee tree was introduced into 

 Angola by missionaries. It reaches a height of 20 ft., and its trunk 6 

 to 18 in. in diameter, but when so large as this it produces only a poor 

 crop, and on that account the colonists habitually cut down the old 

 trees to the height of a foot, for they find that this treatment induces 

 at once from the old stock numerous vigorous shoots that in the follow- 

 ing year are covered with nice young fruits. The wood is one of the 

 most compact and durable in the interior, and is very suita])le for 

 furniture, such as chairs, tables, bedsteads, etc. ; it is also excellent for 

 various articles of turnery, and takes a good and very dural)le polish. 

 The native name in these districts is " IMurianbambe " or '• Muria 

 Nbambe," which is composed of the words Muria (gut) and Nbambe 

 (antelope), because a species of antelope there has a preference for the 

 leaves of this tree. 



Coi.L. Cai;p. 654 consists of coffee seeds as a sample of the coffee of 

 the Mahungos. Colf.. Carp. 655 consists of coffee-seeds " Caffe de 

 Mooambique '' from the London 1862 Exhibition, perhaps belonging 

 to Cofta Zcuiijueharia' Lour. 



2. C. liberica Hort. Bull, ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. See. Ser. 2, 

 i. p. 17L t. 24 (1877), and in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 181 ; Ficalho, 

 I.e., p. 204; Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. p. 269 (1898). 



Golungo Alto. — A small tree, 10 ft. high ; branches spreading 

 horizontally ; leaves larger than in the last species, sometimes nearly a 

 foot long. In the elevated shady primitive forests of Cunguluiigulo, 

 intermixed with the last species ; altitude about 2000 ft. ; young fr. 

 Feb. 1855. No. 3183. 



Cazen(;o. — A tree of 10 ft. : trunk 4 in. in diameter at the base. 

 In the elevated forests of Mount Muxaulo, on the left bank of the 

 river Luinha, abundant and quite certainly indigenous ; young fr. 25 

 and 26 Dec. 1854. No. 3181. 



3. C. melanocarpa Wehv. ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. See, Ser. 2, 

 i. p. 173, and in Uliv., I.e., p. 183; Ficalho, I.e., p. 205. 



GoLrxco Alto. — A shrubs to G ft., or occasionally a little tree of 

 the same height ; leaves almost membranous ; berries quite lilack, not 

 red-purple when ripe as is the case with C. <t rallied. In the less dense 

 forests of Soltato de Bango Aquitamba and Bumba, as for instance, at 

 the river Delamboa, not uncommon ; fr. Nov. and Dec. 1855. 

 No. 3177. A small shrub : leaves evergreen ; flowers not yet seen. 

 In forests near Sange, in company with Dicliroatachiis pkitf/carjxi, 

 sporadic ; 2 Feb. 1855. The flower-buds are peculiar for having the 

 calyx so thin transparent brittle and glossy that it looks like glass, and 

 the buds seem to lie in the axils like drojis of water ; this peculiarity 

 is retained for some time even after the specimens have been dried for 

 the herbarium. No. 3179- Fl. and young fr. No. 3180. Sange ; 

 July 1855. The whole fruits dried by artificial heat to preserve their 

 black colour. Coll. Carp. 050. A little tree, quite like in habit to 

 C. arahica : berries black, tinged black-purple ; testa of the seeds very 



