10 III. ANONACEyE. [Xi/lojncrum 



3. X. odoratissimum 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



Xylopia odoratissima Welw. ex Oliv., I.e., 31 ; Welw. Sert. p. 12. 



HuiLLA. — Bark bitter ; flowers very fragrant, exceeded in the 

 pleasantness of the aroma only by the species of Schrebera (Welw. 

 Herb. nn. 933 to 939), but their fi-agrance far more intense. A 

 stimulating and somewhat narcotic drink is prepai'ed from a tepid 

 infusion of the scarcely opened flowers. In wooded rocky mountainous 

 stations on the southern side of Morro de Lopollo, abundant ; fl. Dec. 

 1859 and Jan. and Feb. 1860, fr. April and May 1860. No. 757. 



In elevated woods, Lopollo ; fr. Jan. 1860. Coll. Carp. 92. 



It occurred in company with Schrebera Saiaiderske Harv., var. 

 tomeiiteUa, in March 1860, in this situation, at an elevation of 5000 to 

 5600 ft. (See Welw., Sert. Angol., p. 42.) 



4. OXYMITRA Hook. f. & Th. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. i. 

 pp. 26, 957. 



1. 0.? Welwitschii Hiern; t%tW(« sp. nova? Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. i. p. 23. 



An evergreen scandent shrub or a small tree 6 to 10 ft. high; 

 young parts puberulous ; branches glabrescent ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, obtusely narrowed or somewhat acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or obtusely nai-rowed at the base, nearly glabrate, thinly 

 coriaceous, rigid, rather glossy, suggesting a species of Pittosporiom, 

 ranging up to 7 in. long by 2 in. broad ; lateral veins very 

 slender ; midrib puberulous beneath ; lower surface minutely 

 glandular-dotted ; margins narrowly thickened-revolute, puberu- 

 lous; petiole ^^ to | in. long, puberulous or glabrate; fruits 

 solitary, lateral or terminating the branches, obsoletely tomentose ; 

 peduncle glabrate or dusty-puberulous, rather thick, ^ to 1| in. 

 long; carpels very numerous, stipitate, 1-2- seeded; ovules about 3, 

 narrow, ei-ect 1 ; style lateral ; nearly ripe carpels unsymmetrically 

 globose or ovoid, scarcely | in. in diameter; stipes radiating, 1| in. 

 long ; albumen of the seeds ruminated. 



Cazengo. — In bushy wooded places and open thickets, near Caculo, 

 and in Mata de Cabondo ; with immature fruits in June 1855. No. 763. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In the deep wooded valleys and in the shady 

 clefts of the gigantic rocks of Barrancos da Pedra Songue ; after the 

 fall of the flower, in Jan. 1857. No. 769. 



2. Oxymitra, sp., near 0. jyatens Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 

 p. 471, t. 51 (1862) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 34. 



Island of St. Thomas. — Fruit lateral ; peduncle i in. long ; stipes 

 of the carpels ^ to J in. long ; albumen ruminated. The timber is 

 principally employed for the manufacture of oars, etc., on account of 

 its elasticity and durability in water. In the dense more elevated 

 forests of Fazenda do Monte Caffe ; with immature fruit in Dec. 1860. 

 Name " Inhe preto." No. 755. 



5. UNONA L. f. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 24. 



1. U. lucidula Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 35. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — One of the most beautiful bushes of the primitive 

 forests, 5 to 10 ft. high, erect, or with lax patent or sub-pendulous 

 branches : sometimes a small tree ; leaves membranous-chartaceous 



