Rinorea] xi. violace^. 35 



This species is recorded from the Island of St. Thomas, where it is 

 stated that the local name is " S6a-S6a " : see Henriques in Bol. Soc. 

 Brot. X. p. 100 (1892). The following No. from this island should be 

 compared with the same : — 



Island of St. Thomas. — A. bush or occasionally a tree of 25 ft., 

 with the habit nearly of Prinntx Padus L. ; leaves deciduous, glossy ; 

 flower-buds (very young) arranged in short oblong bracteate axillary 

 masses. In the more elevated forests, at an elevation of 2000 to 

 2500 ft. : Dec. 1860. The timber is used for rafters. Called by the 

 negroes " Sda Sda." No. 459. See Ficalho, PI. Ut. p. 91 (1884). 



2. R. ilicifolia 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 42 (1891). 

 Alsodeia ilicifolia Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 108 ; 



Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 12. 



Ambaca.— A little shrub, 1 to 2 ft. high ; probably sprung up after 

 the burning of the woods, with shining leaves and without flowers ; 

 sparingly in wooded thickets by the streams, between Quibinda and 

 Izanga, October 1856. No. 888. 



PuNGo And()N(;o. — A bush 8 to 12 ft. high, remarkably resembling 

 in habit and shape of leaves Ilex Aquifnl'nim L. ; flowei's yellow as if 

 made of wax ; calyx also coralline-yellowish ; calyx and young petals 

 rather fleshy, unfortunately not seen when fully expanded ; capsules 

 coriaceous, of a pretty bright purple colour, 3-valved, usually 3-seeded, 

 dehiscing in an elastic manner ; in the narrow shady valleys amongst 

 the gigantic rocks of Barrancos de Catete, within the fortress, at an 

 elevation of 3500 ft. ; in flower bud in Jan., Feb., and May 1857, and 

 in not quite ripe fruit Feb. 1857 ; rather rare. No. 889. 



3. R. cymulosa O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 42 (1891). 

 Alsodeia cymulosa Welw. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 108. 

 Zenza no GoLUNGo. — In dense masses by streams ; at the left back 



of the river Chixe, between Mongolo and Calolo ; in young flower 

 Sept. 1854. No. 891. 



4. R, Aucuparia 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 42 (1891). 

 Alsodeia Aucuparia Welw. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 109. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — Native name "Quitesse." A shrub, 4 or 5 ft. 



high, with the habit of a tree, repeatedly branched ; sporadic, in the 

 more elevated bushy rugged spots and near the summit of the Serra 

 das Pedras Guinga, in company with Mijrothamnus, fl. March 1857 ; 

 on the top ranges a small sub-decumbent shrub of 2 ft. No. 893. 

 A small erect tree, 6 to 8 ft. high, with slender trunk, dense crown, 

 very bright herbaceous-green shoots and branches, and coriaceous 

 rather rigid leaves ; in shady woods of Barranco de Songue, in rocky 

 places, in flower-bud Jan., Feb., and May 1857. No. 892. 



Var. /?. platyphylla (Welw. ms.). Leaves oval-obovate. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A small tree, 12 to 15 ft. high ; trunk 2 to 3 in. 

 diam.; branches erect-patent; branchlets patent ; leaves dry-chartaceous, 

 rather rigid. Sporadic in the very shady primitive woods of Mata de 

 Pungo, in flower-bud April 1857. No. 892i. 



5. R. brachypetala 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 42 (1891). 

 Alsodeia bracJtypetala Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. p. 558 



(1863); Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 109. 



