Oossy2)hmi\ xxiii. Malvaceae. 79 



(4) G. acuminatum Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 51 (1814) ; (?. vitifolium 

 Welw. Apontamentos, p. 590, n. 94. 



LoANDA. — A shrub, 5 to 8 ft. high, branched from the base ; branches 

 and branchlets green, not purple ; leaves and branchlets glabrous, very 

 closely black-punctate ; leaves 1 -glandular beneath, with acuminate 

 lobes ; flowers very large, of a deep sulphur colour ; capsules very 

 large, 3-valved ; cultivated rather sandy moist fields, near Quicuxe, 

 Museque de Sr. Ricardo Silva Rejo, fl. and fr. beginning of March 1858 ; 

 sent by Sr. Ricardo. No. 5227. Coll. Carp. 2G1. A shrub, 6 ft. 

 high, branched from the base ; branches spreading-ascending ; leaves 

 almost always 3-cleft, 1 -glandular, one leaflet of the outer calyx glan- 

 dular ; cultivated, Represa de Imbondeiro dos Lobos, fl. and young fr. 

 end of July 1858 ; frequently cultivated in most of the districts of 

 Angola, and almost everywhere wild at the back of dwellings, but no- 

 where indigenous. Native name "Muxinha." No. 5228. A shrub, 

 8 ft. high, among plants of Eiq)horhia Tinicalli L., near Bemposta, 

 fl. end of July 1858. No. 5234. 



Cazengo. — Flowers large, yellow ; cotton but little adhering to the 

 seeds ; cultivated from seeds formerly introduced from Pernambuco ; 

 here and there subspontaneous, but only sporadic ; in thickets by 

 dwellings, near Cabonde Cacula ; fl. Jan. No. 5233. 



MossAMEDES. — Garden of Senhor Bernardo de Figuerendo, August 

 1859, fl. and fr., grown from seeds sent from Pernambuco, and called 

 by the colonists " Algodao de pinha." No. 5231. 



11. ADANSONIA B. Juss. ex L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 i. p. 209. 



1. A. digitata B. Juss. ex L. Sp. PI. p. 1190 (1753); Masters 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 212. 



LoANDA. — In Boa Vista (Loranthus Mechoiv/i parasitic on it), fl. 

 April 1854. No. 5418. Alto das Cruzes, fl. Jan. 1859. No. 54186. 

 A little tree, 4 ft. high, road near Samba grande ; foliage without fl. 

 or fr. Nov. 1858. No. 5417. The latest foliage on the large trees at 

 Samba gi-ande 30 July 1854. No. 5419 ; fl. Feb. 1854. No. 54196. Seeds 

 August 1854. Coll. Carp. 107. Imbondeiro dos Lobos, fr. August 

 1858 ; fr. 2 ft. by 5J in. by 4J in. Coll. Carp. 269. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— Branch with foliage only. No. 5420. String 

 locally manufactured from the inner bark in 1856. Coll. Carp. 270. 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — Near the stronghold of Pungo Andongo, at 

 Calundo, fl. beginning of Feb. 1857, sparingly ; from Pungo Andongo 

 towards the east this tree is rather rarely met with, and near Candumba 

 up to Condo very rarely, in consequence of the elevation of this tract 

 of country. Nos. 5415, 5416. 



Bumbo. — In the drier wooded places near Bumbo, rather rare ; more 

 abundant in the rocky parts of the middle of Serra da Xella, at a place 

 called Chao da Xella ; altogether absent from the district of Huilla. 

 (Ticket without specimen.) No. 4995. 



The name "Imbondeiro," by which Portuguese colonists in Angola 

 call the Adansonia, is derived from the name " N-Bondo," which the 

 natives give to this enormous tree ; it is common in nearly all the 

 littoral and hilly regions of Angola. The natives prepare the inner 

 bark for the manufacture of string. After having made suSicient 

 incisions across the piece intended for preparation, they strip the bark 

 from the stem in sheets of 3 to 5 ft. in length by 2 or 3 ft. in breadth ; 

 this process is easily performed by reason of its spongy softness. After 



