130 XXXIV. MELiACE^. \Turrcea 



1. TURPvJEA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 331. 



1. T. Vogelii Hook. f. ex Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 253 

 (1849) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 330. 



Var. p. scandens C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 444 

 (1878). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A robust shrub, climbing to a considerable height, 

 then very ornamental with elongated-sarmentose pendulous branchlets ; 

 flowers white, fragrant ; capsule pyi-iform, spreading in an arching 

 manner, dehiscing stellately ; seeds enveloped with a scarlet-red or 

 brick-red aril. Sporadic in the primitive forests among the mountains 

 of Sobato de Quilombo Quiacatubia, at the banks of the river Muio ; 

 fl. and nearly ripe fr. end of Nov. and beginning of Dec. 1854 and again 

 in Feb. 1855. No. 1300. Of. Coll. Carp. 313. 



2. T. procera Welw. [ms. in Herb.] C. DC, I.e., p. 444 (1878). 

 Prince's Island. — A handsome tree, 25 to 30 ft. high ; crown ovoid, 



dilated ; branches patent ; branchlets virgate, pendulous ; flowers white, 

 fragrant ; capsule obovoid-hemispherical, at length dehiscing in a stel- 

 late manner ; seeds coriaceous, adhering to the inner part of the valves. 

 Not uncommon, in the dense woods which adorn the shore in the Bay of 

 S. Antonio ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853, in company with Dalhergia mali folia 

 Welw. (Herb. 1886). No. 1299. 



2. NELANAREGAM Adans. Fam. PI. ii. p. 343 (1763). J^are- 

 gamia Wight & Arn. (1834) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 331. 



1. N. alata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 110 (1891) {Nela- 

 naregum alatum) ; Nareganiia alata Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. 

 Penins. Ind. Or. p. 117 (1834). 



Yar. /5. africana (Welw. Sert. Angol. p. 21 ; C. DC. in DC. 

 Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 447). 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb, 2 to 3 in. high, growing in a csespitose 

 manner, with a many-headed woody rootstock, or a dwarf shrub with 

 the habit almost of a Tiirrcea ; leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; flowers 

 white. Plentiful but only in one place, in thin woods at the margins 

 of forests composed of Legumiiiosce, at the left bank of the stream 

 Lutete ; fl. Oct. 1856. No.' 1301. 



Welwitsch sought in vain for specimens in fruit in Jan. and Feb. 

 1857 ; according to a manuscript note of Welwitsch the plant occurs 

 also in the district of Ambaca. 



3. MELIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 332. 



1. M. Azedarach L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 384 (1753) ; Oliv. Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. i. p. 332. 



Azederach deleteria Moench, Meth. PI. p. 171 (1794). Melia 

 Jlorida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Hort. Chapel Allert. p. 317 (1796). 



Var. a. glabrior C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 452. 



Prince's Island. — A pretty arborescent shrub, called by the Portu- 

 guese " Sycomora." Sometimes subspontaneous in bushy places around 

 dwellings, Bay of S. Antonio ; fl. and young fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1293. 



LoANDA. — Leaflets usually 9 or even 11 ; petioles at the base, at least 

 at the very base semicylindrical, hollowed on the inner side, channelled, 

 about half amplexicaul ; drupes turning a pale yellowish colour. 



