Mangifera] xlii. anacardiace.e. 175 



Island of St. Thomas.— Not infrequently cultivated ; with ripe 

 fr. in Dec. and Jan. ; with not quite ripe fr. and fl. Dec. 1860. 

 No. 4431. 



The Mango (Mangueira) is generally cultivated in all the provinces 

 of Angola, but it is not of much account in the highland region. 

 (See Welwitsch, Apontamentos, pp. 564, 565.) 



2. ANACARDIUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 420. 



1. A. occidentale L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. .383 (1753); Oliv., I.e., 

 p. 443; Engl., I.e., p. 219. 



Ambriz. — Between Ambriz and Mossul, probably spontaneous; fl. 

 end of Nov. 1853. No. 4435. 



LoAXDA. — A tree 10 to 20 ft. high, generally branched almost from 

 the base ; trunk sometimes very oblique, decumbent ; branches tortu- 

 ous ; flowers of a rose-flesh colour, frequently cultivated throughout 

 nearly the whole district about country houses (Museque), thriving 

 admirably in African soil ; fl. Oct., Jan., Dec. 1853. No. 4436- 

 Frequently cultivated near Loanda, fl. Nov. to Feb. 1860. Coll. Carp. 

 358. 



PuNGO AxDoxGO. — A tree of 10 to 20 ft. ; fl. beginning of Dec. 

 1856. No. 4437. 



The Cajueiro, the Portuguese name of this plant, is frequently 

 cultivated in almost all the districts of Angola, and its fine and very 

 singular fruits abound at the proper season in the markets of the coast 

 from Ambriz to Benguella. The gum, which exudes in great quantity 

 from the trunks, and which in India and other countries is utilised 

 for varnishes, is not considered as an article of commerce, although 

 it can be collected in great abundance in Angola, and is of excellent 

 quality. 



The nut (from Loanda), of which the fleshy pedicel (hypocarp) 

 properly forms what is called the fruit, contains a very tasty kernel, 

 and is for that reason in much demand ; but since the pericarp abounds 

 in a very caustic liquid resin, it is necessaiy to avoid swallowing with 

 them any particle of the pericarp ; the latter immediately produces 

 burning pains in the mouth and oesophagus. (See Welwitsch, Synopse, 

 pp. 60, 51, nn. 135, 136.) 



3. SPONDIAS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 426 (partly). 



1. S. Mombin L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 371 (1753). 



,S'. h'tea L. Sp. PI. edit. 2, p. 613 (1762); Engl., I.e., p. 244; 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 448. 



Loanda. — Cultivated in the city of Loanda, having been introduced 

 from the banks of the rivers Bengo and Dande ; fl. Dec. 1857. 

 No. 4443. 



Zexza do Golungo. — A tree ranging from 20 to 40 ft. in height, 

 taller and less leafy in forests, and shorter but with a dilated finely 

 leafy head in open plains ; fruit as large as a very full-sized olive, 

 bluntly ellipsoidal, of a shining golden colour, very agreeable with an 

 acidulous-sweet taste, less acid than those observed in Sierra Leone ; 

 in rather moist wooded stations throughout the whole province of 

 Angola ; usually fl. and fr. on the same tree from Sept. to May ; in fl. 

 Sept. 1857, Camutamba ; native name 'Muguenga." No. 4442. 



AiiBACA. — A tree 50 ft. high, with a dilated crown, and laden with 

 fl. and nearly ripe fr. at the same time : near Ngombe middle of Oct. 

 1856. No. 4444. 



