Uriosema] xliv. LEGUMiNOSiE. 275 



18. E. speciosum Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 

 p. 230; Baker f. in Journ. Bot. 1895, p. 236. 



HuiLLA. — A handsome undershrub, 2^ to 4 ft. high, erect, becoming 

 very woody at the base ; leaflets stipeUate, sub-pellucid-punctate, with 

 glistening hairs ; flowers yellow ; keel tawny-purplish ; young pods 

 sliort, compressed, 2-seeded. In thickets at the borders of forests near 

 Catumba ; fl. and young fr. April 1860. No. 4103. 



49. AMERIMNON P. Browne, Jam. p. 288, t. 32, f. 3 (1756). 

 Dalhergia L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 52 (1781) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 i. p. 544. Ecastaphylliim ,P. Browne, I.e., p. 299, t. 32, f. 1 ; 

 Benth. & Hook, f., I.e., i. p. 545. 



1. A. hostile 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 159 (1891). 

 Dalhergia hostilis Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 33 



(1860) ; Baker in Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 232 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 p. 144 (1884). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A remarkable shrub, robust, arborescent, climbing 

 to a great height and theii hanging a long way down ; older trunks (in 

 the primitive forests) flattened, 5| to 12 in. wide, | to \h in. thick, in 

 the form of a band, armed with clustered spines coalescent at the base 

 1^ in. long ; younger stems (in secondary woods) several from the same 

 rootstock, ciiespitose, erect, 3 to 5 ft. high, terete, armed with separate 

 spines, and in this state even bearing flowers and fruits ; when 2 to 3 ft. 

 high, occasionally flowering but more rarely fruiting ; leaflets glauces- 

 cent ; flowers white. Frequent throughout the district, especially in 

 Alto Queta, Mussengue, and at the spring of Capopa ; fl. Oct. and Dec. 

 1854, fr. Nov. 1854 and March 1855. Native name "Pao Quisembe." 

 No. 1880 and Coll. Carp. 539. 



The stem is thoroughly dried in the sun by the negroes and then 

 serves them for tinder ; a piece of it 2 ft. long, if ignited at one end, 

 will glow almost the whole day and afford the means of lighting a fire 

 at any moment. Younger stems about 2 in. wide are used as hoops 

 for barrels and drums. 



The following No., with much larger leafltts, is appax'ently 

 different, but may be mentioned here : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A shrub climbing high and widely, with the habit 

 of A. 2)uhescens O. K., but with entirely difterent foliage; abortive 

 Vu-anchlets i-ecurved in a spiral manner. In the primitive forest of 

 Mata de Quibanga, near Sange ; leafy branches without fl. July 1857. 

 No. 1894. 



2. A. Brownii Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. p. 27 (1760). 

 Ecastaphi/llum Brownei Pers. Syn. PI. ii, p. 277 (1807); Baker, 



I.e., p. 2-36. Dalhergia malifolia Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 233. 

 A. malifolium O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 159. 



Prince's Island. — A handsome leafy tree, 25 ft. high, with the 

 habit of a luxuriant apple tree ; flowers whitish, with a rose-red tinge. 

 Abundant, in company with Turrcea procera Welw. (Herb. No. 1299), 

 near the sea-shore, in the dense woods of Bahia de S. Antonio ; fl. 

 Sept. 1853. No. 1886. 



3. A. pubeseens 0. Iviuitze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 159 (1891). 

 Dalhergia jmbescetie Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 315 (1849); 



Baker, I.e., p. 234. 



