Lonchocarjms] XLiv. j.eguminos/E. 281 



53. LONCHOCARPUS H. B. t K. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. i. p. 548. 



1. L. macrophyllus H. B. et Kiinth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 384 

 (1823). 



L. sericeus H. B. et Kunth ex DC. Prodr. ii. p. 260 (1825); 

 Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 241 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 148 

 (1884). L. formosianus DC, I.e., p. 260. J/«7^i/rt (sp.), Welw. 

 Apont. p. 573, sub n. 174. M. spexiosa, Welw. Apont. p. 585, 

 n. 23; Welw. Synopse, p. 13, n. 29 (1862). 



Ambriz. — An immense tree, 50 ft. high or more or in secondary 

 thickets 25 to 30 ft. ; crown dilated, densely leafy ; flowers handsome, 

 of a violet-rose colour, lasting a long time. In the more open woods 

 about Banza de Ambriz, and at the banks of the river Quizembo to the 

 north of the citadel of Ambriz, four miles from the ocean. In fi. at 

 the end of Nov. 1«53. Native name "Mutala-Menha." No. 1840. 



Bakra do Bengo. — A much-branched tree, 2U to 40 ft. high, with 

 a broad crown ; branches very patent, elongated, sometimes almost 

 nodding ; flowers racemose-paniculate, very beautiful, of a deep violet 

 colour ; standard silvery-silky outside. At the banks of the river 

 Bengo or Zenza, near the village of Quifandongo ; in fl. (flowering 

 specimens immersed in the river and afterwards recovered), Dec. 1853 

 and Jan. 1854; fr. Sept. 1857. No. 1842- Native name "Mutala- 

 Menha." Coll. Carp. 443. 



IcoLO E Bengo. — A tree, 15 ft. high, with an ample crown ; without 

 fl. or f r. Sept. 1857, near Foto, differing from the common form by 

 acuminate leaflets. No. 1842i. 



Cazengo — A copiously-flowering evergreen tree, 20 to 40 ft. high or 

 more, sometimes a vast majestic tree of 60 to 100 ft., a beautiful orna- 

 ment to the forests alongside the river Luinha ; timber valuable for 

 the construction of domestic and agricultural implements, very strong 

 and tenacious ; pods indehiscent, when fully ripe separating into joints, 

 ])ut never seen by Welwitsch to dehisce. Native names '" Mutala-Menha " 

 and " Seca-seca." Abundant at the banks of the river Luinha, also in 

 the comparatively dry mixed woods from Cambondo in the direction 

 of Aguas doces, etc. ; fl. end of Dec. 1854, fr. June 1855. No. 1843. 

 This is probably the plant from the district of Cazengo referred to under 

 the name of " Caseque " by Welwitsch, Synopse, p. 9, n. 16 (1862). 



GoLUNGo Alto and Dande. — Fruits ; Trombeta, 28 August 1857 ; 

 Bombo (Dande), Sept. 1858 ; native name " Mutala-Menha." Coll. 

 Carp. 156. 



Island of St. Thomas. — A tree of moderate size. In the elevated 

 forests of Monte Caffe', between 1800 and 2000 ft. above the sea-level ; 

 fr. Dec. 1860. No. 1841. 



The following No. should be compared with this species : — 



Sierra Leone. — A tree about 25 ft. high, with a broad crown and 

 habit nearly of the walnut ; leaflets 7 or 9, coriaceous, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, 5J by 2^ in. ; flowers lilac ; standard silvery-silky outside. 

 Among the mountains near Freetown ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1839. 



2. L. Capassa Rolfe inOates, MatabeleLand, edit. 2, p. 397 (1889). 

 Capassa violacea Klotzsch in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. i. p. 28, t. 5 



(1862). L. Philenoptera Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 

 p. 263 (1861-62); non Bentli. L. violaceus Oliv. in Trans. Linn. 

 8oc. xxix. p. 63 (1872); non H. B. & K. L. loxijlorus, var. 

 sericeus Baker, I.e., p. 242. 



