24 IV. sciTAMiNE.E, \Canna 



Tribe hi. CAXNEjE. 



10. CANNA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. G54. 



1. C. orientalis Rose. Scit. t. 12 (1828); Baker in Gard. Chvon. 

 xiii. (1893), p. 43. 



C. indica L. Sp. PI. (1753) 1 (pro parte) : Ptidl. in Journ. Bot. 

 1887, p. 134 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 134. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Flowers deep scarlet; a herb 5 to 6 ft. with 

 leaves deep green, shining above, not glaucous. Plentiful in reedy 

 places near streams, and in damp shady woods, almost always growing 

 with a species of Costtts. Banks of river Cuango, Oct. 18.04, and in 

 fr. March 1855. Quilombo, July 1856. Banks of Camballa, March 

 1855. No. 6448. Plentiful on the presidium near streams, even 

 forming thick handsome little woods 5 to 7 ft. high. In fl. March 

 1857. No. 6448/>. An extremely social Cu/in((, ubiquitous in damp 

 places, stem 4 to 8 ft. high, flower scarlet. Sange ; wooded places on 

 the river Coango. June 1857. Coll. Carp. 993. 



Tribe iv. MUSEyE. 



11. MUSA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 655. 



1. M. sapientum L. Syst. ed. x. p. 1303 (1759). 



Var. sanguinea Welw. ex Eidl. in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 134; 

 Baker in Annals of Botany vii. p. 212 (1893) ; Dnrand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 136. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Stem 5 to 8 ft. high, 3 to 4 in. in diam., cylindrical, 

 lurid green, variegated all over especially at the base with blood-red 

 marks and streaks. Leaves oblong-linear, 4 to 6 ft. long, ^ to 1 ft. 

 broad, apex subobtuse mucronate, a deep blood-red above, pale purplish 

 beneath with a whitish bloom, midrib greenish. Flowers not seen. A 

 fine plant, cultivated in gardens and round Mandioca fields near Sange, 

 plentiful at Ponte de Luiz Simoes, where leaves were picked April ] 856. 

 Resembles on the whole the cultivated Jf.jiarw^/siaca, but is somewhat 

 smaller in all its dimensions. In April 1856 several large Mandioca 

 fields were seen near Ponte de Luiz Simoes, enclosed with this magnifi- 

 cent plant : all the individuals were however barren. The fruits were 

 said to have the same deep purple colour. Nobody knew where the 

 plant came from : those at Golungo Alto were introduced from 

 Cazengo. No. 6446. 



Cazexgo. — Called by the Portuguese Banaveira roxn. Stem, leaves 

 and fruit tinged with a deep blood-purple colour ; leaves glaucous- 

 purplish beneath. Cultivated in rather damp places round houses. In 

 leaf June 1855. No. 6446/v. 



2. M. ventricosa Welw. Apont. p. 545 and p. 587 No. 45 (1859); 

 Ridl., I.e.; Baker, I.e., p. 206; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 136. 



PuNGO Andongo.— Plant 8 to 10 ft. high, bulb 4 ft. in diameter. 

 Flowers polygamo-dioecious ; lip entire not trifid. Leaf-stalks swollen 

 and spongy at the base, in the adult plant \h and even 3 ft. broad, 

 2h in. thick, gradually narrowed upwards and thinner, and thus form- 

 ing the bulbous base of the trunk. Bracts persistent, enveloping the 

 fruit. Rather plentiful in domp rocky places on the praesidium, rarely 

 fruiting. In flower, fruit and leaf May 1857, seen in flower as early as 



