82 XVI. JUNCACE.E. [Juncus: 



throughout the whole territory. In fl. aud fr. Nov. 1859. Plentiful 

 with species of Xyris on the river fMumpulla, Oct. 1859. On the 

 brook of Lopollo, Dec. 1859. No. 3008. 



XVII. PALMiE. 



1. PH(ENIX L. ; Bentb. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 921. 



1. P. reclinata Jacq. Fragm. Bot. p. 27, t. 24 (1800); Beccari 

 Malesia iii. p. 346 (1890) ; Drude in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. xxi. p. lir> 

 (1895). 



P. spinosa Sebum. & Tbonn. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iv. p. 211 

 (1829); Welw. Apont. p. 587, No. 48; Synops. Expl. pp. 7, 44; 

 Durand & Sebinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 455.' Native name Calolo. 



Barra do Daxde. — Growth densely csespitose, very social, occurr- 

 ing only in damp places on the banks of the lake and river, affording 

 excellent wine. At present almost stemless, trunk in the adult 

 fruiting plant 5 to 15 or .30 ft. and higher. Lower leaf-pinnje 

 spinescent. Spadices proportionately large, thyrsoid, orange-yellow ; 

 berries obovate-eUiptical, mucronate, the size of a small olive, slightly 

 fleshy with a taste not unlike "tamar" (tamarind), and a tawny 

 orange colour. Seed ellipsoid, with a very deep ventral furrow,, 

 endocarp when mature dull reddish. Plentiful on the banks of the 

 lake and of the river Dande near Bombo, and everywhere used for 

 making wine (Maluvo), hence the stems rarely reach a height of more 

 than 6 to 7 ft. In fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6659. Coll. Cakp. 165. 



IcoLO E Bexgo. — 8 to 15 ft., often scarcely 3 ft. or even acaulescent, 

 leaves 6 to 10 ft. Plentiful and caespitose in damp valleys near 

 Mundal- Angola between Tantambondo and Quicanda. In fl. Sept. 

 1856. No. 6658. 



Calumguemuo. — (District deduced from Welwitsch's diary of 

 Sept. 1854). Fruit unripe. Wine-palm ; used also for basket-work. 

 Sept. 1854. No. 6672. 



PuNGO AxDoNGO. — Forms thickets in the marshes, or a stem 15 to 

 25 ft. and higher, with a comose top, wood very hard and strong, form- 

 ing excellent timber for houses ; yields excellent wine (Maluvo). 

 Spadix brick-red-orange, woody-fibrous, male shortly stalked, panicu- 

 lately branched, flowers snow-white with scarcely a tendency to yeUow, 

 female spadix with a stalk 2 to 4 ft., orange-coloured, very high, 

 flattened. Ripe berries dull yellow-orange, small, ^ to ^ in., elliptic- 

 oblong, sHghtly fleshy but not unpleasant to taste, "seed deeply 

 furrowed, albumen compact, not reticulate, embryo dorsal. Leaves 12 

 to 18 ft., petiole with a double furrow on the upper face, lower leaflets 

 spine-hke, short, upper li ft., fasciculate, opposite, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, green. Very plentiful on the marshy banks of the rivers 

 Cuanza, Lombe, etc., and at Sansamanda and Mopopo. In fl. and fr. 

 Feb. 1857. Nos. 6667, 6659i. 



2. RAPHIA Beauv. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 935. 

 1. R. vinifera Beauv. Fl. Owar. et Ben. i. p. 77, tt. 44^, 45, 



461 (1806 or 1807); Drude in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. xxi. p. Ill 

 (1895); Durand & Sebinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 457. 



HuiLLA.^Plentiful but generally almost acaulescent or with a 

 shortened stem near streams at 5200 to 5800 ft. in Morro de Ijopollo, 

 on the river of Monino, etc., not seen in flower. April 1860. No. 6657. 



