84 XVII. PALM^. SJIyphcene 



far as the mouth of the Cuanza. In male fl, Lifune Nov. 1853 ; in fl. 

 and fr. end of Sept. 1858. No. 6670. Called by the negroes Mateva. 

 Plentiful on dry or sandy hills, especially between Barra do Bengo and 

 Barro do Dande. Nov. 1853. No. 6662. 



LoAXPA. — Very frequent on the coast between Ambriz and Loanda. 

 Coll. Carp. 1052. 



2. H. benguellensis Welw. Synops. Expl. p. 40 (1862) ; Wendl. 

 inBot. Zeit. xxxix. p. 92 (1881) ; Driide, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, 

 I.e., p. 460. 



MossAAfEDES. — A very elegant palm with the habit of Hypluene, 

 stem 20 to 35 ft. high, about i- ft. thick, straight, cylindrical, moder- 

 ately ventricose above the middle, always simple. Berries exactly 

 spherical, a shining dull brown. Plentiful in rather damp sandy 

 places near the banks of the river Caroca near Porto-Pinda and Cabo 

 Negro, forming very elegant woods round the native village Caroca. 

 Infr. Sept. 1859. No. 6656. 



4. ELiEIS Jacq. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 944. 



1. E. guineensis Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. p. 280, t. 172 (1763) ; 

 Welw. Synops. Expl. pp. 43, 44, 53 (1862); Crude in Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb.xxi. p. 1 12 (1895); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 462. 



Barra do Bencio. — Plentiful in damp woods on the banks of the 

 river Bengo. S. Antonio, Dec.1853. No. 6660. Called by the negroes 

 Die, plural Maie. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Young leaves, second year. Banks of river 

 Delamboa. May 1855. No. 6664. Wool from the leaf of the oil 

 palm '' Uruco " or " Urucu." Coll. Cakp. lOGl. 



Var. macrosperma Welw. Apont. p. 584. No. 3 (1859). 



IcoLO E Bengo.— Quifandongo. May 18(30. Coll. Carp. 1057. 

 Native name Dihoho. Bengo shore. Sept. 1860. Coll. Carp. 1060. 



Yar. microsperma Welw., I.e. Fruit 1^ in. or less. 



IcoLO E Bengo.— Banks of river Bengo, August 1858. Coll. Carp. 

 No. 1058. Native name, Disombo. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Everywhere plentiful in woods. Bango, July 

 1856. Coll. Carp. 1059. 



5. COCOS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 945. 



1. C. nucifera L. Sp. PI. p. 1188 (1753); Drude in Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb.xxi. p. 112 (1895). 



Loanda. — Plentifully cultivated along the whole coast of Angola 

 to three and even four leagues inland. Flowers twice or thrice in 

 each year. Island of Loanda, Jan. 1854. No. 6661. Called by the 

 Portuguese Coqueiro. 



XVIII. PANDANACEiE. 

 1. PANDANUS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 949. 

 1. P. Welwitsehii Ptendle in Journ. Bot. 1894 p. 324, t. 347. 

 P. {CamUlahrum Fl. Nigr.?) Welw. Apont. p. 586, No. 36 (1859). 

 PuNGO Andongo.— Stem 1 ft. thick at base, 10 to 15 ft., seldom 

 more than 20 ft. high. The toughest of all the Angolan plants. The 

 rapidity with which even the thicker shoots will take root in inundated 



