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as if on fire ; C. lepidotum (called Mucage in north 

 Angola and Munhangue in tlic south, Carvalhao by 

 the Portuguese) provides good timber ; C. dip- 

 terum is a huge, almost leafless, flowering tree ; 

 and C. tinctorum (Lunga-lasoge) provides a dye from 

 its roots and branches. Of fruit-bearing shrubs 

 and trees, among the Myrtacese there is Eugenia 

 Jambos, the Indian jamum ; among the Passi- 

 florea3, Adenia lobata (Mobiro), a slirub with 

 yellow edible fruit ; and among the Cucurbitacese, 

 Adenopus breviflorus (Ditanga-sese), providing a 

 fruit called Coloquinta. Of the Umbelliferse, the 

 medicinal plant Pimpinella platyphylla (Dongo- 

 lundo) is used in diarrhoea, while Peucedanum 

 fraxinifolium (Calusange), a tree 20 feet high, 

 yields a drug for chest complaints. 



Among the Rubiaceao, Mamboga stipulosa 

 (Mungo) is a big tree prized for its timber ; Cory- 

 nanthe paniculata (Mangue), another splendid 

 tree, forms extensive forests in north Angola ; 

 Crossopteryx Kotschyana (Musesse) is a small tree 

 with a hard yellow wood ; Musscenda erythro- 

 phylla (Diluia), a climbing shrub with large 

 red and yellow flowers ; Gardenia Jovis-tonantis 

 (N'dai), a small tree used by the natives to pro- 

 tect their huts against lightning, and bearing 

 large yellow flowers ; and Fadogia Cienkowskii 

 (Muningi), a herb bearing an edible fruit. Of the 

 Composite, Vernonia senegalensis (Molulu), a shrub 

 with purple flowers of several varieties, is used 

 medicinally ; V ' . confcrta (Quipuculo), a tree with 

 very large leaves ; and V . auriculifera (N'clolo), also 

 occur. Of the Ebenacene are Mabn Mnalala, a 



