350 THROUGH ANGOLA 



a handsome crown of leaves, occurs in the Lupollo 

 forests of south Angola. 



In LUNDA, a district of open forest and grass- 

 covered hilly plateau, traversed by the denser- 

 . ooded valleys of its numerous rivers, Marques 

 mentions meeting, among individual plants in the 

 valley of the Coango, Acacia Farnesiana, Gossypium 

 herbaccum, and Symphonia globulifera, and among 

 large trees Nauclea stipulosa (Mungo), and 

 Canarium edule (Mubafo). 



On the Camau River, palms, Cocos nucij'era and 

 Phoenix dactylifera, were numerous, and some 

 of the tree ferns over 10 feet high. In the valley 

 of the Cuengo, he describes an occasional rich 

 flora as alternating with arid plains. The forests 

 consisted largely of i4 Pandas," Berlinia ango- 

 lensis (Weiw.). Other trees included the Muzuco, 

 allied to Cassia Fistula, Parinarium capense 

 (Gighia), Slrychnos Welwitschii, S. pungens 

 (Mabolle, Cabolle), Haronga madagascariemis 

 (Mutune, Muzoe), and Raphia vinifera. 



In the valleys of the Cuillo and Luangue 

 were Erythrina suberifera, Bonibax pentandru?n, 

 Acacia albida, Euphorbia Tirucalli, Chenopodium 

 ambrosioides (Herva Santa Maria of the Por- 

 tuguese), Nicotiana rustica, Solanum edule, and 

 Hibiscus esculentus (Lupossa), Gardenia Jovis-ton- 

 antis (the N'dai), Gomphia reticulata (Icun-cassa- 

 dil), and a fern similar to Polypodium Filix-Mas. 

 In the valley of the Luela, where in places vege- 

 tation was luxuriant, were met Ficus pseudo- 

 elastica, F. psttopoga, Odina acida, Erythrina 

 Jalrapiid Curcax. Ricinus africanus, 



