FLORA OF LUNDA DISTRICT 351 



Canna iridiflora, and the Gindondolo or Solanum 

 saponaceum (Wclw.). In the valleys of the Rivers 

 Chicapa and Luachimo was a rich vegetation which 

 included Sterculia acwminata, an Artocarpea, 

 probably M/jriopeltis edulis (Welw.) ; trees like 

 the Parinarium capense (Gighias), Bauhinia 

 reticulata (Mulolo), Mupcpes, Strychnos pungens 

 (Mabolles and Cabolles), Vitex Cienkowskii 

 (Muxillos-xillo), and others which have already 

 been described ; Piper guineense (Gihefo), the 

 Ampelidese, Quichibua and Mucuta- Voada ; three 

 Malvaceae, Cabodi, N'zonzo, and N'bunze ; the 

 Solanaceae, Datura Stramonium and D. fastuosa, 

 Clematis grata (Lumbozo) ; and in the swamps, 

 ferns, a Colocasia, with pretty heart-shaped leaves, 

 Nymphcea stellata, the Mat'chu, Dioscorea sp., the 

 Catanta, a climbing shrub of the genus Vitis. 



The forest trees were very similar to those 

 already described in the other parts of Lunda, the 

 Bauhinia reticulata (Mulolo) being common. The 

 Muage or Mitondc, the handsome fetish tree (prob- 

 ably Erythrophleum guineense), which provides the 

 Casca or bark for trial by ordeal, is a handsome 

 tree and better known under the title of Muave. 

 Among smaller plants was the Cangululo, allied 

 to Solanum nigrum ; the Mullenbuege, of the 

 family Ampelideae, and the Cat'gilongo, Oxyanthus 

 macrophyllus of the Rubiaccae. 



In the valley of the Chiumbe the plants which 

 Marques specially mentions included the Ficus 

 pseudoelastica, F. psilopoga, Ricinus africanus, 

 Jatropha Cnrcas. Euphorbia rhipsaloides, Croton 

 If.ubangn. Or] inn ncida. Bnmhar pcntandrum. 



