360 THROUGH ANGOLA 



islands of Quissuco and Pandera there is a luxuri- 

 ant vegetation of palms, bamboos, tree ferns, and 

 a kind of mango which sends roots to the river ; 

 south of Mulondo, on the right bank, are found 

 Copaifera Mopane (Mutiati), Bauhinias, acacias, 

 Mulembas (Ficus sp.), and baobabs ; while on the 

 left bank these trees are not met with and the 

 thorn scrub, largely Acacia Kirkii, is denser. 



At Cafu on both banks for a long distance 

 towards the east there are splendid trees ; Ma- 

 tebas, Adansonia digitata, Borasms flabellifer, 

 Hyphaene, and Bauhinias ; while on the left bank 

 near Cuamato, to the east of it, north towards 

 the valley of the Cuvelay, and near Evale and 

 Can ma, there are baobabs. 



As one approaches Dongoena there are large 

 belts of thorn scrub, prolonged along the Cunene 

 and mixed with occasional Matcba palms (Hyphcene 

 guineensis), and Quichuanga (? Mimusops Wel- 

 witschii) ; while the wild cotton tree is found from 

 12 to 20 miles from its banks. 



In the watershed between the Cunene and 

 Cubango one meets forests of fine trees from 

 Capelongo to Cassinga, and from Cuvelay to 

 Umbal. To the south, near Handa, there are 

 almost impenetrable thorn forests, interspersed 

 with grassy glades. In the clearings between the 

 thorn belts of the forest of Bindana, between Handa, 

 Cuamato, Cunene, and Cuanhama, are clumps of 

 acacias, Bauhinias (Mulolos), Copaifera Mopane 

 (Mutiati), Baikicea (Umpapas), Brachystegia spicce- 

 formis (Mupandas), and Berlinias (Mumue). 



The baobab is found near the rivers, and rubber 



