1384 ANGOLAN SCITAMINES, 
aac pp seen papillis brevibus obtusis omnino vestita, 
re uncia diametro tri oie lo ag monospermi demum 
valvatim dchiseens. Semina subspher 
Rather rare in ee eetearsin woods of Mutollo 
and within the fortitioations in Barrancos de Catete, No. 6441. 
This plant is woody for some way up from the ait and climbs 
ependent 
o be the same plant, but without a was 
pbiaienk on seg fyi by Christian Smith. 
CANNACES. 
Canna indica L. — Golungo Alto, in reed-beds by the streams, 
and in damp woods, almost always tA Rib Costus, on the 
banks of Cuango, and on the banks of Casaballa and Quilombo, 
No. 6448. Pungo Andongo, within the fortifications by tho streams. 
Common, and even fo orming little thick woods, 5-7 ft. tall, No. 
64484. Flowers brilliant scarlet; leaves deep green, not glaucous. 
Flowering, October and March. Fruiting, March. 
Musacez. 
Musa sapientum var. sanguinea Welw (haud M. sang guinea 
Hook.). — Caulis 5-8 pedalis quam ille M. sapientum typice minor 
et gracilior, 3-4 ites in diametro luride viridis, maculatus pre- 
sertim ad basin striis sangu ineis. Folia oblonga cronies ae 6 pedes 
longa, 3-1 pes lata, apice obtuse mu ucronato, superne atrosan- 
uinea, aabene pallide purpurascentia, albo pruinosa, fens costa 
virescentia. Flores et fructus 8 igno 
Golungo Alto. ‘Cultivated 1 in gardens and around the Mandioca 
fields near Sange, &c. ; ; common at Ponte de Luiz oe No. 6446. 
Cazengo, cultivated in dam mp spots round house t Cazengo, 
No. 64468. This vlawt: called the ‘“ Bananeira roxa’”’ by the 
Portuguese, is rather smaller M. paradisiaca. The fruit was 
tha 
said by the natives to be dark purple, like ps oe The speci- 
mens in Golungo were said to have come fro engo. 
M. ventricosa Welw. Apontam. Phyto- Genus: p. 544, 578.—This 
species is evidently closely allied to M. Hiei Rich. and isa really wild 
eee possibly the parent of the cultivated M. Ensete. Like that 
arse it has a short stem swollen out with a bulb at the base 4 ft. 
thi The leaves are generally more linear than those of M. 
sapientum, and also much thicker and stiffer, with much thicker 
rose-coloured midribs d more erect the stem, and 
are not split so easily into many laciniw as those ef the renee 
bananas. The petioles are dilated and swollen out in a spongy 
manner, 14-3 ft. broad and 24 in. thick, gradually narrowed above. 
Under the gigantic spike are five or six lanceolate sterile bracts. 
The a are persistent, 8 in. to a foot long, 3-44 in. broad 
(in the dry specimen). Flowers 2 in. long. Calyx-lobe bifid, a 
little ae than the ssn Corolla broad and thin, acuminate. 
Staminode short. small, when ripe almost filled with the 
