342 LII, COMBRETACEZ. [Combretum 
Serra LEonE.—A climbing shrab, 4 to 6 ft. high; shoots 6 to 
10 ft. long, scandent in all directions or pendulous-nodding ; leaves 
glossy, blackish-green, coriaceous ; flowers sanguine-red, brilliant, very 
handsome. In elevated forests at the cataract of Sugar-loaf Mountain 
above Freetown ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 4311. 
Ampriz.—Sporadic, in rocky thickets alongside streams between 
Ambriz and Quizembo ; fl. Nov. 1853. No. 4310. 
5. C. constrictum Laws. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 423; 
Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 183 (1884). 
Loanpa.—A large shrub, 5 to 7 ft. high, with stems in some cases. 
erect, in others climbing amongst other shrubs or decumbent ; leaves 
deciduous at the flowering season ; flowers whitish ; anthers brick-red. 
Abundant in moist thickets between Quicuxe and Mutollo, but rarely 
flowering : at Quicuxe with leaves and without fl. April and July 1854. 
Native name “ Mafucama-hdje ” or “Muhondongolo.” No. 4302. 
Icoto E Benco.—By thickets in rocky situations near Prata; f.. 
Sept. 1854. Native name “Muhondongolo.” No. 4304. ; 
Lrponco.—A small shrub, mostly only 1 to 3 ft. high, rarely attain- 
ing 3 to 5 ft., mostly but not always leafless at the time of flowering ; 
branchlets virgate-sarmentose ; leaves opposite, membranous but rather 
fleshy, quickly dropping in the course of drying; calyx-limb glabrescent ; 
petals elongate-spathulate, obtuse, rather shaggy, whitish ; stamens 10, 
with red anthers. In dense thickets at the edges of forests in the 
more elevated parts of the district, at the banks of the river Lifune ; 
fl. without leaves Sept. 1858. Native name “‘Muandongolo.” No. 4303. 
GoLuneo ALTo.—A climbing shrub, 3 to5 ft. high, with sarmentose 
branches variously curved or elongate-straight ; petals of a pale 
sulphur colour, woolly-ciliate. In rocky thickets near Cambondo and 
Cabanga Cacalunga, sporadic ; fl. and young fr. Oct, 1855, ripe fruit 
Jan. 1855. Native name “Muhondongélo” or “ Mochondongolo.” 
Nos. 4282 and 4805. A low scandent shrub; leaves grass-green,. 
pendulous by reason of the weak petioles being always bent and 
twisted in various ways: odour of the bruised branches and foliage. 
resembling that of Prunus Padus L., not noticed in the root, which is 
recommended by the natives as an excellent remedy in the case of 
worms (Ascarides) in children. In thickets about Sange, sporadic ;. 
without either fl. or fr. beginning of June 1855. Native name 
“Muhondongolo.” No. 4306. 
Ampaca.—A sarmentose shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, with numerous stems, 
mostly leafless at the time of flowering ; leaves membranous but rather 
rigid ; flowers white except the brick-red anthers, decandrous ; calyx 
rather shaggy, with a campanulate limb and 5 teeth ; petals elongate-- 
spathulate or lanceolate-spathulate, shaggy, whitish, erect, far exceeding 
the calyx-limb. Not uncommon but sporadic, in bushy rocky places 
near Puri-Cacarambola ; fl. and also leafy branches Oct. 1856. Used 
officinally by the natives. This No, is referred in Welwitsch’s 
herbarium, to Lawson’s variety 8, though the next species, C. rigidi- 
folium Welw., better suits Lawson’s description. No. 4307. 
A. decoction of the root or a tepid infusion of the bark is administered 
to children suffering from intestinal worms (Ascarides) ; it is usually 
leafless at the time of flowering. Another form of the native name 
is “ Muandongélo.” The green leaves when rubbed give off the smelk 
of cyanic acid. 
6. C. rigidifolium Welw. ms. in Herb. 
An erect shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high; stem with a few subterete 
