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14. C. lepidotum A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 268 (1847); Laws. 
in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 427; Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 183 
(1884) ; non Presl (C’. syuamosum Roxb.). 
C. Richardianum Van Heurch & Miill. Arg. in Van Heurch, 
Observ. Bot. fase. ii. p. 234 (10 Sept. 1871). 
Gotunco ALTo.—A much-branched shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, some- 
times almost climbing ; leaves not pellucid-punctate ; flowers yellow- 
whitish. Not common, by thickets near the banks of the rivulet 
Quiposa (or Quiapose),not far from Canguerasange ; fl. and old fr. 
beginning of Nov. 1854. No. 4318, A small tree ; ‘at the banks of 
the river Cuango, along the base of Serra de Alto Queta, fi. April 1856. 
No. 4318, A tree 25 to 30 feet high ; trunk straight, 18 inches in 
diameter at the base ; crown widely spreading ; branches patent. On 
the drier slopes of Sobato de Mussengue, near Menha-lula; fr. May 
1855. A form with narrower leaves. No. 4315, A tree usually of 
moderate size, 25 to 30 feet high, somewhat resembling in foliage and 
flowers a tall Salix caprea L., occasionally a handsome lofty tree of 50 
to 80 feet and then after C. dipterum Welw. the largest of the family in 
Angola, flowering without leaves at the beginning of spring, glistening 
like mother-of-pearl; leaves coriaceous ; flowers whitish-yellowish. 
On slopes of the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, in forests less 
densely wooded and along streams near Sange, Menha-lula, etc. ; fl. 
beginning of Sept. 1855; fr. end of June and July 1855-56 ; sporadic. 
Native name in Bango ‘‘ Mucage”’ ; it is also called the tree of the 
worms, on account of its being often lined with grubs of a large and 
beautiful Buprestis. No. 4312. 
ZENZA DO GoLUNGO.—A tree, 12 to 15 feet high, rarely higher, 
almost resembling in habit Amygdalus Persica L. or when in flower a 
species of Salix ; leaves deciduous at the time of flowering, coriaceous 
when adult ; flowers yellowish, Near Montes de Mongélo (whence 
Bengo negroes brought fruiting specimens, and where it forms small 
thickets) and vicinity towards the river Chixe, in company with 
Celastrineee forming small bright woods; fl. Sept. 1857. No. 4317. 
Montes de Mongélo ; fl. Sept. 1854. No. 4281 (as to fl. specimen). 
Ampaca.—A tall tree, 50 to 80 feet high ; leaves deciduous. In 
hilly situations along the banks of the river Caringa, at an elevation of 
3000 feet, sporadic and solitary where the primitive forest had been 
destroyed ; ripe fr. June 1855. No. 4316. River Caringa. No. 4281 
(as to fr, specimen). 
Bumpo.—A handsome tree ; trunk sometimes 18 to 30 inches in 
diameter ; timber highly valued by the Portuguese colonists, who call 
it Carvalho (oak). In the more open forests along the base of Serra 
da Xella, not uncommon ; branches without fl. Oct. 1859. Native 
name “ Munhangue” or ‘‘Munhandge.” No. 4813. 
Huriia.—A handsome tree, 20 to 30 feet high, with spreading 
umbrageous usually broadly-ovoid head ; flowers yellowish or in bud 
purple. In the forest near Mumpulla, where under its shade Welwitsch 
pitched his tent, and again about Humpata as far as Nene, frequent ; 
fl. and few fr. Oct. 1859. Nos. 4314, 4388. 
Var. melanostictum (Welw.). 
A small tree of 10 to 15 feet (probably a young one); trunk 
straight, 9 inches in circumference ; head spreading widely ; the 
older branchlets densely scattered with small black points ; leaves, 
even the adult ones, ferruginous-shaggy and densely lepidote 
