358 LIII. MYRTACES. [Psidium 
Barra po Benco.—Fruit delicious, 1 to 2 in. in diameter. By 
the river Bengo near Santo Antonio, cultivated and there almost wild ; 
in late fl. and young fr. Dec. 1853. Called “‘ Guiava” by the Portuguese 
colonists. No. 4577. 
Loanpa.—At Imbondeiro dos Lobos; fl. Feb. 1858. No. 4583. 
Fruit obtusely ellipsoidal, sweet-scented, shining witb an oily gloss, 
yellow outside, flesh-coloured inside. Cultivated near the river Bengo, 
‘March 1858 ; seeds. Cou. Carp. 561. 
GoLtuneo ALTo.—Mostly a shrub, but sometimes a small tree of 10 
to 12 ft. ; fruit eaten with avidity. In dense thickets and by streams 
about Mongolo, Muria, Trombeta, etc, abundant and ubiquitous. 
Near Sange, fl. and fr. Dec. 13th, 1854. No. 4579. Fruit pear-shaped, 
as large as a moderate-sized hen’s egg: aroma very agreeable. Culti- 
vated in the Arimo of Senhor Mariano ; seeds. CoLu. Carp. 562. 
Pungo Anponco.—A tree 20 to 25 ft. high; trunk } to 2 ft. in 
diameter at the base ; bark chestnut-brown ; fruit delicious, ellipsoidal- 
obovoid. On the Calemba islands, Bumba, etc., in large quantities, 
forming little woods, spontaneous ; fl. 12 March, 1857. The Guiavas 
of the islands of Cacula, Calemba, Bumba, Quitage, etc., were the 
largest found by Welwitsch and the best-flavoured that he ever tasted; 
they were about the size of a small erange, but rather oblong, some of 
them nearly 3 in. long by 23 thick: these fruits during the months of 
March, April, and May form one of the chief foods for the subsistence 
of the negroes of those parts. No. 4581. A tree of 20 to 25 ft. ; 
head widely spreading ; fruit large, oblong, pear-shaped, delicious. 
On the islands in the river Cuanza, near Condo, Quitage, etc., very 
abundant; seeds March 1857. Cou. Carp. 563. 
It is called “ Goiabeira’”” by the Portuguese colonists. 
2. P. guineense Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 881 (1800); Welw. 
Apont. p. 589 n. 71; Laws. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 436. 
P. Araca Raddi, Mem. p. 5 t. 1 (1821); Welw. Apont. p. 570 
sub n. 170; Monteiro, Angola, ii. p. 297 (1875). P. lttorale 
Raddi, Z.c., p. 6, t. 1, f. 2; Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 184 (1884). 
Icoto £ Benco.—An arborescent shrub ; fruit small, of a size of 
that of Pyrus Sorbus L., yellow outside, whitish inside, very well fla- 
voured, resembling a strawberry in aroma. Cultivated and wild in 
shrubby places by the river Bengo near Loanda ; seeds March 1858. 
Cott. Carp. 560, 
Barro Do BENGo.—At Santo do Bengo, wild but scarcely indigenous; 
fl. Dec. 1853. No. 4578. 
GoLtuNnco ALTO.—Fruit almost spherical, golden-yellow when ripe, 
with the aroma of a strawberry. In moist thickets, and especially 
in reedy places with species of Pennisetum, abundant throughout the 
district. Near Canguerasange ; fl. Dec. 1854. Probably introduced in 
olden times from an unknown country, but quite wild for ages. Called 
by the natives “ Aragd.” No. 4580. + 
Punco Anponco.—An arborescent shrub, In Mata de Cabondo ; 
fl. and fr. Dec. 1856 and Jan. 1857. It is doubtful whether this belongs 
here or to the previous species. No. 4582. 
2. EUGENIA Micheli, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 718. 
1. E. coronata Vahl ex DC. Prodr. iii, p. 271 (1828); Schum. 
& Thonn. in Danske Vid. Selsk. iv. p. 4 (1829); Laws. in Oliv. 
(ag) Afr. ii, p. 437. Eugenie sp., Horn. Anniv., p. 22 
