Eugenia] LILI. MYRTACER, 359 
Var. hirtula (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 
A dwarf erect shrub, 1 to 14 ft. high ; the upper part of the 
stems and the peduncles somewhat shaggy ; berries rubicund. 
Punco ANDONGO.—In sandy thickets near Luxillo; fr. Dec. 1856, 
fl. May 1857. No. 4390. 
Var. salicifolia (Welw. ms. in Herb.). 
A dwarf shrub rarely a foot high, or occasionally attaining 
15 in., occurring in masses, of a pleasant green, glabrous; leaves 
narrower and more rigid, 1 to 3 in. long, by } to 4 in. broad. 
Huiiia.—In moist thickets at the skirts of forests, near Catumba, 
rather rare; fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 4391. Flowers white. In 
sandy-earthy thickets on the right bank of the river of Lopollo, 
abundant ; late fl. Nov. 1859, fr. Jan. 1860. No. 4392. In similar 
stations subject to annual burnings ; fr. Dec. 1859 and Jan. 1860. 
No. 4393. 
2. E. uniflora L. Sp. Pl. edit. i. p. 470 (1753) ; Welw. Apont. 
p. 570 sub n. 170. 
E. Michelii Lam. Encycl. Méth. ii. p. 203 (1789) ; Laws. in 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 437; Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 184 (1884) 
(EZ. Michelli). 
IcoLo © Benao.—A much-branched tree of 15 to 18 ft. ; fruit like 
a cherry, acid-sweet, very agreeable but rarely developed in perfection 
in the interior of the coast region. Cultivated at Santo Antonio by 
the river Bengo; fr. Dec. 1853. Portuguese name “ Pitangueira.” 
No. 4576c. 
GoLuNGo ALTO.—Cultivated rather rarely in arimos (meadows) on 
the bank of the river Cuango; fl. Dec. 1855. No. 4576. Also about 
Sange. No. 4576). 
IsLanD oF St. THomas.—Cultivated on Monte Caffé at 2000 ft. 
elevation ; fr. Dec. 1860. Called “ Pitangueira.” Cox. Carp. 559. 
3. E. guineensis. 
Calyptranthes guineensis Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 974 (1799). 
Syzygium guineense DC. Prodr. iii, p. 259 (1828); Perrott. & 
Guillem. Fl. Senegamb. p. 315 t. 72 (1833). 
AmBriz.—A handsome tree, about 30 ft. high. In rocky forests 
between Ambriz and Quizembo, sporadic ; almost finished fl. Nov. 1853. 
No. 4396. 
GoLunco ALTo.—An immense tree, with a trunk more than 3 ft. 
in diameter at the base, 35 to 50 high and more; head ovoid-hemi- 
spherical, spreading widely ; branches and branchlets nodding ; leaves 
coriaceous, but little shining, deep-green, pellucid-punctate ; calyx- 
limb 4-lobed ; lobes large, broad, arranged in a quadrangular manner ; 
petals cohering in the form of-a calyptra, open during the flowering, 
after the flowering thrown off, but not always so, greenish ; filaments 
and anthers whitish ; in very dense primitive forests by the river 
Delamboa ; fl. Sept. 1856. One tree very lofty, certainly 100 ft. high, 
and trunk nearly 10 ft. in circumference at the base of the stem ; in the 
forest of Quisucula. No. 4397. 
Var. huillensis. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous; petioles often shorter than those of 
the type, but ranging from to 3 in. long. 
