Bugenia] LIIl, MYRTACEA. 361 
coriaceous, glossy, dotted, blade 24 to 44 in. long by 7 to 12 in, 
broad ; margin narrowly revolute, lateral veins numerous, slender ; 
petiole 3 to 2? in. long; inflorescence cymose, terminal and sub- 
terminal, 2 to 4 in. in diameter ; ultimate pedicels very short; 
bracteoles very small, deciduous ; flowers white, } in. long ; calyx 
turbinate, + in. long, 4-lobed, lobes very short, broad, obtuse, 
scarcely apiculate ; petals 4, thrown off in a calyptrate manner ; 
stamens inserted on a ring on the upper part of the calyx-tube ; 
young fruit globose, } to 4 in. in diameter. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—In wooded situations by the river Tangue within 
the lines of fortification ; fl. May 1857. No. 4898. 
The following No. apparently is a monstrous state of this 
species :— 
Punco AnponGo.—A small tree of 10 ft. ; leaves narrowly elliptical, 
coriaceous, glossy, distinctly dotted beneath ; flowers (?) pseudo- 
morphous, quite deformed and indeed scarcely to be considered flowers. 
In the denser forests of Mata de Cabondo, Feb. 1857. No. 4584. 
7. E. Jambos L. Sp. Pl, edit. i. p. 470 (1753) ; Elliot in Journ. 
Linn. Soc, xxx. p. 80 (1894), (Z. Jambosa). 
Jambosa vulgaris DC. Prodr. iii. p. 286 (1828) ; Welw. Apont. 
p. 570 sub n. 170. J. australis Ficalho Pl. Uteis, p. 184 (1884), 
non DC. 
Barra DO DanpdE.—A very elegant tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, evergreen, 
with copious inflorescence, spreading branches, and nodding flowering 
and fruiting branchlets. Cultivated at the banks of the river Dande 
near Bombo, originally introduced from Brazil according to Pedro 
Alexandrino ; fl, Sept. 1858. No. 4586. 
GoLunco ALTO.—Sometimes a shrub 3 to 5 ft. high, sometimes at 
the banks of the river Cuango a tree attaining 20 to 30 ft., with a 
trunk 34 ft. in diameter; fruits when nearly dry scented like musk. 
In deep valleys along streams among the mountains of Serra de Alto 
Queta, very abundant and often almost exclusively occupying extensive 
tracts ; . June 1855. Scarcely typical, as the corymbs are very highly 
compound, bearing upwards of 100 flowers. No. 4588. A small tree 
or in secondary thickets a shrub of 5 to 8 ft. ; corymbs very large, 
mostly terminal ; pedicels purple, repeatedly branched, very brittle at 
the joints ; Howers white. In very dense mure elevated forests at the 
banks of streams among the mountains of the Eastern Queta ; fl. and 
young fr. June 1855. No. 4590. A small tree, more frequently a 
shrub of 5 to 6 ft., remarkable for the peculiar luxuriance of the 
flowers possibly due to insect-work. Abundant by mountain streams 
in the Central and Eastern Queta; fl. end of June 1856. No. 4589. 
A small tree but mostly a shrub, flowers densely corymbose ; dry 
fruits scented like musk, scarcely edible. Sange, fr. August 1855. 
Coux. Carp. 565. 
Puneo ANnDoncGo.—A small tree with lax branches and white 
flowers. Mata de Pungo; fl. end of May 1857. Probably an escape 
from cultivation. No. 4585. 
Prince’s IsLanp.—Among the rocks of Pico de Papagaio, rather 
rare, cultivated ; without either fl. or fr. 21 Sept. 1853. No. 4618. 
IsLanpD or ST. THomas.—Frequently cultivated in the Island ; 
without either fi. or fr., Dec. 1860. No. 4587. Cot. Carp. 566. 
This is called ‘“ Jamboeiro” or “ Jambo” by the Portuguese colonists. 
