384 LXI. PASSIFLOREE. [Adenia 
basal sinus, erect, lanceolate-linear, subcordate at the base, with lateral 
cells, that is, neither clearly introrse nor clearly extrorse ; ovary none. 
In shaded places, at the borders of the forests (Mata de Pungo) of the 
fortress of Pungo Andongo, rare and very sporadic; fl. Jan., and 
sparingly fr. March and May 1857. No. 864. 
2. A. trisecta Engl., /.c., p. 375. 
Modecca trisecta Masters, l.c., p. 514. 
Punco ANnDonGo.—A perennial climbing herb, with a thi¢k root- 
stock and Cucurbitaceous habit; male flowers yellow, nodding ; fruit 
sub-globose, orange-coloured, glabrous, smooth, 14 in. in diameter in 
the dry state, like a small pumpkin. In sandy wooded places, between 
Zamba and Cazella, on the left bank of the river Lutete, very sparingly ;. 
male fl, and fr. Oct. 1856. No. 863. 
3. A. lobata Engl,, d.c., p. 375. 
M. lobata Jacq. Fragm. p. 82, t. 131 (1809) ; Masters, l.c., p. 516. 
Var. elegans (Masters, /.c., p.517; Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p.185 (1884)), 
GoLungo ALTO.—A steut shrub, climbing to a great height, not. 
uncommonly 40 ft. or higher ; adult stem 1 in. in diameter, trigonous, 
angles tubercular-crested throughout, greenish-purple ; branches and 
branchlets cylindrical. Male flowers greenish-yellow, when fully 
expanded exactly campanulate, of a brighter yellowish colour within. 
Petals rhomboid-spathulate, with a long claw and the margin of the 
limb ciliate-fringed, alternating with the calyx-lobes, inserted on the. 
margin of the corona, and joining a broad membrane between each 
petal and the anther-bearing disk, erect ; glands 5, large, lamelliform, 
spreading, revolute in the bud; stamens 5, with anthers subulate at 
the apex, and there without pollen; rudiment of the stigma fusiform. 
At the edges of the primitive forests of Sobato de Bumba; fl. Nov. 
1855. No. 870. 
The following specimens in the carpological collection seem to- 
belong here :— 
CazENGO.—A climbing shrub ; fruit yellow, turning orange, acid- 
sweetish, used for lemonade. In woods by the river Luinha, July 
1856. CouL. Carp. 596. A stout shrub climbing to the height of 80 fi. 
Fruit capsular, as big as a pigeon’s egg, yellow outside, with an agree- 
able acid pulp. Near the river Luinha, July 1857. Cow. Carp. 597. 
GoLunGo ALTO.—Sange, March 1856. CoLL. Carp. 595. A very 
tall-climbing shrub, with edible fruit. Nativename “Mobiro.” Co.w.. 
Carp. 953. This connects the plant with Welw. Synopse Explic. p. 55, 
n. 146 (Stems of Mobiro.—‘‘ Mobiro” or “ Mobilo” or “Muvilo” is an 
arborescent climber of the family of Passifloress and of the genus 
Adenia, which grows abundantly in the primitive forests of Cazengo, 
Golungo Alto, and Dembos, and of which the ovoid yellow fruit of 
the size of a pigeon’s egg produces an excellent lemonade. A decoction 
of the leaves or stems is known to the native doctors as one of the best 
anthelmintic remedies, especially when mixed with the rind of the 
root of Mubango, Croton Mubango Mill. Arg., Welw. Herb. No. 348). 
It is also used in cases of nervous or rheumatic headaches, etc., and is 
known in Golungo Alto by the name of “ Cunnungando” (Paé cobra). 
Another form of the native name is Mibird. The fruit is eaten, 
and resembles that of a small Passifora; in Cazengo a decoction of the 
stems is used in cases of neuralgia of the head, just as in India a 
species of the genus is employed for the same purpose. 
