836 xcvi. verbenacEjB. [Vitex 



very elegant ; branches spreading, the lower ones braohiate-asoending. 

 In the primitive forests of mount Cungulungulo, rather rare, not 

 opening its flowers for a whole year ; fl.-bud Feb. 1855. No. 5632. 



The Fungus n. 42 at Oamilungo in June 1855 grew on the decayed 

 trnnklets of a Vitex, perhaps this species. 



The following two Nos. should be compared with this species ; 

 the second one should also be compared with V. rivularis Giirke 

 ms. in PI. Zenker, n. 1333 from the Cameroons : — 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A young tree, 5 ft. high, resembling a horse- 

 chestnut in habit. In the Queta forests, sparingly ; without fl. or fr. 

 Oct. 1855. No. 5664. A tall tree, almost like a horse-chestnut in 

 habit, difPering from the last No. by its leaflets being acutely toothed 

 at the apex and without ferruginous pubescence. In the more elevated 

 forests among the Queta mountains ; without fl. or fr. middle of Oct. 



1855. No. 5712. 



7. V. Cienkowskii Kotschy & Peyr. PL Tinn. p. 27. n. 42, 

 t. 12 (1867). 



V. paludosa Vatke in Linnsea, xliii. p. 534 (1882). 



GOLTJNGO Alto. — An extensive tree ; head very broad, depressed- 

 hemispherical ; flowers violet in colour ; fl. Jan. 1855 and May 1856. 

 INo. 5645. A vast tree, 30 to 50 ft. high ; timber whitish, good ; head 

 widely spreading ; branches patent, somewhat tortuous ; leaves hard 

 -coriaceous, very rigid, glossy, subglaucous beneath ; flowers lilac like 

 those of rosemary ; fruit like a grape in shape, as large as a moderate- 

 «ized pigeon's egg. In deep valleys among the Queta mountains, close 

 -to streams ; fl. Dec. 1855 ; fr. March 1856. No. 5633. A densely 

 leafy tree, 12 ft. high, with somewhat erect branches and violet- 

 coloured flowers. At Arimo de Mariano ; fr. beginning of July 



1856. Coll. Carp. 844. In forests near Sange, plentiful ; fr. July 



1857. Coll. Cakp. 845. A handsome, evergreen tree ; leaves 

 5-foliolate ; flowers pale violet in colour ; fruit drupaceous blackish 

 purple, with a large seed. In the primitive forests of Undelle ; fr. 

 Aug. 1857. Coll. Cakp. 846. 



Lichens nn. 291, 313, grew on the leaves, also Uiiona lucidula Oliv. 

 (Welw. herb. no. 768) and Angrcecum Galeandrm Beichenb. f. (Welw. 

 herb. no. 658) grew on this tree. The Bunda name is " Muxillo-xillo " 

 or " Muxillo-xyllo ; " see Welw. Apontam. p. 550 under no. 95, and 

 Ficalho, PL Uteis p. 241 (1884). The branches of the large trees 

 are pendulous, and the flesh which envelopes the stone in the fruit is 

 very oily. No. 5746, also from Golungo Alto, in fl.-bud and young fr., 

 with leaflets narrowly elliptical or obovate wedgeshaped at base and 

 ranging up to 8^ in. long by 3^ in. broad, and with petioles ranging 

 up to 6 in. long, perhaps belongs here. 



It was probably this tree, growing in the district of Pdngo Andongo, 

 the heads of which were covered with the parasite Cassytha filiformis 

 L. (Welw. herb. no. 6428). It may also be the " Mucolocolo," a very 

 lofty tree with 5-foliolate leaves, racemose nodding flowers, and fruits 

 as large as oranges containing oily seeds ; plentiful in Golungo Alto, 

 chiefly at the foot of meadows. 



8. V. Doniana Sweet, Hort. Brit., edit. 1, p. 323 (1827). 



V. vmbrosa Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. v. p. 455 (1824), non 

 Swartz (1788). 

 Golungo Alto. — A small tree of 8 to 12 ft., or in secondary thickets 



