Peperomia] cviii. piperace^. '913 



P. freiremfoKum Hochst. in PI. Schimp. Abyss, iii. n. 1942 (U. i., 

 1844). Peperomia VogeHi Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 

 p. 413 (1845). P. freirecefolia A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 274 

 (1861). P. esdgua, ^. freireifolia 0. DC, I.e., p. 403. 



PuNGO Andonuo. — A glassy-brittle herblet ; stem pellucid, semi- 

 cylindrical, marked with two wings due to the decurrent bases of the 

 leaves ; one stamen seen to be exserted ; fruit globose-ovoid, borne on 

 a bract. By damp rocks close to the stream Cdsalal^ to the south-west 

 of the preesidium, in masses : fl. middle of Jan. 1857. No. 503. 



3. P. Holstii 0. DC. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xix. p. 226 (1894). 



P. Femandopoiana var. a. 0. DO. in Journ. Bot. iv. p. 134 

 (1866). P. Fernandopoana, vaT. ^. subopadfolia 0. DC. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi 1, p. 397 (1869). 



PuNCrO Andongo. — A succulent, brittle, dependent-ascending herb ; 

 stem cylindrical, a httle constricted at the nodes, fleshy, pale green 

 or purplish, decumbent, rooting here and there ; leaves strongly 

 shining, fleshy, blackish green and with impressed nervation above, 

 whitish-pallid and with raised nerves beneath ; flowering spikes 

 greenish ; berries ashy-violet or violet-blackish. On very shady rocks 

 in Mata de Fungo in the prsesidium ; fl. and fr. March and middle of 

 May 1857. No. 505. 



Island of St. Thomas. — In rather dense forests, at an elevation of 

 1800 ft., at Fazenda de Monte CafE^ ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1860. No. 607. 



CIX. MYEISTICACE^. 



1 . MYRISTICA L. Gen. PI. edit. 2, p. 524 (1742) ; Ludw. 

 Defin. Gen. PL, edit. Boehmer, p. 513 (1760); Benth. & Hook. f. 

 Gen. PL iii. p. 136. 



Comacum Adans. Fam. PL ii. p. 345 (1763). Pycna/nthus 

 Warb. Monogr. Myrist. p. 130 (1897), & in Berl. Bar. Pharmac. 

 Ges. 1892, p. 226. Starndtia Warb. Monogr. p. 128. 



1. M. angolensis Welw. in Synopse Explic. p. 51, n. 137 (1862) ; 

 Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 246 (1884) ; Christy, New Commerc. PL 

 no. 8, p. 26 (1885). 



MyristicaceaWelw. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 150 (1 Feb. 1859), 

 & Apontam. p. 554 sub n. 115. M. Komho Baill. Adansonia ix. 

 p. 79 (1868). M. mierooephala Benth. in Hook. Ic. PL xiii. p. 48. 

 t. 1261 (1878) Pyommthus microcephalus Warb. in Berl. Ber. 

 Pharmac. Ges., I.e. P. Eombo Warb. Monogr. p. 252, and 

 Muskatnuss, p. 374. t. 4, fig. 9 (1897), var. angolensis Warb. 

 Monogr. p. 257. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— A vast, majestic tree, 30 to 80 or 100 or even 120 

 ft. high ; trunk reaching 3 to 5 ft. in diameter and more ; the head 

 ovoid, loosely branched ; branches patent ; the branchlets shining and 

 distichous ; leaves coriaceous, ferruginous-tomentose beneath, shining, 

 distichous ; flowers on the branchlets of 2 or 3 years' growth, below 

 the leaves, oorymbosely clustered, apetalous, cinnamon-ferruginous or 

 dusky yellowish with a red-cinnamon tinge ; the male flowers are 

 arranged in large dense thyroid panicles and the whole panicles, and 

 not the separate flowers, fall together ; forming heaps on the ground 

 under the male trees, they resemble droppings of human ordure, hence 



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