956 cxv. EUPHOEBiACE^. [Ckistanthus 



penniveined, inconspicuously reticulate, 1 to 4 in. long by ^ to 2|- 

 in. broad, flat, entire ; petioles rather slender, l^ to ^ in. long ; 

 stipules broad, short, truncate-rounded, caducous ; infructescence 

 1 to 1 J in. long, one or few-fruited, arising from the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; pedicels short or about i in. long, slightly puberu- 

 lous ; fruit drupaceous, ovoid-conical, glabrous, polished, yellowish 

 drab, f in. long, ^ in. thick, tipped with the remains of 3 styles, 

 at the base seated on the small patelhform obtusely pentagonal 

 residue of the calyx, trilocular ; the cells monospermous ; putamen 

 almost bony ; seeds -/^ in. long, ^ in. broad, ^ in. tliick. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In woods among the gigantic rooks of the 

 prsesidinm, near Luxillo, a tree, 12 to 15 ft. high, with the trunk 6 in. 

 in diameter, unripe fr. middle of Dec. 1856 ; also near Pedras de 

 Guinga, a tree 30 to 40 ft. high, with the trunk 18 in. in diameter, 

 May 1857. Native name " Muriambambe." No. 1235. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — In hiUy rocky places at the base of Serra de 

 Alto Queta, between Camilungo and Quitara ; without fl. or fr. May 

 1855. Apparently the same species. No. 1244. 



In the absence of the male plant the genus is uncertain ; it is not 

 the " Muriambamba " or " Murianbambe " of the districts of Grolungo 

 Alto and Cazengo, which is Coffea arabica L. ; the meaning of the name 

 indicates that the fruit is a favourite food of antelopes. 



The following No. is perhaps a new species of this genus : — 

 A small tree, 10 to 12 ft. high; trunk straight; head lax; 

 branches subterete, subglabrate; branchlets alternate, erect- 

 patent, tawny-tomentose, leafy ; leaves alternate, simple, ovate- 

 oblong, narrowed to an obtuse or scarcely acute apex, rounded 

 and usually unequal at the base, thinly coriaceous, pilose with 

 long scattered hairs on both faces, hirsute on the slender midrib, 

 yellowish green (in the dried state) above, rather browner beneath, 

 entire, 1 to 2|- in. long by ^ to 1|- in. broad, delicately penniveined, 

 very delicately reticulate ; petiole patent, tomentose, ^ to J in. 

 long ; stipules apparently minute and very caducous ; fruit 

 apparently solitary, axillary; peduncle tomentose, about J in. 

 long ; unripe fruit subglobose, glabrous, shining, pallid or some- 

 what chestnut-coloured, about f in. in diameter, 3-celled, 

 tricoccous (?), superior, marked at the apex with the scars or 

 marks of 3 styles, supported at the base on a subpersistent 

 5(?)-partite calyx; calyx-segments lanceolate, about J in. long, 

 hairy on the back. Seeds imperfect in our specimen. 



HuiLLA. — In the forests of Morro de LopoUo, at an elevation 

 about 5500 feet ; without fl. with unripe fr. Jan. 1860. No. 1252. 



5. CLUYTIANDRA Muell. arg. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 272. 



1. C. triehopoda Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot. ii. p. 328 (1864), 

 and in DO. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 225 (1866). 



GrOLUNGO Alto. — A herb, almost sufEruticose, 4 to 11 in. high ; 

 rootstook woody, polycephalous ; stems numerous ; leaves glaucesoent. 

 On rather dry sparingly herbaceous mountain slopes between CalSlo 

 and Muria, rather rare ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1854. No. 327. 



