CMorophora] cxvii. morace^. 1027 



Island of St. Thomas.— A young tree, 4 to 5 ft. high. In wooded 

 places about Fazenda do Monte CafEe, at an elevation of 1200 ft. ; 

 without fl. or fr. Dec. 1860, called " Amoreira." No. 1560. Branchlet 

 of a more adult tree, given to Welwitsch by his friend, Senhor 

 Carvalho, under the name of " Moreira' ; " at Fazenda do Monte 

 Caif^, without fl. or fr. Dec. 1860. No. 1561. 



These determinations are doubtful ; I have not seen the type of 

 Engler's species. Welwitsch thought that No. 1560 might be a young 

 state of the previous species, and Fioalho, I.e., appears to refer to these 

 Nos. and to confirm Welwitsch's opinion. 



12. MORTIS Tournef. L. ; Benth. & Hook, f. Gen. PL iii. p. 364. 



1. M. nigra L. 8p. PL, edit. 1, p. 986 (1753) ; Bureau in DO. 

 Prodr. xvii. p. 238 (1873) ; Ficalho, PL Uteis p. 269 (1884) ; 

 Engl. Men. Morac. Afric. p. 3 (1898). 



MossAMEDES. — A much branched tree, 20 ft. high ; fruit blackish 

 purple, small, of moderate worth ; leaves smoother than usual in the 

 type of the species ; petioles ^ to IJ in. long. Cultivated in gardens 

 in the district ; at Cavalheiros at the banks of the river Bero, about 

 three miles from Mossamedes towards the east ; with almost ripe fr. 

 July 1859. No. 1562. 



CXVIII ULMACE^. 



1. CELTIS Tournef. L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 354. 

 1. C. Henriquesii Engl, in Berlin Notizblatt, iii. p. 22 (1900). 

 Celtis sp., Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 260 (1884). 



GoLTJNGO Alto.^A lofty tree, 60 to 100 ft. high ; trunk straight, 

 1^ ft. in diameter at its base and almost as thick for two-thirds of its 

 height ; bark grey ; wood excellent ; leaves scabrid, caducous at the 

 time of the flowering ; drupes apparently smooth, without any ribs. 

 In elevated forests among the Queta mountains, often forming the 

 bulk of the forest with its dense mass of trunks, at N-delle ; fl. and 

 fr. beginning of May 1866. Native name " QuibSiba." No. 6286. 

 By the king's highway towards Ponte de Felix Simoes, near Sange ; 

 without fl. or fr. 1854. Apparently this species. No. 6264. At 

 Qnibolo ; fresh branches of a burnt tree, without fl. or fr. June 1856. 

 Apparently this species. No. 6263. 



Bumbo. — A handsome tree, with a straight trunk and widely 

 spreading somewhat lax head. In rather elevated primitive forests 

 in Serra da Xella, intermixed with various other trees ; fl. Oct. 1859. 

 No. 6308. A lofty tree, more than 40 ft. high, with a broad head. 

 In the forests of Serra da Xella, a little above the place where the 

 flowering specimens of the previous No. were collected on the same 

 day ; in fr. No. 6307. 



The fungus n. 396 at Quibolo in April 1856 grew on the trunks of 

 apparently this species. 



The following No. should be compared with this species : — 

 GOLUNGO Alto. — A patently branched shrub of 3 to 4 ft., perhaps 

 a young tree ; leaves like those of a Celtis. In secondary thickets on 

 the left bank of the river Cuango, near Cacarambola ; without fl. or f r. 

 beginning of Dec. 1855. No. 6306. 



