Samolus] lxxvi. primulace^. 637" 



2. SAMOLUS Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 638> 

 1. S. Valerandi L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 171 (1753) ; Oliv., I.e., 490. 

 LoANDA. — On rocks and damp walls, between Praia de Penedo and 

 Boa Vista, sparingly ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1858. No. 277. In damp 

 gravelly places at the great represa, or artificial lake, near Qaicnxe,, 

 sporadic ; il. Oct. 1860 (seen previously in the same place in 1853 and 

 1858). No. 2776. 



LXXVII. MYRSINE^. 



1. MiESA Forsk. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 641. 



1. M. laaceolata Forsk. Fl. iEgypt.-Arab. pp. cvi. 66 (1775) ;; 

 Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 492. 



Var. golxmgensis. 



A small tree, 8 to 15 ft. high; branchlets and much -branched 

 inflorescence pubescent with short spreading rufous hairs ; leaves 

 ovate or oval, cuspidate, obtuse at the base, 3 to 7|- in. long by 

 2 to 5 in. broad ; petiole ^ to 1^ in. long ; calyx 5-cleft ; th& 

 lobes scarious-fimbriate on the margin, sparingly red-striate out- 

 side ; corolla gamopetalous, rotate, 5-lobed ; the segments obtuse^ 

 imbricate in aestivation, spreading in a stellate manner at the 

 time of flowering, rather fleshy ; stamens 5, opposite the corolla- 

 segments and inserted at their base round the throat, exserted ; 

 anthers broadly cordate, truncate at the apex, pale yellow with 

 sulphur-coloured pollen or white when efl:'ete, 2 -celled, dehiscing 

 longitudinally ; ovary hemispherical-conical, subsessile, partly 

 free ; style thick, short, central, crowned with a capitate-peltate, 

 straight, obsoletely 2- to 4-lobed stigma ; fruit capsular. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — In primitive forests on the northern side of the 

 mountains of Queta, not common ; fr. in July, fl. at end of Dec. 1855- 

 No. 4795. 



The pubescence on the branchlets and inflorescence is like that on 

 M.palustris Hochst., but the foliage is considerably larger, and obtuse 

 or rounded at the base of the blades ; it sometimes approaches in 

 shape that of M. cordifoUa Baker, I.e. I follow Baker, I.e., in taking 

 a very wide view of the limits of this species ; but perhaps this should 

 be considered distinct. 



2. M. angolensis Gilg in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin i. p. 72 (1895) 

 HuiLLA. — A small tree, with subscandent branches and white flowers. 



In the forest near the cataract of a stream ; fl. 31 Oct. 1859. No. 4796. 

 Flowers white ; fl. and young fr. Nov. and Dec. 1859. No. 4797. 

 Bumbo.— No notes. Fl. No. 4798. 



3. M. Welwitschii Gilg, I.e. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small tree, 8 to 12 ft. high, with the habit of a 

 Rhamnus, oftener a shrub ; leaves deciduous, in shape like those of an 

 Alnus ; flowers small, yellowish ; berries orange-coloured, as large as 

 a small pea. In the thin forests of Cacarambola, not uncommon ; 

 fl. May 1855, fr. Sept. 1855. No. 4794. An arborescent shrub, 

 occasionally a small tree of 10 to 12 ft. with the aspect of a young 

 alder ; leaves sometimes deciduous sometimes evergreen ; flowers 

 white ; calyx bi-bracteolate, slightly lepidote-glandular, sub-campanu- 

 late, 5-cleft, with obtuse ciliolate lobes ; corolla campanulate, milk- 



