€64 Lxxxii. APOCYNACEiE. [Pocouria 



acidulous-sweet. Morro de Lopollo, 26 Jan. 1860. " Mabooa falso." 

 €oLL. Carp. 98. 



The name " Maboca pequena" means small Maboca, but it is not 

 the true Maboca, which is the local name of a species of Sirychnos. 

 The flowers of this species are very like those of P. owariensis. 



2. CARANDAS Adans. Fam. PL ii. p. 171 (1763). 

 Arduina Miller ex L. Mant. PI. (i.) p. 7 (1767) ; K. Schum. in 

 Ens;l. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 2 p. 126 (1895). Carissa L., I.e. ; 

 Benth. <& Hook. f. Gen. PL iL p. 695. 



1. C. edulis. 



Carissa edulis Vahl, Symb. Bot. i. p. 22 (1790) ; Ficalho, PL 

 Xrteis, p. 221 (1884). C. duhis Schum. & Thonn. in Dansk. 

 Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 166 (1828). Jasminoderium edule 0. Kuntze, 

 Bev. Gen. PL ii. p. 415 (1891). 



SiERKA Leone. — Leaves obtuse ; fl. fallen Sept. 1853. Doubtfully- 

 placed here ; the foliage is like that of C. Carandas (L.) which latter 

 is perhaps not specifically distinct. No. 5976. 



Congo. — An evergreen shrub, with edible berries. At Ponta do 

 Padrao at the mouth of the river Zaire, N'ov. 1857. No. 5975. 



Ambeiz. — At Quizembo, Nov. 1853, after flower. No. 5974. 



LoANDA. — A much-branched shrub, as tall as a man, bristling with 

 strong very sharp spines ; flowers from whitish to rosy ; fruits black, 

 as large as a moderate-sized hazel nut, acidulous-sweet, very pleasant. 

 By thickets towards the west side of the city ; fl. Feb. and March. 

 No. 5972. At Maiango do Povo ; fl. Dec. 1857. No. 5973. A shrub 

 of 6 ft. or more, spiny, the most densely branched of all the shrubs of 

 this region ; flowers whitish-rosy, very fragrant ; fruit black-purple, 

 «dible, pleasantly sweet-acidulous. On the hills of the coast from 

 Loanda to Cacuaoo and Morro de Santa Catharina, plentiful : at 

 Maiango delRei, fl. Dec. 1858. Native name " Jingongono.'' No. 59736. 

 A specimen grown in Alves' garden at Lisbon from seeds sent from. 

 Loanda ; without either fl. or fr. June 1862. No. 5973e. A shrub of 

 5 to 7 ft. ; stems csespitose, very densely branched ; flowers whitish, 

 sweet ; fruit edible. Loanda ; seeds July 1860. " Jingongona." Coll. 

 Oakp. 717. 



Bumbo. — Flowers whitish-rosy. At Bruco ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 5971- 



Htjilla. — A much-branched shrub, with numerous stems, not un- 

 •commonly arborescent ; flowers white-rosy, very fragrant ; fruit edible 

 of the size of a very large cherry. In wooded thickets about Lopollo 

 frequent : fl. Aug., fr. Oct. 1859. No. 5969. An arborescent shrub, 

 rarely a small tree of 12 ft., much branched, evergreen ; fruit red, like 

 a cherry in shape, several-seeded, sweet-acidulous, very pleasant. In 

 rather elevated wooded places near Lopollo ; f r. Dec. 1859 and Feb. 1860. 

 Native name "Munhiangolo." Coll. Carp. 53. 



Cape op Good Hope. — Leaves thickly coriaceous, rigid, glossy and 

 dusky green above, bright green without gloss beneath ; corolla-tube 

 yellowish : the segments of the limb obtuse, obovate-spathulate, 

 obtusely keeled on the back, snow-white. Cultivated in Alves' garden 

 at Lisbon ; fl. July and August 1862. This is labelled in the herbarium 

 Carissa grandiflora, a species of Alph. DC. from Natal, figured in 

 Wood & Evans, Natal PL i. t. 14 (1898), with bifurcate spines and 

 large flowers, perhaps not differing specifically from the above. 

 No. 5970. 



