Solatium] Lxxxviii. solanace^. 747 



Bumbo. — Flowers deep lilac. Climbing ; in Serra da Chella : fl. 

 Oct. 1869. No. 6032. 



7. S. Welwitschii Wright in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 126. 

 S. pendulum Welw. ms. ex Wright, I.e., not of others. 



Cazengo. — A shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high, divaricately branched ; sar- 

 mentose branches long, climbing ; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, brittle ; 

 flowering and fruiting branchlets very crowded, pendulous ; flowers of 

 a deep violet colour, almost like those of S. Dulcamara ; corolla-lobes 

 during the flowering reflected-spreading ; anthers closely connivent 

 from the base to the apex, deep orange-yellow, dehiscing by two large 

 apical pores. In the most elevated forests of the Muxaulo mountains, 

 sparingly ; fl. beginning of June 1855. (Also in Mata de Quisuculo in 

 Golungo Alto ; fr. Sept. 1856 ; of. no. 6098.) No. 6081. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — No notes. In fr. No. 6098. 



8. S. delagoense Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 349 (1852). 



Loanda. — A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, patently branched above, rarely 

 somewhat shrubby at the base ; flowers large, of a pretty violet colour ; 

 berries deep sulphur-yellow, like a very large cherry in size. In dry 

 hilly places about the city of Loanda ; fl. and fr. May and June 1868. 

 No. 6049. No notes. An unarmed plant in fl. and fr., perhaps 

 belonging here. No. 6078- 



HuiLLA. — Sometimes very prickly, sometimes almost unarmed ; 

 flowers violet-coloured. In bushy pastures between Nene and Mum- 

 puUa ; fl. Oct. 1869. Apparently this species. No. 6031. 



9. S. albifolium Wright in Kew Bull. 1,894, p. 127. 



S. saponaceum Welw. Apontam. p. 551 and p. 588 n. 60 (1859); 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 232 (1884) ; non Dunal. 



Golungo Alto. — A small tree of 6 to 8 ft., with the trunk bare 

 btlow and divaricately branched above, or usually a shrub of 4 to 5 ft. ; 

 flowers white or whitish-violet ; fruit edible. By secondary thickets 

 near Quibixe ; fl. Dec. 1864. No. 6095. PI. and fr. No. 60956. A 

 shrub as tall as a man, smooth or spiny ; leaves pinnatifid-lobed, white- 

 tomentose beneath. At Sange ; seeds, March 1855. Coll. Carp. 792. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A tortuously branched, little tree, 6 to 10 ft. 

 high, or usually a shrub of 4 to 6 ft. ; leaves discolorous ; fruit sulphur- 

 coloured, shining, as large as a pigeon's egg. In sunny bushy places 

 near Candumba ; fl. and fr. March 1857. Coll. Carp. 793. The 

 spiny variety ; seeds. CoLL. Carp. 794. An arborescent shrub. At 

 Condo ; seeds, March 1867. Probably this species. Coll. Carp. 801. 



In Golungo Alto the native name is " Dondolo " or " Jindond61o " ; 

 it ranges from 4 to 12 ft. in height, and the seeds are used by the 

 negroes for washing clothes ; it is on that account also called Ambaca 

 soap, for in that district it is in very frequent use. There is a variety 

 with spines, and another without. 



Bumbo. — A shrub, 5 to 6 ft. high ; trunk straight, with rambling 

 branches at the apex. In sunny parts of Serra da Xella ; without 

 fl. or fr. Oct. 1859. This determination is doubtful ; the foliage much 

 resembles that of <S. aculeastrum Dunal. No. 6040. 



10. S. Naumanni Engl. Bot. Jahrb. viii. p. 64 (1886). 

 Loanda ?— No notes. With'no. 6077. In fl and fr. No. 60776- 

 The fruit is | to | in. in diameter. 



