8 in. anonacejE. [Annona 



CafK, sub-spontaneous and cultivated ; after the fall of the flowers, 

 in Dec. 1860. " Sapo-sapo " or " Sap-sap " of the colonists. No. 7506. 



Novo Eedondo.— Seeds, at the end of Feb. and in June 1858. 

 " Sour-sap " or " Sap-sap." Coll. Carp. 179. 



The aromatic seeds of this plant are called " Empebi " by the natives 

 (Monteiro, I.e., p. 252) ; and the fruits are commonly sold in the 

 market at Loanda, and are frequent in other parts of Angola 

 (Monteiro, I.e., and pp. 28, 297). The fruit is acid-sweet, not un- 

 grateful in a tropical climate. 



5. A. palustris L. Sp. PI. edit. 2, p. 757 (1762) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. i. p. 16. 



Island op St. Thomas. — In the more elevated woods of Fazenda do 

 Monte Caffe, without flowers and in leaf Dec. 1860; native name 

 " Nona." A unique specimen. No. 752. 



Another doubtful Anonacea from the same island, in densely wooded 

 parts of the same mountain, perhaps spontaneous, of which only two 

 leaves were gathered, has the native name " Nona Concha." No. 753. 



6. A. senegalensis Pers., Syn. PI. ii. p. 95 (1807) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. i. p. 16. 



Huilla. — A small shrub, varying from 9 in. to 2| ft. in height ; 

 rhizome creeping, woody ; stem sub-csespitose ; flowers greenish- 

 yellow, sweet-scented ; petals very deciduous ; fruit pendulous, about 

 the size of a pigeon's egg or often larger, of a fine orange colour. Near 

 Lopollo, in the denser rather moist and also in the dry sandy thickets, 

 more or less flooded in the summer, at an elevation of 5000 to 5200 ft.; 

 in very late flower in Oct. 1859, in young fruit in Feb. 1860, and in 

 ripe fruit in April 1860. Native name " Maiolo." No. 747- 



A shrub, 1 to 2 ft. high, with a creeping rhizome. Seeds, in Jan. 

 1860. Named in Huilla "Maiolo," and in Golungo Alto "Maiolo." 

 Coll. Caep. 11. 



Cazengo. — In dry hot thickets near Caculo, abundant but rarely in 

 fruit. Seeds. Coll. Carp. 181. 



Var. cuneata Oliv., I.e. Golungo Alto.— A shrub, 1 to 3 ft. high, 

 gregarious ; leaves evergreen, mostly narrowed towards the base ; 

 flowers yellowish, fleshy, nodding ; fruit glabrous, somewhat com- 

 pressed, acutely scaly, of a golden colour ; pulp juicy, edible, of an 

 orange colour. Mostly in dry sandy situations, at the edges of forests 

 and on the rocky banks of the rivulets of the mountain of Mongolo 

 Xixe, and near Sange, luxuriating in a moist atmosphere ; abundant ; 

 fl. Sept. and Oct. 1854, fr. from March to May 1855. Native name 

 " Dil61o-ambulo." The fruit has a pleasant taste ; it is mostly devoured 

 before maturity by monkeys and negroes. No. 745. A shrub, 1 to 3 ft. 

 high, stems rarely branched ; leaves large, elliptical ; ripe fruit droop- 

 ing, edible, delicious, as large as a small apple, orange-yellow ; sarcocarp 

 of the same colour, hard-spongy. Sange, Jan. 1855. Coll. Carp. 180. 

 Ambaca. — At the river Lutete, in thickets ; with young fruit in Oct. 

 1856. No. 7466. 



Var. glabrescens Oliv., I.e., p. 17. Pungo Andongo.— In hilly 

 rocky elevated stations in the fortress, along streams,, abundant at a 

 place called Tunda Quilombo ; fl. Jan. 1857. No. 746. A shrub 1£ 

 to 2£ ft. high ; fruit of a deep orange colour, edible, pleasant. At 

 Luxillo ; fr. April 1857. Coll. Carp. 182. 



