Uvaria] in. anonace/e. 9 



2. UVARIA L. ; Benth. & Hook, f., Gen. PI. i. p. 23. Genus 

 affine UvaHm vel novum, Welw. Apontamentos, p. 592, n. 113. 



1. U. angolensis Welw. ex Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 23. Uva 

 angolensis 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 7 (1891). 



Pungo Andongo. — A tall, climbing shrub ; in the rocky woods of 

 Barrancos de Catete, within the fortress, abundant ; fl. Dec. 1856, 

 fr. April 1857. No. 754. 



A shrub : branches either lax, slender, tortuous and elongated, or 

 virgate and not scandent ; flowers yellowish-red, very few, in Jan. and 

 Feb. 1857. A unique specimen. No. 756. 



A small tree, 8 to 10 ft. high ; branches and branchlets spreading ; 

 leaves bright-green above, paler and rather glossy beneath; flowers 

 whitish -yellow ; in very shady woods near the river Cuanza, between 

 Condo and Quisonde, rather rare ; fl. March 1857. No. 768. 



A stout shrub extensively climbing ; leaves coriaceous, remarkably 

 shining ; flowers axillary, solitary, yellowish. Barranco Pedra Songue ; 

 fr. April 1857. Coll. Carp. 184. 



3. XYLOPICRUM P. Browne, Jamaica, p. 250 (1756); 

 Xylopia L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 28. 



1. X. afrioamim O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 8 (1891). 

 Xylopia africana Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 30. Melodorum 



africanwm, Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 477 (1862). 



Island op St. Thomas — A handsome tree ; leaves coriaceous, shining, 

 paler and sub-glaucescent beneath ; petals valvate. In the more 

 elevated dense primitive forests at Fazenda de Monte Caff6, about 

 1800 ft. above sea-level ; sporadic ; sparingly in flower and in young 

 fruit in Dec. 1860. Native name, " Inhe branco." No. 764. 



2. X. sethiopicum O. Kuntze, I.e. 



Xylopia asthiopica A. Rich,. Hist. Cub. Bot., i. p. 53 (1845) ; 

 Oliv., I.e. Xilopia undulata Pal. de Beauv. Fl. d'Owar, i. p. 27, 

 t. 16, fig. 5 (1804) as to the fruit only. 



Goltjngo Alto. — From the district of Hungo, on the north-eastern 

 borders of Angola, whence the fruits are frequently exported by the 

 inhabitants, who are called Mahungos. Fruits only, Sange, 1855. 

 Negro name, " Oapella " or " Oabella." No. 765. 



A shrub or small tree, with glaucous variously-coloured leaves. 

 Serra de Alta Queta ; seeds, April and June 1855. Name, " Cabela 

 pequena." Coll. Oaep. 185. 



A medicinal drug of the Mahungos, tonic and stimulant. Name, 

 "Sabongo." Hungo. Fruits. Coll. Carp. 186. 



A drug from Hungo. Name " Cabela." Coll. Carp. 981. 



Cabella. — This drug consists of the fruits of a tree of the family 

 of Anonacese, which, as I was informed by the natives of the district 

 of Golungo Alto, grows pretty frequently in the bordering lands of 

 this district, especially in the territory of Hungo, — information which 

 is confirmed by the circumstance of its being always the Mahungos who 

 bring this drug to the markets of the coast, in the form of small rosaries, 

 each of them selling for 50 to 150 Portuguese reals. These fruits give 

 off an aromatic smell, strong and very agreeable, and the seeds which 

 they contain, as well as all parts of the fruit, somewhat resemble in 

 taste black pepper. The natives employ this spice in the seasoning of 

 their food, as well as in the preparation of certain tonic or stomachic 

 medicines. (Welw. Synopse p. 37.) 



