82 xxiv. stercdliace^e. [Sterculia 



to 1\ in. long) ; near Canguerasange, etc. ; fl. Oct. 1854, fr. August. 

 No. 4685. A young tree, 20 ft. high, with a broad crown ; flowers of a 

 cinnamon-reddish colour ; in less dense forests, throughout the district ; 

 at Sange, fl. April 1856. No. 4689. By the river Delamboa, fl. August 

 1856 ; native name " Quibondo." No. 4690. 



Pungo Andongo. — A tree, 20 ft. high, probably a young one ; in 

 the wooded parts of Barranco da Pedra Songue within the citadel ; 

 with foliage but without flowers, Feb. 1857. No. 4688. 



The two following numbers show leaves less pubescent beneath, 

 but are without either flowers or fruits; they may, however, 

 belong here : — 



Goltjngo Alto. — From the Government House courtyard in Sange, 

 said by Welwitsch to be the species from which he collected the flowers 

 in the last quarter of 1854 on the Delamboa ; Sept. 10th, 1856 ; native 

 name " Quibondo ca menha." No. 4686. In hedge at Sange, May 1856. 

 No. 4684. 



The following probably belongs to this species : — 



Golungo Alto. — A lofty tree ; fibre excellent for various purposes ; 

 the natives call the tree " Quibondo," and the fruit " MiLcolococo " ; 

 Sange 1855 (seeds albuminous, £ to § in. long ; fruit 2 in. long). 

 Coll. Carp. 276. 



The following three numbers of the herbarium (and the two of 

 the carpological collection) perhaps belong to the same species; 

 but their leaves differ by being glabrous or nearly so : — 



Goltjngo Alto. — A tree, 30 to 60 ft. high, with a quite straight 

 trunk, unbranched below and forming above a more or less depressed 

 ovoid crown ; in forests by the river Luinho, but always in drier spots 

 than "Quibondo ca menha" ; in flower at Sange at the beginning of 

 July 1856 ; native name " Quibondo ia Molemba." No. 4681. Fre- 

 quent as saplings in the Alameda at Sange, and in company with the 

 " Quibondo ca menha," in the Government courtyard ; leaves much 

 larger (attaining more than a foot long by 7 inches broad) nearly 

 glabrous and more deeply cordate at the base than in that tree ; in 

 fruit with ripe seeds, near the wall of the courtyard, Sept. 10th, 1856 ; 

 the capsules of this species or variety are when young of a peach-red 

 colour, and when old of a rusty brownish-grey. No. 4682. At the 

 great cataract of the river Cuango, near Sange ; leaves of the young 

 " Bondo-ia-Molemba " ; August 1855. No. 4683. Coll. Cakp. 279. 

 Bipe seeds very bitter, of a cinnamon-red colour ; native name " N- 

 Bondo ia, Molemba " ; March 1856. Coll. Carp. 278. 



An imperfect specimen, No. 4687, bearing an oval leaf 10£ in. long 

 by 6 in. broad, besides the petiole of 3J in. long, glabrous except the 

 middle and lateral veins beneath and petiole, from Monte Caffe in the 

 Island of St. Thomas, Dec. 1890, may be mentioned here, but it appears 

 to belong to a different species ; it is there called " Nespera." The 

 timber of this tree is said to be good, strong and durable, and to be the 

 same as that known in Prince's Island as " pop<5." See Ficalho, PI. 

 Ut. p. 106 (1884). 



2. S. tomentosa Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. Tent. p. 81, t. 16 

 (1831) ; Masters, I.e., p. 217 ; non Thunb. 



Loanda. — Museque Schut ; fl. Dec. 1857; native name "Chixe''; 

 (carpels 3 in. long, hispid-tomentose outside, pilose with stellate hairs 

 inside ; leaves ranging up to 5 in. in length). No. 4691. A tree, 



