Gh-ewia] xxv. tiliacea 97 



Huilla. — A shrub of 4 to 6 ft., with quite patent and often sar- 

 mentose branches, distichous leaves, and yellow flowers. In the more 

 elevated shrubby places, at the base of Morro de Lopollo ; fl. and young 

 fr. end of Jan. 1860. No. 1375. 



12. G. angolensis Welw. ex Masters, I.e., p. 251. 



Golungo Alto. — Fruit pale brick-red. Not uncommon at the 

 margins of woods, about Sange and Bango Aquitamba, fl. Dec. 1855 

 and April 1856, fr. June and August 1856. No. 1383. 



Pungo Andongo. — A small tree or arborescent shrub of 7 ft. ; 

 branches patent, long-virgate, the lower ones almost sarmentose, the 

 upper ones shorter and flowering ; flowers whitish-yellowish. In tall- 

 bushy places between the fortress and Sobato Quilanga, fl. Jan. 1857. 

 No. 1384. 



13. G. floribunda Masters in Oliv., I.e., p. 252 ; non Wall. 

 Goltjngo Alto. — An arborescent shrub or small tree, 6 to 15 ft. high ; 



trunk 4 to 6 in. in diam. ; branches numerous, rather spreading ; flowers 

 abundant, whitish, turning to a pale sulphur colour. Endocarp fibrous. 

 In wooded thickets of the mountains of Zengas de Queta, Capopa, etc., 

 fl. and fr. June 1855, March to July 1856. No. 1385. 



Pungo Andongo. — A handsome shrub, 6 to 8 ft. high, with whitish 

 flowers. Sporadic in mixed secondary woods between the fortress and 

 Luxillo, fl. and young fr. April 1857. No. 1386. 



Apparently the same species as G. africana Masters in Oliv., I.e., 

 p. 253, non Miller. 



2. TRIUMFETTA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 234. 



1. T. Welwitschii Masters in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 255. 

 Pungo Andongo. — A precocious perennial herb ; stems several from 



a woody root-stock, erect, 1 to 3 ft. high, with the habit (when in leaf) 

 of Helichrysum or Epilobium, simple or branched above ; flowers 

 yellow ; capsules bright red, somewhat juicy ; prickles setaceous, 

 slender, soft, patently pilose. Frequent in stony pastures and in 

 rather dry bushy places, from the river Lutete to Oandumba, fl. Jan. 

 and Feb. 1857, fr. (scarce) Sept. and Oct. 1856. No. 1414. 



2. T. geoides Welw. ex Masters, l.e , p. 256. 



Huilla. — A precocious undershrub, from a few inches to scarcely a 

 foot in height. Sporadic and rather rare in rather dry shortly bushy 

 pastures near Lopollo, in company with Basananthe nummularia Welw. 

 and with species of Thesium and Thymelaeacese, fl. Nov. and Dec. 1859, 

 fr. Jan. and Feb. 1860. No. 1413. 



3. T. annua L. Mant. PI. (i.) p. 73 (1767) ; Masters, I.e., p. 256. 

 Pungo Andongo. — Flowers very small, of a deep orange colour. 



Rather rare in rocky thickets by Mata de Pungo, fl. (few) and fr. Jan. 

 1857. No. 1407. 



Huilla. — Sparingly in rather open woods between Lopollo and 

 Monino, fl. and young fr. Jan. 1860. No. 1408. 



4. T. semitriloba Jacq. PI. Carib. p. 22 (1760); Mast., I.e., p. 256. 

 Triumfetta (sp.) Welw. Apont. p. 590, n. 80. 



Golungo Alto.— A shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high ; fibre very tenacious. At 

 the borders of primitive woods of Sob. de Mussengue, not far from the 

 stream Quiapoze, fl. and young fr. May 1855. No. 1426. A shrub, 

 4 to 7 ft. high or even more, flowers safiron-yellow. Native name 



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