Hugonia] xxvi. linacilb. 103 



decumbent over volcanic rocks ; leaves coriaceous ; flowers golden- 

 yellow, large, pentamerous or rarely tetramerous ; petals contracted at 

 the base to a pedicel-like claw, spotted above the claw with a dark-red 

 callosity ; fruit a little juicy, almost as large as a cherry. In rocky 

 thickets at the borders of the primitive forests of Mata do Pungo, near 

 the fortress, in company with Derris nobilis Welw. (Herb. No. 1891), 

 fl. Feb., fr. May 1857. No. 1586. (Fruit subglobose, \ in. diam.) 

 Coll. Carp. 293. Scarcely scandent but ascending. Coll. Caep. 294. 



2. H. angolensis Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 271. 

 Cazengo. — Inner sepals acutely lobed ; capsules ovoid, not spherical. 



In thin forests among tall bushes, at the base of the mountains of Serra 

 de Muxaula, rather sparingly, in company with H. platysepala Welw. 

 Herb. 1588, Riuorea castane.oid.es var. strictiflora (Welw. Herb. 883), 

 Teramnus labialis (Welw. Herb. 21876), Coffea, etc. ; fl. and fr. June 

 1855. No. 1585. Coll. Carp. 295. 



3. H. platysepala Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 272. 

 Golungo Alto. — A handsome shrub, shaped like a tree, 6 to 8 ft. 



high ; branches elongate, occasionally scandent ; outer sepals hairy 

 outside, striate with raised nerves inside ; petals with golden-yellow 

 hairs outside, glabrous inside. In groves of Adansonia on the left 

 bank of the stream Cuango, near Sange, at the base of the mountains 

 of Serra de Alta Queta ; fl. March and at the end of May, fr. end of 

 July 1855 : specimens were gathered climbing on Hannoa undulata 

 (Welw. Herb. 1707) and others on Myristiea. No. 1584. A climbing 

 shrub with copious large yellow flowers, by the Cuango, fr. August 



1855. Coll. Carp. 296. Fruit as large as a hazel-nut, waxy-yellow, 

 glossy, mucronate. Mata Quisuculo in Sobato Bango, Feb. and Sept. 



1856. Coll. Carp. 297. 



The following specimen is perhaps a juvenile state of this 

 species : — 



Cazengo. — A luxuriant shrub, 4 ft. high, not yet in flower, gathered 

 in the neighbourhood of No. 1585, in thin bushy woods at the base of 

 Serra de Muxaula, sporadic, June 1855. No. 1588. 



2. ERYTHROXYLITM P. Br. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. i. 

 p. 244 (Erythroxylon). 



1. E. emarginatum Thonn. in Schum. Beskr. Guin. PI. p. 224 

 (1827) (Erythroxylon emarginatus) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 274 

 (Erythroxylon) . 



Pungo Andongo. — An elegant erect small tree, with the habit of 

 Buxus sernpervirens, or a robust shrub, as tall as a man, densely branched 

 and 'twiggy ; branches and twigs densely leafy ; leaves sub-distichous, 

 shining, much paler beneath ; stipules broad, semi-amplexicaul, very 

 acute at the tip, Jj to A in. long, scarious, bi-carinate ; wood white ; 

 flowers whitish, usually clustered along the middle part of the young 

 shoots ; pedicels subacutely angular, ^ to ^ in. long ; calyx-lobes tri- 

 angular, sub-carinate ; petals obovate-oblong, with a broad obtuse claw ; 

 staminal-tube nearly equalling the calyx ; styles 3, free, scarcely clavate, 

 as long as the stamens ; drupe scarlet, ovate-oblong, smooth, but little 

 juicy ; seed of like form, striate with prominent longitudinal nerves. 

 In the more elevated damp rocky places within the stronghold, at Pedra 

 de Cazella ; fl. Feb. and April, fr. middle of Jan. 1857. No. 1587. 

 Coll. Carp. 298. 



