104 xxvii. MALPIGHIACE.E. [Sphedamnocarpus 



XXVII. MALPIGHIACEiE. 

 1. SPHEDAMNOCARPUS Planch, ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. i. p. 256. 



1. S. angolensis Planch, ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Mr. i. p. 279. 

 Acridocarpus angolensis Juss. ; Welw. Apont. p. 561 under n. 145. 

 Huilla. — A very stinging small shrub, subscandent or erect, with 



bright yellow flowers resembling those of a Cistus ; a narrow-leaved 

 form mixed with the ordinary one. Frequent in the lower thickets 

 and exposed grassy places throughout Lopollo, from Humpata to the 

 great lake of Ivantala, fl. Nov. and Dec. 1859, fr. Jan. 1860. No. 1043. 

 A sub-sarmentose undershrub, 3 ft. high, flowering throughout the 

 season, fruiting in May and June ; the hairs on the fruit sting badly. 

 Coll. Cabp. 52. 



The following imperfect specimen apparently belongs to the 

 same species : — 



Huilla. — Sparingly in hilly rocky bushy places, adorned with 

 numerous Acanthaceae, from the lake of Ivantala in the direction of 

 Quilengues, in young fl. end of Feb. 1860. No. 1044. 



2. TRIASPIS Burch. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 259. 



1. T. macroptera Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 281 

 (macropteron). 



Golttngo Alto. — A shrub, 5 to 6 ft. high, occasionally scandent ; 

 leaves herbaceous, rather glossy ; petals imbricate in aestivation ; sta- 

 mens 10, 5 taller than the rest ; filaments violaceous, linear-flattened, 

 slightly incurved ; anthers cordate-ovate ; pollen golden, juicy. Rather 

 rare, in thickets between Sange and Camilungo, fl. May 1855. No. 1038. 



Cazengo. — A shrub, 4 to 5 ft. high, with twisted branches. Occa- 

 sional, in the sparse stony thickets at the base of the mountains of 

 Serra de Muxaulo, fr. June 1855. No. 1037. 



Pungo Andongo. — A stout shrub, climbing to a great height, with 

 pendulous branches and branchlets, leaves subcoriaceous. In wooded 

 places at the borders of primitive forests in Mata de Pungo, within the 

 stronghold, fl. and fr. April 1857. No. 1039. 



The following is doubtfully referred here ; the leaves have their 

 bases narrowed : — 



Pungo Andongo. — An arborescent shrub or probably a mutilated 

 tree, with tortuous branches and branchlets and membranous leaves. 

 Barranco de Pedra S. Antonio ; without fl. Jan. 1857. No. 6740. 



2. T. lateriflora Oliv, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 281. 



Pungo Andongo. — A shrub of 6 ft. showing a climbing tendency, 

 with the upper branches subscandent or erect. In stony places at the 

 margins of primitive woods, near Pungo Andongo by the way leading 

 towards Oandumba, fr. June 1857. No. 1041. 



Bumbo. — A widely climbing shrub ; flowers bright rose-coloured. In 

 wooded thickets along the base of Serra da Xell'a, frequent, fl. and fr. 

 Oct. 1859, at an elevation of about 2000 ft. No. 1042. 



3. FLABELLARIA Cav. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 259. 

 1. F. paniculata Cav. Diss. p. 436, t. 264 (1790); Oliv. Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. i. p. 282. 



Heteropteris (sp.) Welw. Apont. p. 561, under n. 145. 



