166 xli. sapindace;e. [Paullinia 



Paullinia, Aphania, etc., appear quite at the banks of streams in 

 the coast region ; Allophylus africanus, Bersama paullinioides, as 

 well as a new species of this genus and some other genera, inhabit 

 the virgin woods of the mountainous region (Welw. Apont. p. 562, 

 n. 147). 



Some species of African Sapindacese are edible; a species of 

 Chytranthus in the Island of St. Thomas is often called by the 

 Portuguese colonists " Pecego " (peach) ; also certain species of 

 Aphania produce edible fruits. The genus Ptaroxylon (Sneeze- 

 wood) is very remarkable on account of the wood exciting sneezing; 

 it occurs not only at the boundary of the equinoctial circle, but 

 even within 7° to 9° south latitude in the hilly of interior portion 

 of the littoral region. Some affinity exists between Sapindacese 

 and Euphorbiacese through the medium of the Euphorbiaceous 

 genus Hymenocardia, the flowers and fruits of which remarkably 

 resemble a species of Dodoncea, and even their structure is suffi- 

 ciently similar, although the presence of albumen in Hymenocardia 

 and the structure of the embryo easily prove an ordinal difference ; 

 moreover, Oldfieldia has been placed successively in the two 

 Natural Orders. 



1. PAULLINIA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 394. 



1. P. pinnata L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 366 (1753) partly; Baker in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 419; Badlk. Monogr. Paull. p. 69 (1896). 



Ambriz. — At the margins of woods near Lagoa da Banza de Ambriz, 

 at an elevation of scarcely 150 ft.; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 1700. 



Golungo Alto. — Abundant at the borders of primitive forests from 

 Cal61o as far as Cambondo ; fl. August and Sept. 1855, fr. Sept. 1854. 

 No. 1701. 



Bumbo. — A widely climbing shrub, with white flowers. In thin 

 bushy woods along the banks of the Bumbo stream ; fl. and f r. Oct. 

 1859. No. 1703. 



Var. subherbacea. 



A widely climbing herb, almost wholly herbaceous or suffruti- 

 cose ; flowers white. 



Baeea do Bengo. — In bushy wooded places along the banks of the 

 river Bengo near Quifandongo ; fl. Dec. 1853. (Also near S. Antonio 

 do Bengo.) No. 1702. 



2. CARDIOSPEEMUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 393. 

 1. C. grandiflorum Sw. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL p. 64 (1788); 

 Eadlk. in Sitz. Akad. Muench. viii. (1878) p. 260. 



Var. elegans. 



Goltjngo Alto.— Extensively climbing and almost entirely covering 

 with their white flowers neighbouring shrubs. Common by thickets 

 and at the margins of woods near Calolo ; fl. and fr. 17 Sept. and Oct. 

 1854. No. 1679. An undershrub, climbing far and widely, stems sub- 

 glabrous or sparingly and adpressedly villous ; common by thickets 

 throughout the district ; near Sange fl. and f r. July and August 1856. 

 No. 1681. 



Oazengo.— In the woods of Cambondo ; fr. June 1855. No. 16816. 



