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five varieties, differing in shape, colour and size of the seeds ; a 

 white variety, of an elliptical form and thin skin, is considered 

 the best tasted. 



2. The small kidney -bean (Feijao espadinho), Phaseolus lunatus 

 L., is less commonly cultivated. 



3. The ground-nut (Jinguba), Arachis hypogcea L., is cultivated 

 on a large scale, especially in the district of Ambaca, both for the 

 consumption of its seeds and for the extraction of oil ; there are 

 two varieties. 



i. The catyang (Feijao macundi), Vigna catjang Walp., is 

 cultivated in abundance especially in moist soils ; there are several 

 varieties. 



5. Dolichos Lablab L. ; there are several varieties. 



6. Cajan indorum Medik. (Jinsonge or Quinsonge) is generally 

 cultivated, but not on so large a scale as it deserves. 



7. The earth-pea (Vielo or Jinguba de Oambambe), Voandzeia 

 subterranea P. Thouars, is cultivated chiefly in the districts of 

 Pungo Andongo, Oambambe, and Ambaca, and ought to be so 

 more generally. 



8. The chick-pea (Grao de bico), Cicer arietinum L., is culti- 

 vated in the district of Mossamedes. 



9. The common pea (Ervilha), Pisum sativum L. ; both ordinary 

 and the Ervilha torta. 



10. The common bean (Favas), Vicia Faba L., is cultivated only 

 by a few horticulturists, and rarely comes to perfection. 



11. Cracca Vogelii 0. Kuntze (Cafoto), an elegant bush or small 

 tree, is indigenous ; it is also cultivated for catching fish, since its 

 leaves and branches when well pounded and thrown into the 

 rivers poison the fish and enable them to be caught with the 

 greatest ease. 



12. Eriosema Muxiria Welw. (Muxiri) is a small tree indige- 

 nous on the banks of the Cuanza, and is at times cultivated for 

 the sake of its root, which, like the seeds of the grass Eleusine 

 coracana Pers., serves the natives for the brewing of a kind of 

 beer called " Oala." 



13. Dolichos Dongaluta Welw. (Dongaluta) ; the thick fleshy- 

 fibrous rhizome is reduced to powder and used as a remedy in 

 cases of gangrenous quinsy. 



14. GanavaU incurva P. Thouars (Faba da India), with rose- 

 coloured or scarlet flowers, is cultivated and occasionally sub- 

 spontaneous. 



15. The Anil, Indigof&ra Anil L., is cultivated in small 

 quantities in the vicinity of the dwellings of the natives. 



The sub-order Caesalpiniese is rare in the littoral region, and 

 is chiefly represented by some species of the genera Cassia and 

 Bauhinia ; Parkinsonia aculeata L., and also GcesaVpinia Bondu- 

 cella Roxb., known as common trees or shrubs on the African 

 coast to the north of the equator, become very rare in Angola, or 

 are perhaps entirely wanting ; at all events, Welwitsch looked for 

 them in vain. In the mountainous region, on the other hand, 



