Eriosema] xliv. leguminosjg. 275 



18. E. speeiosum Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. 11. Trop. Afr. ii. 

 p. 230; Baker f. in Journ. Bot. 1895, p. 236. 



Huilla. — A handsome uudershrub, 2£ to 4 ft. high, erect, becoming 

 very woody at the base ; leaflets stipellate, sub-pellucid-punctate, with 

 glistening hairs ; flowers yellow ; keel tawny-purplish ; young pods 

 short, compressed, 2-seeded. In thickets at the borders of forests near 

 Catumba ; ft. and young fr. April 1860. No. 4103. 



49. AMERIMNON P. Browne, Jam. p. 288, t. 32, f. 3 (1756). 

 Dalbergia L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 52 (1781) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 i. p. 544. Ecastaphyllum ,P. Browne, I.e., p. 299, t. 32, f. 1 ; 

 Benth. & Hook, f., I.e., i. p. 545. 



1. A. hostile O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 159 (1891). 

 Dalbergia hostilis Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 33 



(I860) ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 232 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 p. 144 (1884). 



Goluxgo Alto. — A remarkable shrub, robust, arborescent, climbing 

 to a great height and then hanging a long way down ; older trunks (in 

 the primitive forests) flattened, 5£ to 12 in. wide, £ to 1£ in. thick, in 

 the form of a band, armed with clustered spines coalescent at the base 

 1£ in. long ; younger stems (in secondary woods) several from the same 

 rootstock, casspitose, erect, 3 to 5 ft. high, terete, armed with separate 

 spines, and in this state even bearing flowers and fruits ; when 2 to 3 ft. 

 high, occasionally flowering but more rarely fruiting ; leaflets glauces- 

 cent ; flowers white. Frequent throughout the district, especially in 

 Alto Queta, Mussengue, and at the spring of Capopa ; fl. Oct. and Dec. 

 1854, fr. Nov. 1854 and March 1855. Native name "Pao Quisembe." 

 No. 1880 and Coll. Carp. 539. 



The stem is thoroughly dried in the sun by the negroes and then 

 serves them for tinder ; a piece of it 2 ft. long, if ignited at one end, 

 will glow almost the whole day and afford the means of lighting a fire 

 at any moment. Younger stems about 2 in. wide are used as hoops 

 for barrels and drums. 



The following No., with much larger leaflets, is apparently 

 different, but may be mentioned here : — 



Golungo Alto. — A shrub climbing high and widely, with the habit 

 of A . pubescens O. K., but with entirely, different foliage ; abortive 

 hranchlets recurved in a spiral manner. In the primitive forest of 

 Mata de Quibanga, near Sange ; leafy branches without fl. July 1857. 

 No. 1894. 



2. A. Brownii Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. p. 27 (1760). 

 Ecastaphyllum Brownei Pers. Syn. PL ii. p. 277 (1807) ; Baker, 



I.e., p. 236. Dalbergia malifolia Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 233. 

 A. malifolium O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 159. 



Prince's Island. — A handsome leafy tree, 25 ft. high, with the 

 habit of a luxuriant apple tree ; flowers whitish, with a rose-red tinge. 

 Abundant, in company with Turrcea procera "Welw. (Herb. No. 1299), 

 near the sea-shore, in the dense woods of Bahia de 8. Antonio ; fl. 

 Sept. 1853. No. 1886. 



3. A. pubescens O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 159 (1891). 

 Dalbergia pubescerw Hook. i. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 315 (1849); 



Baker, I.e., p. 234. 



