286 xliv. leguminos*. [Giganthemum 



In the lofty forests by the Delamboa stream, end of August 1855. 

 Abundant in the denser forests and at their margins, elegantly decking 

 the tallest trees ; fl. 6 Jan., fr. Feb. 1856. No. 550. (Seeds more 

 than an inch long.) In the forests of Mata de Queta ; fr. July 1857. 

 Coll. Carp. 451. Undelle ; fr. June 1855. Coll. Caep. 462. 



It was found growing in company with Cacoucia platyptera Welw. 

 Herb. No. 1752, in Serra de Alto Queta at an elevation of 2000 to 

 2300 ft. (See Welw. Sert. Angol., p. 26.) The time of flowering is 

 from Dec. to March ; the fruits are ripe from May to August. 



58. CALPURNIA E. Meyer ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 554. 



1 . C. lasiogyne E. Mey. Comment. PI. Air. Austr. Dreg. p. 3 (1 836). 



C. aurea Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 252. 



Golxjngo Alto. — A shrub of 4 to 6 ft., perhaps the upgrowth from 

 a tree burnt down ; leaves glaucous-green ; pods compressed, 8-10- 

 seeded, winged at the back, on rather a long stipes. In the rather 

 elevated forests of Mata de Quisuculo, near Bango Aquitamba ; at an 

 elevation of 2400 ft. ; in young fr. Jan. 1856. No. 2233. 



Bumbo. — A shrub, with numerous stems and the habit of a Colutea, 

 5 to 7 ft. high ; on the shrubby slopes of Serra da Xella, between 

 Bruco and Chao da Xella, at an elevation of about 2500 ft. ; ft. and ripe 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 2234. 



Huilla. — Petioles constantly pubescent or even shaggy, not gla- 

 brescent as in Natal specimens ; calyx-teeth sometimes all nearly 

 equal, sometimes the two upper ones more highly connate. In the 

 more elevated forests of Serra da Xella at 4000 ft. alt., and about 

 Lopollo at about 5200 ft. alt. ; fl. Oct. and Nov. 1859, fr. Nov. and 

 Dec. 1859. No. 2235. An arborescent shrub, standing erect, 5 to 7 or 

 even 10 ft. high, with the habit almost of a Colutea ; stems numerous ; 

 flowers racemose, handsome, yellow. In the mountainous thickets of 

 Lopollo ; fr. 1 Nov. 1859; Coll. Carp. 38. 



59. ORMOSIA G. Jacks. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. i. p. 556. 

 1. 0. angolensis Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 255. 

 Huilla. — A small tree of 8 ft., or perhaps a young state of a 

 larger tree ; flowers dusky-red. Calyx campanulate, 5-clef t, the two 

 upper teeth partly connate ; petals 5 ; standard obovate, broad, sub- 

 emarginate, with a short claw ; the other petals all clawed and obtusely 

 lobed alongside the claw ; stamens free, 4 or more of them fertile ; 

 anthers versatile ; style curved ; stigma narrowly capitate ; ovules few. 

 In bushy stony places between Mumpulla and Humpata, rather rare, 

 only one plant seen in flower, in Oct. 1859. No. 615. 



60. TOTTNATEA Aubl. Hist. PL Guian. i. p. 549, t. 218 (1775). 

 Swartzia Schreb. (1789) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 561. 



1. T. madagasoariensisTaub. in Bot. Centralbl. xlvii. p. 391(1891). 



Swartzia madagascariensis Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. i., vol. ix. 

 p. 424 (1826); Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 257; Ficalho, 

 PL Uteis, p. 150 (1884). Cassia (sp.) Welw. Apont. p. 591 (n. 97). 



Puiv'GO Andongo. — A tree, 15 to 20 ft. high ; trunk 8 to 9 in. in 

 diam. at the base ; branches spreading ; branchlets horizontal or even 

 nodding ; bark whitish ; leaflets dryly coriaceous, with (according to 

 Welwitsch's mss.) pellucid veinlets, scarcely shining ; legumes pen- 

 dulous, cylindric-vermicular, more or less torulose, rather flexuous, 



