Cxsalpinia] xliv. LEGUMiNOSiE. 289 



secondary thickets around Sange; fl. and fr. Feb. 1855 (specimens not 

 found). No. 599. 



Pungo Andongo — A small tree, 8 to 10 ft. high, with a straight and 

 sometimes bare trunk, and depresso-globose crown ; very sparingly or 

 scarcely aculeate. Cultivated and subspontaneous, around the fortress 

 of Pungo Andongo, at Pedras de Guinga ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1856 and 

 Jan., Feb., March and May 1857. Native name " Malosa." No. 598. 



Benguella. — Subspontaneous, in bushy places about the dwellings 

 of the colonists and negroes, near the city of Benguella ; fl. and fr. 

 June 1859. No. 5976. 



It is cultivated generally and flourishes well in every province of 

 Angola, becoming at times, as for example in Pungo Andongo, a, very 

 bushy little tree, beautifully covered with innumerable flowers of a very 

 brilliant scarlet colour. A decoction of the root is administered by the 

 negro doctors in cases of intermittent fever, and according to them 

 an infusion of the leaves answers the same purpose as the leaves of 

 senna (Welw., II. cc). 



2. C. Bonducella Fleming in Asiatic Res. xi. p. 159 (1810); 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 262. 



Island of St. Thomas. — A robust shrub. Frequent but perhaps 

 formerly introduced : along with crops, by thickets ; fl. Dec. 1860. 

 No. 1837. Only one seed in the study set : seed globose, lead-coloured, 

 like a marble, | in. diam. Coll. Carp. 473. 



64. GLEDITSIA Clayton, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 

 p. 568 (Gleditschia). 



1. G. africana Welw. ex Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. p. 304 

 (1865) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 265 (Gleditschia). 



CtzsalpiniodesqfricanumO. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL i. p. 167(1891). 



Huilla. — A tree, 15 to 25 ft. high, with a diffuse crown ; trunk 5 to 

 6 ft. high ; branches patent, thick ; flowers whitish-yellow ; anthers 

 purple. In open stony woods around Mumpulla at an elevation of 

 4000 ft. ; fr. and sparingly fl. Oct. 1859. No. 591. 



The following No. which has less hairy foliage has been referred 

 to the same species ; Welwitsch in his mss. suggests that it may 

 prove to be a different species ; it is often confused with Burhea 

 africana Hook., var. andongensis Oliv., Welw. Herb. No. 574 : — 



Pungo Andongo. — A tree of middle size with a dilated crown. In 

 the forest near Calundo ; fr. June 1857. Native name " Gungo " or 

 " Gungolume." No. 573. 



65. POINCIANA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 569. 



1. P. regia Boj. ex Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2884 (1829) ; Oliv. FL 

 Trop. Afr. ii. p. 266, in note; Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 151. 



Loanda. — A small very elegant tree, 15 ft. high, with patent sub- 

 tortuous branches and deciduous leaves. Cultivated in an unfavour- 

 able station at Loanda from seeds sent from Mozambique ; without fl. 

 or fr. beginning of August 1858 ; fl. Nov. 1859. No. 600. Seeds from 

 the Mozambique coast, introduced in 1856, fl. at Loanda in 1861. 

 Coll. Carp. 474. 



Seeds from the island of Zanzibar, whence introduced into Mozam- 

 bique and there it is called "Zanzibar Acacia" ; introduced into the 

 Lisbon botanical garden where it flowered, 26 August 1863. Coll. 

 Carp. 524. 



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