296 xliv. leguminos^e. [Bauhinict 



and giving the country the appearance as if planted with Vitismnifera 

 L. ; flowers large, of a sulphur-orange colour. Very common, in stony 

 thickets from Isanga to Ambaca ; fl. and young f r. Oct. 1856, at Lutete 

 in Jan. 1857 ; with ripefr. June 1857. No. 552. 



Pungo Andongo. — An undershrub, with horizontally trailing shoots 

 4 to 10 ft. long. In rocky thickets near the river Cuanza, frequent ; 

 without fl. March 1857. Near Candamba ; with fr. March 1857. 

 No. 551. A sufEruticose herb, climbing far and widely over shrubs and 

 on the herbaceous ground, when not in flower perfectly simulating a 

 Cissus ; flowers handsome, turning from orange to wine-red ; by the 

 great cataract near Condo ; fl. March 1857. No. 5516. 



2. B. Welwitschii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 287. 



Pungo Andongo. — A procumbent and scandent undershrub ; flowers 

 of a wine-citron colour, at length blood-red. In the moist parts of the 

 very high rocks of Tunda Quilombo ; fl. Jan. 1857, in young fr. April 

 1857. No. 551 



The following No. perhaps belongs to the same species, as sug- 

 gested by Oliver, I.e., p. 288 • the species, however, seems to me to 

 be doubtfully distinct from B. cissoides : — 



Huilla. — Leaves broadly sinuate, glaucous above. On bushy 

 slopes with tall herbage, near the great lake of Ivantala ; in young f r. 

 Feb. 1860. No. 553. 



3. B. tomentosa L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 375 (1753) ; Oliv., I.e., 290. 

 Alvesia Bauhinioides, Welw. Apont. p. 587, n. 47. 



Loanda. — A shrub ; flowers handsome, of a deep sulphur colour, 

 nodding or very spreading. By the rocks along the sea coast near 

 Praia do Bispo ; fl. Feb. 1858, fr. June 1855. Also near Morro da 

 Cruiz among Aloes ; fl. and fr. Jan. and April 1854. No. 557. 



Golungo Alto. — A very elegant little tree of 6 to 12 ft. or oftener 

 a shrub of 5 to 6 ft. ; stems straight ; branches spreading ; flowers deep 

 sulphur-yellow, large. At the borders of woods by the road to 

 Ambaca near Sange ; fr. June 1856. Also on the slopes of the moun- 

 tains near the river Xixe ; in young fl. Oct. 1854. No. 556. Petals 

 marked inside with a purple spot at the base. At the margins of 

 primitive woods ; fr. June and August 1857. Coll. Caep. 485. 



Pungo Andongo. — A shrub, 5 to 10 ft. high ; flower's large, of a 

 deep sulphur colour, with purple spots inside, connivent in a cam- 

 panulate manner, rather nodding. In wooded thickets near Quitage ; 

 fl. March 1857. No. 558. 



4. B. acuminata L. Sp. PI. edit. I, p. 375 (1753); Oliv., I.e., 

 p. 290, in note. 



Sierra Leone. — In wooded places, on the way to and behind the 

 Sugar Loaf Mountains ; fl. and young fr. Sept. 1853. No. 555. 



So determined by Oliver, I.e. ; the species is East Indian, whence 

 the plant has apparently been introduced into Sierra Leone. 



5. B. reticulata DC. Prodr. ii. p. 515 (1825); Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. p. 290 (wi-ticulata) ; Ficalho, PI. Uteris, p. 153 (1884). 



Locellaria Bauhinioides Welw. Apont. p. 588, n. 52. Bauhinia 

 (sp.), Welw. Apont. p. 575 under n. 175; Welw. Synopse,p. 32, n. 77. 



Loanda. — Occasionally cultivated near the city of Loanda on account 

 of the bark affording an astringent remedy as a wash for wounds. 

 Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; fl. Oct. 1853 and May 1854. Native name 



