fii-achystegia] xliv. leg-uminos*. 301 



Huilla. — In thin woods between Mumpulla and Nene, ratht* 

 frequent but sparingly in flower ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 578. A tree, 20 

 to 35 ft. high and more, called by the negroes " Panda " or " Mupanda " 

 as are also several other species of the same habit ; common and 

 gregarious in woods between Monino and the lake of Ivantala ; fr. 

 Feb., April and May 1860. No. 580. A tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, with 

 depressed-ovoid crown, excellent bark, and evergreen foliage ; fre- 

 quent in woods between Humpata and Lopollo, but not then seen by 

 Welwitsch in flower, Nov. 1859. Called " Mupondo." No. 580 bis. A 

 tree, the matrix of the female flowers of Pilostyles cethiopica Welw. ; in 

 the elevated woods of Morro de Monino ; fr. May 1860. No. 583. Cf. 

 Coll. Carp. 494. 



Var. (?) grandiflora Benth., I.e., p. 313; Oliv., I.e. 



Huilla. — A small tree, about 10 ft. high ; on the top ranges of the 

 mountains of Serra da Xella at an elevation of about 4000 ft. ; almost 

 without leaves but with young leaves at the extremities of the 

 branches and with white flowers at the beginning of Oct. 1859. 

 No. 579. 



The following Nos. may belong to this species, but should be 

 compared with No. 570 which is mentioned under Berlinia ango- 

 lensis Wehv. ; it should also be compared with Berlinia paniculate/, 

 Benth. :— 



Pungo Andongo. — A tree, 25 to 40 ft. high and more ; trunk 

 straight, free from branches to the height of 10 to 15 ft. ; with lax 

 branches at the apex ; forming very vast forests, called " Matas de 

 Panda," around Pungo Andongo up to Sansamanda. Leaflets shortly 

 and broadly pointed. Native name " Panda." Near Sansamanda ; in 

 leaf without fl. April 1857. No. 575. Sansamanda ; fr. 1 May 1857. 

 Coll. Caep. 492. In sandy forests between the river Lutete and the 

 fortress of Pungo Andongo ; in leaf Oct. 1856. Local name " Panda 

 verdadeira," that is, genuine Panda (a unique specimen). No. 5756. 

 Luxillo ; fr. May 1857. Coll. Carp. 493. 



Huilla.— Monino ; fr. May 1860. Called " Panda." Coll. Cakp. 

 494. Fr. May 1860. Coll. Carp. 498. 



The following No. should be compared with Brachystegia spicce- 

 formis Benth. : — 



Huilla.— A small tree of 6 ft., mutilated by the winter conflagra- 

 tions. In thickets at the borders of pastures near Nene ; without fl. or 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 617- 



2. B. tamarindoid.es Welw. ex Benth., I.e., p. 312; Oliv., I.e., 

 p. 307; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 155. 



Huilla. — A tree, 15 to 25 ft. high or, in. the forests free from confla- 

 gration, more than 40 ft. high, with the habit and foliage like those of 

 lamarindus indica L.; a remarkable ornament of the table-land of the 

 district ; crown thyrsiform ; trunk branched a little above the base ; 

 branches and branchlets sub-tortuous ; leaflets in the state of sleep 

 bifariously imbricate upwards along the rachis. Common, occasionally 

 constituting little woods, between Lopollo and the lake of Ivantala ; 

 fl. Oct. 1859, in young fr. Feb. 1860. No. 585. Fr. May 1860. Coll. 

 Carp. 488. Fr. Feb. and May 1860. Coll. Carp. 497. A tree, 20 ft. 

 high ; branches erect-spreading, not divaricate as in No. 585 ; in wooded 

 places at the banks of the river Cacolabar ; without either fl. or fr. Feb. 

 1860. A doubtful member of this species. Nos. 5856, 4157. 



