302 xliv. leguminos^e. [Brachystegia 



On No. 585 twines the Menispermaceous climber, Stephania rotunda 

 Lour. (Welw. No. 2322). 



To this or a nearly allied species Bentham and Oliver, ll.cc, 

 refer the following No. ; the native name is " Muzamba " : — 



Pungo Andongo. — A handsome tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with dilated 

 crown, constituting very beautiful forests ; branches elongated ; timber 

 whitish, valuable in every respect. Common, especially between Condo 

 and Quisonde, also at the base of Serra de Pedras de Guinga, on the 

 slopes of primitive woods, descending to the plains ; in young fr. March 

 1857. No. 571. At Sansamanda, at the beginning of May 1857, in 

 nearly ripe fr. A unique specimen. No. 5716- 



The following No. also appears to be not far removed from the 

 above-mentioned species of Brachystegia; it must be compared 

 with the genus Cryptosepalum and with the plant figured in Serpa 

 Pinto's book, How I Crossed Africa, vol. i. p. 305 (1881); it also 

 may prove to belong to the same species as Nos. 5856 and 4157, 

 and perhaps the same as Nos. 571 and 5716. 



Hoilla. — A small tree, about 8 ft. high, with the habit nearly of a 

 Pistacia ; sparingly in forests composed of species of Eugenia (Syzygium), 

 Proteaceae, etc., between Mumpulla and Nene ; without either fl. or fr. 

 Oct. 1859. No. 584. 



The next following No. cannot be satisfactorily determined ; it 

 has been regarded by Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 305, as probably 

 a new species of Cryptosepalum, allied to O. ? mimosoid-es, Welw., 

 but Welwitsch thought that perhaps it was Miizamba No. 571 : — 



Pungo Andongo. — A small shrub, 1 to 2 \ ft. high ; rootstock woody, 

 with numerous stems ; stems erect, casspitose, perhaps the up-growth 

 of a mutilated tree ; branchlets rather spreading. The leaves of the 

 younger portion of the plant are much larger than the lower and older 

 leaves. Frequent in the primitive woods of Mata Grande near Pedras 

 de Guinga and in the woods of Mutollo between Pedras de Guinga and 

 Candumba, in the shade of forests consisting of Muzamba (Herb. 571) ; 

 without either fl. or fr. Jan. and March 1857. No. 572. 



75. TAMABINDUS L. ; Benth.*& Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 581. 



1. T. indiea L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 34 (1753); Welw. Apont. 

 p. 574, under n. 175 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 308; Ficalho, PI. 

 Uteis, p. 156 (1884). 



Loanda. — A huge majestic tree, ranging up to 50 ft. in height, with a 

 broad frondose crown, probably introduced in older times, frequently 

 cultivated in Angola, especially in the littoral region and along the 

 banks of the larger rivers, also occasionally spontaneous ; celebrated 

 in all parts for the agreeable acid pulp of its fruit. At Penedo near 

 the city of Loanda ; in good fl. and ripe fr. Dec. 1858. No. 564. 



Golungo Alto.— A small tree, 12 ft. high. In the garden of 

 Senr. Rodrigo at Sange, in a spot a short distance from that of the 

 heteromorphous variety (No. 588), not in a vigorous state and without 

 fl. 14 Dec. 1854. No. 5646. A shrub, 5 ft. high, patently branched 

 from the base ; branchlets flexuous, divaricate ; leaves glaucescent. In 

 wooded bushy slopes, on a mica-schist substratum, perhaps formerly 

 cultivated, near Sange ; without fl. Feb. 1855. A heteromorphous 

 variety or monstrosity, with many of the leaflets having Ions tails. 

 Nos. 588, 4156. s 



