304 xliv. leguminos,33. \Cynomebra 



1855, without fl. Feb. 1856. Called by the natives "Hula" or 

 " Calalanza." No. 5616. 



Var. nitidula Welw. ex Oliv., I.e. 



Zenza do Golungo. — An elegant tree, forming little forests ; leaves 

 much more compact and shining and with a more obtuse acumen, 

 renewed each year in Oct. or Nov. ; far advanced in fr., on elevated 

 ground before and behind Quicanda, Sept. 1857. No. 562. 



Fungus n. 164 grew on the leaves of this species, on which also grew 

 lichen n. 193. 



The following No. perhaps belongs to this species : — 



Zenza do Golungo. — Branches with leaves of a tree from which 

 gum copal was reported to Welwitsch to trickle ; Calumguembo, Sept. 

 1857. No. 563. 



Cf . Welw. Synopse, p. 36, n. 96. 



78. BUEKEA Hook. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 587. 



1. B. africana Hook. Ic. Plant, tt. 593-4 (1843) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. p. 320; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 164 (1884). 



Huilla. — A small tree, 6 to 10 ft. high, with a lax broad crown. In 

 sandy forests of species of Proteacese, Eugenia, etc., in Mata de 

 Monino ; sparingly in fl. Nov. 1859, in young fr. Dec. 1859, with a very 

 few ripe fr. Feb. 1860. No. 589. 



Var. cordata, Welw. ex Oliv., I.e. 



Huilla. — A small tree, 6 to 10 ft. high, with a broad rather 

 depressed crown. In woods between Lopollo and Monino, in young 

 fr. Dec. 1859. No. 5896. A little shrub, a foot high, with csespitose 

 stems, or apparently the up-growth of a tree mutilated by fire. In the 

 sandy forests of Monino where occasionally it occupies extensive 

 tracts ; without fl. or fr. Jan. and Feb. 1860. No. 590. 



Yar. 1 andongensis Oliv., I.e. 



Pungo Andongo. — A tree, 20 to 35 ft. high, with a lax more or less 

 umbrageous crown. Native name "Cabilangau." Frequently con- 

 fused with " Gungolume " (No. 573 ; cf. Gleditsia africana Welw.). In 

 the primitive woods about Pedras de Guinga ; in young fr. Jan. 1857. 

 (At Luxillo, a specimen of the wood.) No. 574. Cf. No. 574 bis. 



3. Sub-order Mlmoseje. 

 79. PENTACLETHEA Benth.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL i. p. 588. 



1. P. maerophylla Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 330 (1842) ; 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Air. ii. p. 322 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 p. 360 (1875); Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 171 (1884). 



Prince's Island.— A tree 100 to 120 ft. high ; native name 

 " Sicupira," " Sucopira " or " Sucupira.' - In the primitive woods, at an 

 elevation of 1500 ft. ; the foliage and ripe fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1783. 

 Pico de Papagaio ; seed Sept. 1853. Coll. Carp. 529. On this tree 

 grew the lichen n. 118. 



Island of St. Thomas.— In the primitive forests of Monte CafK, at 

 an elevation of 1800 to 2000 ft. ; native name " Sicupira " ; without fl. 

 or fr. Dec. I860. No. 1786. Coll. Carp. 530. 



Cf. B. A. Gomes in Jorn. Scienc. Lisbon, iv., p. 157 (1873). 



