312 Xliv. leguminos^e. [Acacia 



tree, with excellent wood ; fr. 16 Oct. 1859 and June 1860. Coll. 

 Carp. 101 partly. 



According to Welwitsch the colonial name '• Espinheiro preto" pro- 

 bably belongs to this species. 



. 7 A. pemiata Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 1090 (1805) ; Oliv., I.e., p. 345 ; 

 Benth., I.e., p. 530. 



Hoilla.— A shrub, 5 to 7 ft. high, with several stems and numerous 

 patent branches, erect ; leaflets thinly serrulate ; flowers snow-white. 

 Very common in comparatively dry bushy hilly places around Lopollo 

 and between Mumpulla and Nene ; fl. from Oct. to Dec. 1859, with 

 ripe fr. Jan. 1860. No. 1820. A shrub, 5 to 8 ft. high, much branched, 

 spiny ; stems numerous ; flowers congregated in globose heads, white. 

 In thickets ; seeds, Oct. 1859. Coll. Carp. 65. A small tree of 6 to 

 8 ft., perhaps a young tree, with whitish flowers. Serra da Xella, near 

 Chao de Xella ; fr. 19 Oct. 1859. Called " Muanu." Coll. Carp. 528. 



The following variety, defined by Professor Oliver, was regarded 

 by him as not improbably a distinct species : — 



Var. dolichosperma Oliv., I.e. ; Ficalho, Fl. Uteis, p. 175 (1884). 

 Acacia pentaptera Welw. Apont. p. 584, n. 8 (1859). 



Golungo Alto. — A much-branched sarmentose subscandent shrub, 

 with whitish flowers. In very dense thickets near Ponte de Felix 

 Simoes ; fl. and ripe fr. Nov. 1854. No. 1810. A shrub, 10 to 12 ft. 

 high, very spiny, widely spreading in thickets ; branches almost scan- 

 dent ; flowers paniculate, whitish. Near Ponte de Felix Simoes ; fr. 

 17 Oct. 1854. Coll. Carp. 519. An arborescent shrub, one of the 

 mightiest of the climbing plants of the primitive forests of this district, 

 about 50 ft. long ; stem 3 in. thick, pentagonal ; flowers yellow. In 

 the primitive forest of Mata de Quibanga, near Sange ; in flower-bud 

 in Dec. 1854, fl. Jan. 1855, young fr. April 1855. No. 1811. 



Pungo Andongo. — An arborescent shrub, decumbent far and widely 

 over the rocks of Cambondo, etc., frequent ; flowers whitish, copious ; 

 near the road to Luxillo ; fl. and ripe fr. Jan. 1857. Native name 

 " Cazembe." No. 1809. Trunk whitish, acutely pentagonal ; flowers 

 white, very numerous, decking the rocks on which the shrub climbs ; 

 Catete and Mata de Pungo ; seeds Jan. and April 1857. Coll. Carp. 159. 



This variety may prove to be a distinct species. 



8. A. farnesiana Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 1083 (1805); Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. p. 342, n. 434 (1852) ; Oliv., I.e., p. 346 ; 

 Benth., I.e., p. 502 ; Ficalho, PL Uteis, p. 176 (1884). 



Vachellia farnesiana Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 272 (1834) ; Welw. 

 Apont. p. 575, sub n. 176. 



Loanda.— A small tree, 10 to 12 ft. high, with lax branches. At the 

 skirts of the forest on the slopes of Mutullo above Quicuxe ; fl. and f r. 

 April 1858. No. 1807- 



Golungo Alto.— A small tree, 6 to 8 ft. high ; flowers very fragrant. 

 Used by negroes for the preparation of a black dye. Spontaneous and 

 perhaps indigenous, possibly introduced a long time ago ; by thickets 

 near Bango-Aquitamba and other Negro villages ; fl. Oct. 1855. 

 No. 1813. Legume, pod 3 in. long by £ broad, Jan. and March 1855. 

 Coll. Carp. 517. 



Cape de Verde Islands.— Subspontaneous in thickets about Villa 

 da Praia, in St. Jago ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 1812. 



