Albizzia] xliv. leguminos^e. 315 



Bumbo. — A shrub of 6 to 7 ft., or perhaps a young tree, with virgate 

 erect-patent branches and branchlets ; leaves glaucescent, 2-3-jugate; 

 pinnae 2-4-jugate ; leaflets obliquely obovate-oblong ; rachis somewhat 

 pilose ; petiolar and jugal glands conspicuous ; flowers ample, capi- 

 tate, whitish or of a pale sulphur colour ; calyx and corolla long- 

 tubular, glabrescent ; corolla-lobes cucullate at the apex, and there 

 glandular ; stamens about an inch long, twice as long as the corolla, 

 connate in a tube at the throat of the corolla ; legumes flat, 6 in. long, 

 | in. broad, narrowed at both ends, sinuous-constricted on both edges 

 between the seeds, glabrescent. Rather rare, in thickets of primitive 

 forests of the mountains of Chao de Xella. at an elevation of 2500 to 

 3000 ft. ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 1759. ' 



2. A. latifolia Boivin in Encycl. xix. Siecl. ii. p. 33 (1842). 



A. Lebbek Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 87 (1844); 

 Oliv., l.c, p. 358 ; Benth., I.e., p. 562. 



Feuilleea Lebbek O. Kuntze, I.e., i. p. 188. 



Loanda. — A young tree, 12 to 15 ft. high, cultivated at Loanda in 

 Feb. 1859 (also at Lisbon in 1862) from seeds formerly introduced 

 into the garden of Dr. Mendes Alfonso from Zanzibar island. Leaves 

 glaucous beneath ; petiolar and jugal glands abundant ; stamens mona- 

 delphous, whitish below, yellowish-green above as are also the calyx 

 and corolla. No. 1789 (excl. semin.). 



The seeds associated with this No. perhaps belong to Gleditsia 

 africana. 



The following No. perhaps belongs to A. latifolia : — 



Huilla. — A small tree, with pendulous branches and a reddish bark. 



In the forest of Monino ; without either fl. or f r. Nov. 1859 and Jan. 1860. 



No. 616. 



3. A. versicolor Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 359 ; Benth., 

 I.e., p. 562. 



Feuilleea versicolor O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 189. 



Golungo Alto. — A handsome tree, 15 to 35 ft. high, with a broad 

 crown and patent branches, the lower branches and branchlets hori- 

 zontal ; half evergreen, exuding a blood-red gum ; leaflets 3-6-jugate ; 

 calyx usually 5- sometimes 7-toothed ; teeth subequal ; corolla whitish ; 

 anthers yellow ; legumes \\ to 2 in. broad. Not uncommon in the less 

 dense (secondary) woods between Sange and the river Luinha, about 

 Cambondo, Trombeta, and Muria, and in the woods of Serrado de 

 Bumba; fl. Nov. 1855, fr. Sept. and end of Dec. 1854. Roadway 

 towards Mussengue ; f r. (called " Muf uf utu ") June 1856. No. 1760. 

 A lofty tree, often quite covered with cherry-red gum ; leaves bipinnate ; 

 leaflets broad-elliptical, silky-ferruginous ; legumes very broad. At the 

 <;ross-roads ;. fr. Coll. Caep. 531. 



Zenza do Golungo. — By thickets near Calumguembo ; fl. Jan. 1855, 

 in old fr. Sept. 1854. No. 1761. 



The name " Mufufutu " is also applied by the natives to A. angolensis 

 Welw. (Nos. 1766, 1767). 



4. A. coriaria Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 360 ; Benth., 

 i.e., p. 564; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 177 (1884). 



Feuilleea coriaria O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 187. 



Golungo Alto. — A very elegant tree, 20 to 35 ft. high, with dilated 

 but not dense crown : bark gummy, very astringent ; common petiole 

 with a large gland vertically seated on it ; leaflets glaucescent beneath ; 



