82 XVI, JUNCACEE, [Juncus 
throughout the whole territory. In-fl. and fr. Nov. 1859. Plentiful 
with species of Xyris on the river /Mumpulla, Oct. 1859. On the 
brook of Lopollo, Dec. 1859. No. 3008. 
XVII. PALM. 
1. PHENIX L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ili. p. 921. 
l. P. reclinata Jacq. Fragm. Bot. p. 27, t.£24 (1800); Beccari 
Malesia iii. p. 346 (1890); Drude in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxi. p. 110 
(1895). . 
P. spinosu Schum. & Thonn. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iv. p. 211 
(1829); Welw. Apont. p. 587, No. 48; Synops. Expl. pp. 7, 44; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 455. Native name Caldlo, 
Barra DO DanpE.—Growth densely cespitose, very social, occurr- 
ing only in damp places on the banks of the lake and river, affording 
excellent wine. At present almost stemless, trunk in the adult 
fruiting plant 5 to 15 or 30 ft. and higher. Lower leaf-pinne 
spinescent. Spadices proportionately large, thyrsoid, orange-yellow ; 
berries obovate-elliptical, mucronate, the size of a small olive, slightly 
fleshy with a taste not unlike “tamar” (tamarind), and a tawny 
orange colour. Seed ellipsoid, with a very deep ventral furrow, 
endocarp when mature dull reddish. Plentiful on the banks of the 
lake and of the river Dande near Bombo, and everywhere used for 
making wine (Maluvo), hence the stems rarely reach a beight of more 
than 6 to 7 ft. In fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6659. Cox. Carp. 165. 
IcoLo £ BeNGo.—8 to 15 ft., often scarcely 3 ft. or even acaulescent, 
leaves 6 to 10 ft. Plentiful and cespitose in damp valleys near 
Mundal-Angola ‘between Tantambondo and Quicanda. In fl. Sept. 
1856. No. 6658. 
CaLUMGUEMBO.—(District deduced from Welwitsch’s diary of 
Sept. 1854), Fruit unripe. Wine-palm ; used also for basket-work. 
Sept. 1854. No. 6672. 
Punco AnDoNnGo.—Forms thickets in the marshes, or a stem 15 to 
25 ft. and higher, with a comose top, wood very hard and strong, form- 
ing excellent timber for houses; yields excellent wine (Maluvo). 
Spadix brick-red-orange, woody-fibrous, male shortly stalked, panicu- 
lately branched, flowers snow-white with scarcely a tendency to yellow, 
female spadix with a stalk 2 to 4 ft., orange-coloured, very high, 
flattened. Ripe berries dull yellow-orange, small, } to 4 in., elliptic- 
oblong, slightly fleshy but not unpleasant to taste, seed deeply 
furrowed, albumen compact, not reticulate, embryo dorsal. Leaves 12 
to 18 ft., petiole with a double furrow on the upper face, lower leaflets 
spine-like, short, upper 14 ft., fasciculate, opposite, linear-lanceolate, . 
acuminate, green. Very plentiful on the marshy banks of the rivers 
Cuanza, Lombe, etc., and at Sansamanda and Mopopo. In fi. and fr. 
Feb. 1857. Nos. 6667, 66590. 
2. RAPHIA Beauv. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 935. 
1. R. vinifera Beauv. Fl. Owar. et Ben. i. p. 77, tt. 441, 45, 
461 (1806 or 1807); Drude in Engl. Bot. Jahrb, xxi. p? 111 
(1895); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 457. 
HviLia.—Plentiful but generally almost acaulescent or with a 
shortened stem near streams at 5200 to 5800 ft. in Morro de Lopollo, 
on the river of Monino, etc., not seen in flower. April 1860. No. 6657. 
