84 XVII. PALMA. [Hyphene 
far asthe mouth of the Cuanza. In male fi, Lifune Nov. 1853 ; in fl. 
and fr. end of Sept. 1858. No. 6670. Called by the negroes Mateva. 
Plentiful on dry or sandy hills, especially between Barra do Bengo and 
Barro do Dande. Nov. 1853. No. 6662. 
Loanpa.—Very frequent on the coast between Ambriz and Loanda. 
Co... Carp. 1052. 
2. H. benguellensis Welw. Synops. Expl. p. 40 (1862) ; Wendl. 
in Bot. Zeit. xxxix. p. 92 (1881); Drude, Jc.; Durand & Schinz, 
Z.c., p. 460. 
MossaMEDES.—A. very elegant palm with the habit of Hyphene, 
stem 20 to 35 ft. high, about 3 ft. thick, straight, cylindrical, moder- 
ately ventricose above the middle, always simple. Berries exactly 
spherical, a shining dull brown. Plentiful in rather damp sandy 
places near the banks of the river Caroca near Porto-Pinda and Cabo 
Negro, forming very elegant woods round the native village Caroca, 
In fr. Sept. 1859. No. 6656. 
4, ELAIS Jacq.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 944. 
1. E, guineensis Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. p. 280, t. 172 (1763) ; 
Welw. Synops. Expl. pp. 43, 44, 53 (1862); Drude in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxi. p. 112 (1895); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 462. 
Barra DO BENGO.—Plentiful in damp woods on the banks of- the 
river Bengo. S. Antonio, Dec. 1853. No. 6660. Called by the negroes 
Die, plural Maie. 
GoLuNnco ALTO.—Young leaves, second year. Banks of river 
Delamboa. May 1855. No. 6664. Wool from the leaf of the oil 
palm “Uruco” or “ Urucu.” Coun. Carp. 1061. 
Var. macrosperma Welw. Apont. p. 584. No. 3 (1859). 
Icoto E BENGO.—Quifandongo. May 1860. Coxu. Carp. 1057. 
Native name Dihého. Bengo shore. Sept. 1860. Cox. Carp. 1060, 
Var, microsperma Welvw., i.c. Fruit 12 in. or less. 
IcoLo & BENGo.—Banks of river Bengo, August 1858. Cou. CARP. 
_No, 1058. Native name, Disombo. 
GoLuNco ALTOo.--Everywhere plentiful in woods. Bango, July 
1856. Cox. Carp. 1059. 
5. COCOS L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 945. 
1. C, nucifera L. Sp. Pl. p. 1188 (1753); Drude in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxi. p. 112 (1895). 
Loanpa.—Plentifully cultivated along the whole coast of Angola 
to three and even four leagues inland. Flowers twice or thrice in 
each year. Island of Loanda, Jan. 1854. No. 6661. Called by the 
Portuguese Coqueiro. 
XVIII. PANDANACE A. 
1, PANDANUS L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 949. 
1, P. Welwitschii Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894 p. 324, t. 347. 
P. (Candelabrum FI. Nigr.?) Welw. Apont. p. 586, No. 36 (1859). 
Punco Anpongo.—Stem 1 ft. thick at base, 10 to 15 ft., seldom 
more than 20 ft. high. The toughest of all the Angolan plants. The 
rapidity with which even the thicker shoots will take root in inundated 
