ADDENDA. 595 
6a. Clitandra Nzunde, De Wild. in Belgique Coloniale, 1903, 
126 & in Notes Apocyn. Laticif. Congo, i. (1903), 22. A liane, up to 
100 yards long and 8 in, in diam.; stems glabrous, bark dull pale 
brown with numerous lenticels. Leaves oblong, cuneate at the base, 
acutely acuminate, (acumen about 5 lin. long), 34-7 in. long, 14-24 in. 
broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull; secondary nerves about 11 on each 
side, oblique, connected by submarginal arches, like the veins prominent 
on both sides. Panicles axillary and terminal, short, compound, dense, 
many-flowered, globose, 74 lin. in diam., puberulous ; peduncle short ; 
bracts small; pedicels } lin. long, shortly pubescent. Corolla minutely 
puberulous without ; tube inflated below, then suddenly contracted at 
the level of the calyx tips, inflated again and contracted at the mouth, 
about 14 lin. long, up to 4 lin. wide ; lobes oblong-linear, as long as the 
tube, over 4 lin. wide. Anthers inserted at the middle. Ovary 
glabrous, ovoid; style short.—De Wild. in De Wild. & Gentil, Lian. 
Caoutch. Congo, 83. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Ubangi District ; forests south of Banzy- 
ville, particularly along water courses. 
This is evidently closely allied to C. orientalis, differing as it seems only in the 
size of the flowers. It is stated to yield excellent rubber. “ Nzunde” is the 
vernacular name in the Ubangi District. 
7a. Clitandra nitida, Stapf. A perfectly glabrous climber, with 
very long slender hook-branched terminal or axillary tendrils; young 
branches slightly quadrangular, drying dark chestnut-brown, more or 
less glossy, with scattered whitish lenticels. Leaves elliptic to obovate- 
elliptic, abruptly contracted into a rather broad obtuse acumen, 34-44 
lin. long, rounded at the base, 23-4 in. long, 1} to over 2 in. broad, 
coriaceous, glossy on both sides drying greenish-brown, dark above, 
midrib slightly concave above, prominent below; secondary nerves 
about 4 to an inch, with parallel finer tertiary ones between them, very 
faintly raised above, very conspicuously connected below by flat arches 
near to the thickened margin; petioles 4-6 lin. long. Cymes very 
numerous, opposite, glabrous, 6 to more than 12-flowered, without the 
corollas about as long as the petioles; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 
Minute ; pedicels 14 lin. long, very slender. Calyx scarcely 1 lin. long, 
glabrous ; sepals ovate, subacute or obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla glabrous 
without; tube slender, subcylindric, slightly widened at the middle, 
2 lin. long; lobes linear, subacute, 3 lin. long. Stamens inserted 
below the middle; filaments very short; anthers lanceolate, con- 
Spicuously acuminate, 4 lin. long. Ovary glabrous, ovoid, rather 
suddenly contracted into the extremely short style; stigma sub- 
cylindric from a thickened base, much longer than the style. Fruit 
(Whyte) globose or depressed globose, 2-24 in. long, covered with pro- 
Minent warts and nodules all over, light red or yellow. Seeds 15-20 
in a pleasantly acid, pink pulp. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: within 20 miles from Karka Town, Whyte! 
Sinou Basin, Whyte! Greenville, Sim, 24! 
The latex of this species is col'ected for rubber. C. nitida is nearest allied 
