ADDENDA. 605 
vii.17, fig. 1 on p. 18; t. 9, fig. A, and t. 10, fig. O; Gilg, Thoms & 
Schedel, Strophanthus Frage, Bot. 1-19, t. 1. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: within 20 miles of Karka Town, Whyte! Mon- 
rovia, Krause. 
Lower Guinea. (raboon: islands of the Ogowe, near Limbareni, Buchholz ; 
Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 458; Libreville, Klaine, 216 ! 
2. Strophanthus Tholloni, “ranch. Follicles about 1 ft. long, 
up to 1 in. thick (closed), spindle-shaped, long rostrate, glabrous, 
blackish-brown, woody, covered with numerous lenticels. Seeds 
narrowly lanceolate, elongate, much attenuated at both ends, 10-12 
lin. long, 1 lin. (or slightly more) broad, sparingly and very minutely 
hairy, hairs yellow; awn 7-10 lin. long, naked for 2}~3} lin., hairs up 
to 1 lin. long.—Guilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 8, 19,t. 9, fig. B, t. 10, 
P. S. pierreanus,De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, i, 102, t. 30, figs. 10-16. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: by a waterfall near Krilie, Preuss; Ebea 
Cataracts, Dinklage, 355, 888 ; near Mimfia and by the Lokundje River, Zenker, 
2300! ; near Bopindihof, Zenker, 2422! and without precise locality, Dusén, 88. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon : Ogowe River, Chalot, 18. 
2a. Strophanthus gardeniiflorus, Gily in Hngl. Monogr. Afr. 
Pf. vii. 20. A rambling shrub; branches glabrous, brown-green, 
slender. Leaves oblong, usually somewhat oblique, shortly, broadly 
and acutely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 4-5 in. long, 15-12 in. 
broad, sub-chartaceous; secondary nerves 5-7 on each side, slightly 
raised; veins inconspicuous; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Cymes 3-4- 
flowered, terminal; peduncle up to 4 lin. long; bracts lanceolate, 
acuminate or acute, scarious, 2}—3 lin. long; pedicels 24-4 lin. long. 
Calyx 5-6 lin. long; sepals oblong, rounded at the apex, thin. Corolla 
large; tube funnel-shaped, 1} in. long, cylindric for about 5 lin. ; lobes 
11 in. long, 6-7 lin. broad at the base, long and finely acuminate ; 
throat-scales linear, setaceously attenuate, 7-84 lin. long, densely 
covered with long white hairs. Anthers 84-9 lin. long, passing into 
a long setaceously acuminate awn. Ovary glabrous.—S. Thollonii, 
De Wild. Etudes FI. Katanga, i. 102, non Franch. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Katanga, near Lakafu, Verdick, 
235, 236. 
The natives of Katanga prepare, according to Verdick, an arrow poison from 
the seeds of this species. 
3. Strophanthus Ledienii, Stein. Add; Gilg in Eng], Monogr. 
Afr. Pf. vii. 34. 
4. Strophanthus holosericeus, A. Schum. & (ily. Add: Gilg 
in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pf. vii. 39, t. 1, fig. A. 
5. Strophanthus Emini, Asch. ¢ Pax. Add: Gilg in Engl. 
Monogr. Afr. PA. vii. 39, t. 10, fig. B. 
Mozamb. Dist. (Add)—German East Africa: Victoria Nyanza, Fischer ; 
