ADDENDA, 623 
lla. Mostuea Gilletii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen Congo, 
i. 174. A tree. Branches slender, densely velvety with yellows hairs 
turning rusty brown. Leaves oval-oblong, apiculate, cuneate at the 
base, 9-20 lin. long, 5-9 lin. wide, velvety on both surfaces, ciliate, 
paler beneath. Cymes terminal or terminating lateral branches, 2—3- 
flowered ; pedicels 1 lin. long, accrescent. Calyx 1} lin. long, velvety ; 
lobes very acute, wide at the base, 1 lin. long. Corolla about 4 lin. 
long ; tube enlarged at the throat; lobes rounded, about 1 lin. in diam. 
Stamens equal. Fruit reniform, velvety, seated on the persistent calyx, 
which is 5 lin. in diam. and with lobes 3 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Valley of the Djuma, Gentil, Gillet, 2914, 
2928. 
19a. Mostuea taymansiana, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen 
Congo, i. 174. A shrab about 20 in. high. Young branchlets densely 
velvety with spreading hairs. Leaves oval-oblong, 9-18 in. long, 5-9 
in. wide, abruptly apiculate, cuneate at the base, with long scattered 
adpressed hairs on the upper surface and on the nerves beneath, ciliate 
on the margins, lower surface paler than the upper; petiole 1—24 lin. 
long. Flowers 2-3 at the ends of short branchlets, white, yellow at 
the base of the corolla-tube; pedicels short. Calyx-lobes 5, linear- 
setaceous, free almost to the base, 2 lin. long, with spreading hairs on 
the back and margins. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped above, 44 lin. 
long; lobes oval, rounded, about 1 lin. long. Stamens equal, reaching 
to the corolla-throat. Style shorter than the stamens. Capsule obreni- 
form, about 5 lin. in diam., furnished with a border 2 lin. wide at the 
top and 24 lin. wide on the lobes, with numerous straight spreading 
hairs. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Bena-Dibele, Lua, 252, 
114. Mostuea Duchesnei, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen 
Congo, i. 173. A bush about 4 ft. high. Young branches shortly and 
densely velvety with adpressed hairs. Leaves oval, apiculate, cuneate 
at the base, more or less decurrent on the petiole, glabrous above 
except on the midrib, sparingly velvety below especially on the nerves, 
ciliate on the margin, obscurely toothed; petiole 2} lin. long. In- 
florescence axillary or terminal, sessile or on a peduncle 9 lin. long, 
velvety. Flowers 3-7 together, white, subsessile or on pedicels 2} lin. 
long. Calyx nearly 2 lin. long; lobes about 1 lin, long, lanceolate, 
acute, velvety, ciliate. Corolla glabrous, about 7 lin. long ; lobes oval- 
rounded, about 2 lin. long, 2 lin. wide. Stamens 2} lin. long. Style 
longer than the stamens, deeply lobed. Fruit unknown. 
South Central. Congo Free State: in forests on the right bank of the 
river at Stanleyville, Duchesue, 16. 
47a. Strychnos variabilis, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen 
Congo, i. 178. A medium-sized tree. Branchlets with brownish ad- 
pressed and long silky spreading hairs, without tendrils. Leaves oval- 
