624 ADDENDA. 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes broadly oval, acute to emargi- 
nate, 14-3 in. long, 9 lin. wide, rounded or subcordate at the base, 
ciliate on the margins and nerves; basal nerves 5, two outer slender 
and soon anastomosing ; petiole 1-14 lin. long, with spreading brownish 
hairs. Cymes terminal on the branches, dense, 1} in. in diam., shortly 
peduncled or sessile; flowers shortly pedicelled ; pedicels accrescent, 
about 2 lin. long; bracts linear, hairy, ciliate. Calyx-lobes linear, 
2 lin. long, long ciliate. Corolla about 24 lin. long; tube 1 lin. long, 
glabrous outside; lobes triangular, acute, densely hairy inside and at 
the throat, ciliate. Ovary ovoid; style 2 lin. long. Fruit ovoid or 
subglobose, crowned by the persistent style-base, }-1 in. long; seed 
brownish, more or less glossy. 
Lower Guinea. JLower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 808, Kimuenza, Gillet, 
2081, 1726, near Leopoldville, Gillet. 
67a. Strychnos Gilletii, De Wild. Kiudes Fl. Bas et Moyen Congo 
i. 176. A tree. Branches thickened and flattened at the nodes, 
brownish-yellow when dry, shortly pubescent, becoming glabrous and 
corky ; spines axillary on slender sterile branches only, slender, more 
or less recurved. Leaves oblong or oboval, narrowed into a petiole 
9 lin. long, from apiculate to deeply emarginate at the apex, coriaceous, 
14-23 in.long,1 in. wide, shining on the upper surface, dullon the lower, 
5-nerved, 2 central nerves vanishing near the centre of the leaf. Cymes 
lax, 6 lin. long, terminal on the principal branches or lateral ; peduncle 
6 lin. long, shortly hairy; pedicels slender, hairy, about 1 lin. long; 
bracts 2, linear, 1 lin. long, sparingly ciliate. Sepals long linear, 2} 
lin. long, acute, ciliate. Corolla nearly 2 lin. long in bud, caducous, 
hairy outside. Ovary hairy; style short. Fruit 2 in. in diam. 
Upper Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 134, 880. 
676. Strychnos suberosa, De Wild. Ltudes Fl. Bas et Moyen 
Congo, i. 177. A tree or shrub. Branches thickened and flattened at 
the nodes, deep brown and more or less shining when dry, becoming 
glabrous and corky; spines axillary on the barren branches only, 
slender, more or less recurved, 4 lin. long. Leaves broadly oval or 
oval-oblong, acute or subobtuse, rounded or cuneate at the base, sub- 
coriaceous, 2—2in. long, 14—2in. wide, hairy on both surfaces when young, 
becoming glabrous on the upper ; lateral nerves reaching to the middle 
of the leaf; petiole about 4 lin. long, hairy. Cymes dense, nearly 1} in. 
long and 2 in. in diam., terminal; peduncle 1} in. long, hairy ; pedicels 
? lin. long; bracts 3? lin. long, ciliate. Sepals lanceolate, hairy and 
ciliate, about 1 lin. long, acute. Corolla 13 lin. long; lobes 5, shorter 
than the tube, triangular, shortly hairy outside, glabrous inside except 
at the throat where there is a dense ring of white hairs. Ovary hairy ; 
style included. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lemfu, Gillet, 2261, Kisantu, Gillet. 
67c. Strychnos schumanniana, (Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. 
Exped. 330. A tree, 12-22 ft. high, without cirrhi. Branches grey 
