ADDENDA. 59;, 



Ga. Clitandra Nzunde, JJe Wild, in IJelr/ique Coloniah, 1903, 

 126 d' in Notes Apoci/n. Laticif. Congo, \. (190:}), l>2. A Jiane, up to 

 100 yards long and 8 in. in diam. ; stems glabrous, bark dull palo 

 brown with numerous lenticels. Leaves oblong, cuneate at the base, 

 acutely acuminate, (acumen about 5 lin. long), ;U-7 in. long, \\-'2}i in! 

 broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull; secondary nerves about I'l on^each 

 side, oblique, connected by submarginal arches, like the veins prominent 

 on both sides. Panicles axillary and terminal, short, comjiound, dense, 

 many-flowered, globose, 7i- lin. in diam., puberulous ; peduncle^hort ; 

 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 1^ lin. long, up to J lin. wide ; lobes oblong-linear, as long as the 

 tube, over i- lin. wide. Anthers inserted at the middle. ^ Ovary 

 glabrous, ovoid; style short. — De Wild, in De Wild, i^- Cientil, Lian. 

 Caoutch. Congo, 83. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Ul)angi District ; forests soutli of Hanzy- 

 ville, particularly along water courses. 



This is evidently closely allied to C. orientalis, diifering as it seems only in tlic 

 size of the flowers. It is stated to yield excellent rubber. "Nzunde" is the 

 vernacular name in the Ubangi District. 



la. 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 obovat^- 

 elliptic, abruptly contracted into a rather broad obtuse acumen, .'>.l-l.^ 

 lin. long, rounded at the base, 2^—4 in. long, Ih 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 1~G 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 IJ lin. long, very slender. Calyx scircely 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, ?) lin. long. Stamens inserted 

 below the middle ; filaments very short ; anthers lanceolate, con- 

 spicuously acuminate, | 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.\ in. long, covered with pro- 

 minent warts and nodules all over, light red or yt-llow. Seeds ],'» 20 

 in a pleasantly acid, pink pulp. 



Upper Guinea. Libcri.i : within 20 miles from Kurku Town, h'ht^tr '. 

 Sinou liasin, Whyte! Greenville, Sim^ 24! 



The latex of this spcrirs is col'cctcd for ruhber. C. nitidn is noan-st .ilbrd 



