G04 ADDENDA. 



broad (when expanded), more or less folded and curved. Stamens 

 inserted above the middle ; anthers over 2J lin. long, quite included, 

 tails moderately long. Disc annular, shorter than the carpels. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: within 20 miles of Ksirka Town, Whijte ! 

 A very distinct species with tail-like corolla-lobes, allied to 7^. psilocalyx. 



18. Voacanga bracteata, var. lanceolata, Stapf. Add : 



Upper Guinea : Liberia, Sinou basin, Whyte ! Sim, 34 ! 



1. Holarrhena febrifuga, Klotzsch. Add: De Wild. Etudes 

 Fl. Katanga, i. 101. 



5. Holarrhena Wulfsbergii, Stajrf. Add : De Wild. Etudes 

 Fl. Bas et Moyen Congo, i. 68. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Djuma Valley, Gillef, 2758 ; Gentil. 



De Wildeman (I.e.) states that Laurent's plant, mentioned by me (p. 164) in a 

 note under H. africana, is H. Wulfshergii, adding, however, that he has no 

 authentic specimens of this. 



3a. Pleioceras Whytei, Stapf. A perfectly glabrous shrub; 

 young branches drying chestnut-brown, sparingly dotted with lenticels. 

 Leaves broad-ovate to elliptic, rather abruptly and obtusely acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, up to ?> in. long and 2 in. broad, thin ; secondary 

 nerves about 7 on each side ; petiole up to o lin. long. Panicle more 

 or less trichotomous, corymbiform, many-flowered, 2-4 in. in diam. ; 

 primary branches undivided for 1-1 J in.; peduncle 1-1 J in. long; 

 bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, the intermediate up to 1 lin. 

 long ; pedicels slender, up to G lin. long, slender. Calyx 1 lin. long ; 

 sepals broad -ovate, rounded, quite glabrous, with the exception of the 

 ciliolate margins; intracalycular glands rather conspicuous, ovate, 

 alternating with the sepals. Corolla glabrous except at the pubescent 

 mouth ; tube 2 J lin. long ; lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, o-3| lin. long ; 

 episepalous scales replaced by a pair of minute tomentose tubercles ; 

 epipetalous scales thin, narrowly linear, bifid, ciliate below; a pair 

 of long filiform appendages on each side of each stamen, one entire, the 

 other more or less divided. Anthers over 1 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : near the River Sinou, Whyte ! 



4. Pleioceras Gilletii, Stajyf. The leaves attain 5 in. by 2 in. 

 according to De Wildeman, and the petioles up to 5 lin. — De Wild. 

 Etudes Fl. Bas et Sloyen Congo, i. 70. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Djuma Vallej', Gillet, 2812 ; Gentil. 



1. Strophanthus gratus, Franch. This is always a liane, some- 

 times climbing into the highest trees. — Uilg in Engl. Monogr. Atr. PH. 



