ADDENDA. (10 5 



vii.l7, fig. 1 on p. 18; t. 0, fig. A, and t. 10, fig. 0; Gilg, Thorns cV: 

 Schedel, Strophanthus Frage, Bot. 1-19, t. 1. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : wiLliiu 20 miles of Karkii Town, Whyte ! Mon- 

 rovia, Krause. 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon : islands of the 0;?o\vc, near Linibarcni, Buchholz ; 

 Sibange Farm, Soi/aux, 458; Libreville, Klaine, 210 ! 



2. Strophanthus Tholloni, Franch. 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.V-3i lin., hairs up 

 to 1 lin. long.— Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 8, U),t.''l), fig. B, t. 10, 

 P. S. 2ner)'eamcs,'De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, i. 1()2, t. 30, figs. 10-1 G. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : by a waterfall near Krilie, Preuss ; Ebca 

 Cataracts, BlnJclage, 355, 888 ; near Mimfi;i and by the LokunJje River, Zenker, 

 2300 ! ; near Bopiiidihof, Zenker, 2422! and without precisa locality, Busen, 88. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Ogowe River, Chalot, 18. 



2a. Strophanthus gardeniiflonis, Gilg in Engl. 3fo7iogr. Afr. 

 Pfl. vii. 20. A rambling shrub ; branches glabrous, brown-green, 

 slender. Leaves oblong, usually somewhat oblique, shortly, broa<lly 

 and acutely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 4-5 in. long, li-l§ i"- 

 broad, sub-chartaceous ; secondary nerves 5-7 on each side, slightly 

 raised; veins inconspicuous; petiole 3-1: lin. long. Cymes 3-1- 

 flowered, terminal ; peduncle up to 4 lin. long ; bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate or acute, scarious, 2J-3 lin. long; pedicels 2^-4 lin. long. 

 Calyx 5-G lin. long ; sepals oblong, rounded at the apex, thin. Corolla 

 large; tube funnel-shaped, IJ in. long, cylindric for about 5 lin. ; lobes 

 1^ in. long, G-7 lin. broad at the base, long and finely acuminate; 

 throat-scales linear, setaceously attenuate, 7-8J lin. long, densely 

 covered with long white hairs. Anthers 8 J -9 lin. long, passing into 

 a long setaceously acuminate awn. Ovary glabrous. — *S'. Thollonii, 

 De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, i. 102, non Franch. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga, neav Lakafu, Verdick, 

 235, 236. 



The natives of Katanga prepare, according to Verdick, an arrow poison fmm 

 the seeds of this species. 



3. Strophanthus Ledienii, Stein. Add ; Gilg in Engl. Monogi-. 

 Afr. Pfl. vii. 34. 



4. Strophanthus holosericeus, K. Sc/unn. <(• Gilg. Add : Gilg 

 in Engl Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 39, t. 1, fig. A. 



5. Strophanthus Emini, Asch. ((• Pax. Add: Gilg in Engl. 

 Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 30, t. 10. fig. B. 



Mozamb. Dlst. (Add)— German East Africa: Victoria Nyan/a. l^tschcr ,- 



