ADDENDA. 618 



lanceolate. Calyx 1 lin. long; sepals lanceolate. Corolla G lin. long, 

 funnel-shaped; tube '2 lin. long; lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 tomentose outside. Anthers 1 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yoruba; near Ishagamo, Schlechter, 13310. 



This is evidently a Baissea, probably allied to B. tenuiloha. 



1. Motandra guineensis, A. DC. Add: Motandra 5;?., Hua in 

 Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. viii. (1002), 480. This contains a very full 

 description of the fruit and seed. 



3. Motandra Lujaei, De Wild, t Dur. Add : De Wild. Notes 

 Apoc. Laticif. Congo, 17. 



4. Motandra rostrata, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. ;'»18. 

 A shrub ; branches slender, flattened when young and minutely rusty- 

 tomentose, then terete and brown. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or 

 narrowly linear-oblong, rostrate-acuminate, 1 to almost 4 in. long, 5-15 

 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous above, bearded in the nerve-axils 

 below ; secondary nerves about 5-7 on each side, distinctly prominent 

 below ; petioles 2 lin. long. Panicles terminal, about 1 in. long, 

 powdery-subtomentose ; pedicels 1 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long ; sepals 

 ovate, powdery subtomentose. Corolla 2 lin. long ; tube 1 lin. long ; 

 lobes linear, subfalcate. Anthers 1| lin. long with a plumose point. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : near Isbagamo, Schlechter^ 12312. 

 Certainly very near to M, giiineensis^ if not identical with it, 



4a. Motandra Erlangeri, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 

 818. A shrub or small tree, up to 12 ft. high; branches slender, 

 terete, flattened and rusty papillose when young, later pale brown. 

 Leaves obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, cuneate at the base, 3-4^ in. 

 long, 1-2 in. broad, glabrous above, minutely bearded in the nerve-axils 

 below, lateral nerves about 5 on each side, like the venation prominent 

 below; petiole 2^-4 lin. long. Racemes or panicles axillary up to Ij 

 in. long, minutely tomentose, shortly peduncled ; pedicels | lin. long. 

 Calyx \\ lin. long, sepals triangular-lanceolate. Corolla greenish, 5^ 

 lin. long, papillose without, villous behind the anthers within ; lobes 

 4 lin. long, linear-obtuse, ciliolate. Anthers U lin. long, reaching the 

 corolla-mouth. 



wile Xiand. Somaliland : near Lake Awala, Ellenbeck^ 1710. 



I suspect this is not a Motandra but rather an Oncinotis. 



46. Motandra viridiflora, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 

 319. A tall climbing shrub; branches very long, slender, terete, 

 perfectly glabrous also when quite young, at length greenish-grey, 

 smooth. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, acute at the base, 2-3^ in. long, ^.-1 Jin. broad, glabrous on 

 both sides except in the minutely bearded nerve-axils ; secondary nerves 

 about 6 on each side, distinct below ; petiole 1 i-2J lin. long. Flowering 

 branchlets terminal and from the axils of the uppermost le^ives, gathered 



