ADDENDA.. 615 



7. Glossonema Erlangeri, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 



322. A perennial herb, about 1 ft. high. Stem branching, puberulous, 

 flattened at the younger parts. Leaves linear-oblong or linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute or obtuse, mucronulate, acute at the base, puberulous on 

 both sides; petiole 4 lin. long; blade 7-17 lin. long, -i-7 lin. broad. 

 Flowers 2-3 in a fascicle. Pedicels 2 J lin. long. Sepals \\ lin. long, 

 subulate, puberulous. Corolla 2 lin. long ; lobes acuminate, white, 

 striped with brown. Coronal-lobes \\ lin. long, erect, filiform, dilated 

 at the base. Style-apex pyramidal. 



STile Itand. Somaliland : near Hensa, JEUenleck, 195 ; stony slopes of the 

 Fulla Valley, Mlenheck. 



2. Calotropis busseana, K. Schimi. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 



323. Plant about 2J ft. high. Stem stout, tomentose on the young 

 parts. Leaves 4-5J in. long, 2-3J in. broad, linear-oblong or elliptic, 

 obtuse or retuse. apiculate, truncate at the base, thinly pilose on both 

 sides, echinulate-scabrous on the margins, transversely veined ; petiole 

 up to 5 lin. long. Umbels lateral at the nodes, about 5-flowered. 

 Peduncles up to 4 in. long, subtomentose. Pedicels about 1 \ in. long, 

 subtomentose. Sepals 4J lin. long, subulate. Corolla rotate, greenish- 

 violet, about 7 J lin. long (i.e., lobes probably about \ in. long). Coronal- 

 lobes arising ^ line above the base of the staminal-column, ^^ lin. long, 

 deeply bifid with a spreading incurved spur. Staminal-column 1 j lin. 

 long. Follicles subglobose-inflated. 



Mozamb. Bist. Gei-man East Africa : Usambara ; on the way up from 

 Luengera Valley to Sakarre, 2500 ft, Basse, 34;1. 



1. Xysmalobium decipiens, X. E. Br. Add: X. Iloluhyi. 

 Schlechter in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 340. 



10a. Xysmalobium leucotrichum, X. E. Br. Stem '^ ft. or 

 more high, 3| lin. thick at the base, simple, thinly puberulous. Leaves 

 spreading; petiole :)J-5 lin. long ; blade 4J-6} in. long and up to J in. 

 broad, lanceolate-oblong or linear-oblong, usually acuminate, auricul.ate- 

 cordate at the base, scabrous on both sides. Umbels lateral, peduncu- 

 late, several-flowered. Peduncle 1^-2 in. long, suberect, puberulous 

 Pedicels J in. long. Sepals 3 lin. long, J lin. broad, lineiir-lanceolate, 

 acute, densely puberulous. Corolla campanulate, greenish ; lobes 4 lin. 

 long, nearly li lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous on the back, densely 

 bearded with white silky hairs on the upper half of the inner face. 

 Coronal-lobes shorter than the staminal-column, erect or suberect, 

 fleshy, 3-lobed, with a slightly thickened keel on the inner face, the 

 obtuse middle lobe overtopping the very obtuse lateral lobes. Anther- 

 appendages subquadrate-rounded, very obtuse, indexed on the style- 

 apex. — Ascleinas leucotricha, Schlechter in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 

 342. 



Iiower Guinea. Angrola : hy the River Kwebe, 3700 ft., Baum, 332. 



This is closely allied to A', (fispar, N. E. Br., atul may in-ovo to bo identical with 

 that species. 1 have not seen it. 



