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11a. Mostuea Gilletii, De Wild. Etudes FL Basel Moyen CoiKfo, 

 i. 174. A tree. Branches slender, densely velvety with yellows hiiirs 

 turning rusty brown. Leaves oval-oblong, apiculate, cuneate at the 

 base, 9-20 lin. long, 5-9 lin. wide, velvety on both surfaces, ciliate, 

 paler beneath. Cymes terminal or terminating lateral branches, t-.\- 

 flowered; pedicels 1 lin. long, accrescent. Calyx H lin. long, velvetv ; 

 lobes very acute, wide at the base, 1 lin. long. Corolla about 4 lin. 

 long ; tube enlarged at the throat; lobes rounded, about 1 lin. in diam. 

 Stamens equal. Fruit reniform, velvety, seated on the persistent Gilyx, 

 which is 5 lin. in diam. and with lobes 6 lin. long. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Lower Congo : Valley of the Djuma, Oentil Gillet 2')14 

 2928. ' ' ' 



19«. Mostuea taymansiana, De Wild. Etitdes FL Has et Moifen 

 Congo, i. 174. A shrub about 20 in. high. Young branchlets densely 

 velvety with spreading hairs. Leaves oval-oblong, 9-18 in. long, ;'>-!) 

 in. wide, abruptly apiculate, cuneate at the base, with long scattered 

 adpressed hairs on the upper surface and on the nerves beneatli, ciliate 

 on the margins, lower surface paler than the upper; petiole 1-2;^, lin. 

 long. Flowers 2-3 at the ends of sliort branciilets, white, yellow at 

 the base of the corolla-tube ; pedicels short. Calyx-lobes ."*, linear- 

 setaceous, free almost to the base, 2 lin. long, with spreading hairs on 

 the back and margins. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped above, 4:^ lin. 

 long ; lobes oval, rounded, about 1 lin. long. Stamens equal, reaching 

 to the corolla- throat. Style shorter than the stamens. Capsule obreni- 

 form, about 5 lin. in diam., furnished with a border 2 lin, wide at the 

 top and 2J lin. wide on the lobes, with numerous straight spreading 

 hairs. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Bena-Dibele, Ltija, 252, 



lib. Mostuea Duchesnei, De Wild. Etudes FL has et Moyni 

 Congo, i. 173. A bush about 4 ft. high. Young branches shortly and 

 densely velvety with adpressed hairs. Leaves oval, apiculate, cuneate 

 at the base, more or less decurrent on the petiole,, glabrous above 

 except on the midrib, sparingly velvety below especially on the nerves, 

 ciliate on the margin, obscurely toothed ; petiole '2\ lin. long. In- 

 florescence axillary or terminal, sessile or on a peduncle 9 lin. long, 

 velvety. Flowers 3-7 together, white, subsessile or on pedicels 2i lin. 

 long. Calyx nearly 2 lin. long; lobes about 1 lin. long, lanceolate, 

 acute, velvety, ciliate. Corolla glabrous, about 7 lin. long ; lobes oval- 

 rounded, about 2 lin. long, 2 lin. wide. Stamens 2i lin. long. Style 

 longer than the stamens, deeply lobed. Fruit unknown. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : in forests on the right bank of the 

 river at Stanleyville, Duchesne, 16. 



47a. Strychnos variabilis, De Wild. Atudes FL Bos et ^fo^/en 

 Congo, i. 178. A medium-sized tree. Branchlets with brownish ad- 

 pressed and long silky spreading hairs, without tendrils. Leaves oval- 



