i'}'24 ADDENDA. 



oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes broadly oval, acute to emargi- 

 nate, l^-'> in. long, D lin. wide, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 ciliate on the margins and nerves ; basal nerves 5, two outer slender 

 and soon anastomosing; petiole 1-3 i lin. long, with spreading brownish 

 hairs. Cymes terminal on the branches, dense, 1 j in. in diam., shortly 

 peduncled or sessile ; flowers shortly pedicelled ; pedicels accrescent, 

 about 2 lin. long ; bracts linear, hairy, ciliate. Calyx-lobes linear, 

 2 lin. long, long ciliate. Corolla about 2^ lin. long ; tube 1 lin. long, 

 glabrous outside ; lobes triangular, acute, densely hairy inside and at 

 the throat, ciliate. Ovary ovoid ; style 2 lin. long. Fruit ovoid or 

 subglobose, crowned by the persistent style-base, |-1 in. long; seed 

 brownish, more or less glossy. 



Iiower Guinea. I>ower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 808, Kimuenza, Gillet^ 

 2081, 1726, near Leopoldville, Gillet. 



Cua. Strychnos Gilletii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen Congo 

 i. 176. A tree. Branches thickened and flattened at the nodes, 

 brownish -yellow when dry, shortly pubescent, becoming glabrous and 

 corky ; spines axillary on slender sterile branches only, slender, more 

 or less recurved. Leaves oblong or oboval, narrowed into a petiole 

 9 lin. long, from apiculate to deeply emarginate at the apex, coriaceous, 

 1 1-2| in.long, 1 in. wide, shining on the upper surface, dull on the lower, 

 5-nerved, 2 central nerves vanishing near the centre of the leaf. Cymes 

 lax, G lin. long, terminal on the principal branches or lateral ; peduncle 

 () lin. long, shortly hairy ; pedicels slender, hairy, about 1 lin. long ; 

 bracts 2, linear, Ij lin. long, sparingly ciliate. Sepals long linear, 2J 

 lin. long, acute, ciliate. Corolla nearly 2 lin. long in bud, caducous, 

 hairy outside. Ovary hairy ; style short. Fruit 2 in. in diam. 

 Upper Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Gillet^ 134, 880. 



Iw6. Strychnos suberosa, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas et Moyen 

 Congo, i. 177. A tree or shrub. Branches thickened and flattened at 

 the nodes, deep brown and more or less shining when dry, becoming 

 glabrous and corky ; spines axillary on the barren branches only, 

 slender, more or less recurved, 4 lin. long. Leaves broadly oval or 

 oval-oblong, acute or subobtuse, rounded or cuneate at th6 base, sub- 

 coriaceous, 2-2|in.long, 1 J-2in. wide, hairy on both surfaces when young, 

 becoming glabrous on the upper ; lateral nerves reaching to the middle 

 of the leaf; petiole about 4 lin. long, hairy. Cymes dense, nearly 1^ in. 

 long and 2 in. in diam., terminal ; peduncle 1^ in. long, hairy; pedicels 

 ^ lin. long ; bracts ^ lin. long, ciliate. Sepals lanceolate, hairy and 

 ciliate, about 1 lin. long, acute. Corolla If lin. long; lobes 5, shorter 

 than the tube, triangular, shortly hairy outside, glabrous inside except 

 at the throat where there is a dense ring of white hairs. Ovary hairy ; 

 style included. 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lemfu, Gillet, 2261, Kisantu, Gillet. 



G7c. Strychnos schumanniana, Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. 

 Kxped. 330. A tree, 12-22 ft. high, without cirrhi. Branches grey 



