1022 ADDENDA. 



somewhat narrower with a roundish large gland on each side of the base ; 

 staminodes ovate-lanceolate. Ovary broad-ovate, gradually passing into 

 the style which is as long as the ovary. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : in dense forest, by the Neonako River, near 

 Ndoiige, 2300-2700 ft., Ledermann, 6165. 



5a. Tylostexnon congestiflorus, Engl, d' Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlvi. 144. An erect tree, 40-50 ft. high, with a large top ; branchlets 

 «tout, up to 2 J lin. thick, terete, glabrous except when quite young; 

 bark dirty brown. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed 

 at the base, 4-G in. long, 2-2 J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous, 

 light green when fresh, drying pale brown ; midrib somewhat broad, 

 slightly impressed above and raised below; lateral nerves 8-10, rising 

 at an angle of about 45°, curved towards the margin, slightly prominent 

 on both sides. Panicles dense, up to 1 in. long ; peduncle compressed 

 and like the ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ;3-4j lin. -long bracts densely 

 fulvo-tomentose. Perianth broad-turbinate, light green when fresh, 

 drying brownish-yellow, 1 J lin. long, hairy within and outside; segments 

 ovate, slightly shorter than the receptacle. Introrse stamens with broad 

 hairy filaments ; extrorse stamens somewhat narrower, with a large 

 reniform gland on each side. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, gradually passing 

 into the slender style. 



Upper Ouinea. Cameroons: Tchape Puss, in bush by streams, also occa- 

 sionally in the Savanna, 4600 ft., Ledermann, 2804. 



56. Tylostemon acutifolius, Engl, d: Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlvi. 145. An erect tree, 1H-2U ft. high; branchlets terete, about 

 1 J lin. long, glabrous or minutely pube.scent when young ; bark brown. 

 Leaves oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, gradually contracted at 

 the base, G-10 in. long, 2-4 in. broad, very coriaceous, quite glabrous, 

 drying greyish-green to brown ; lateral nerves 7-0, curved towards the 

 margin, more or less raised, particularly beneath ; petiole stout, :i-5 lin. 

 long. Panicles dense, lJ-2 in. long, densely fulvo-tomentose ; 

 peduncle slightly compressed ; bracts ovate, acuminate, 4-5 lin. long, 

 densely hairy. Perianth hemispheric, yellowish-green when fresh, 

 1-1 J lin. long, hairy within and without; segments broad-ovate to 

 rotundate. Introrse stamens densely haii y, widened towards the base ; 

 extrorse stamens slightly narrower, with a large reniform gland on ench 

 side ; staminodes ovate-lanceolate. Ovary ovoid, gradually passing into 

 a short stout style. 



Upper Ouinea. Cameroons: in a narrow stony stunted giillery-forest, nt 

 Tcbape Pass, 4700 ft, Ledermann, 2729. 



5c. Tylostemon anacardioides, Engl, d- Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlvi. 145. An erect tree, 50-60 ft. high ; branchlets terete, stout, 

 about 2J lin. thick, glabrous, striate ; bark dark brown. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic or obovate-elliptic, obtuse at the apex, acute at the base, 5^-7 in. 

 long, 3-4 in. broad, very coriaceous, quite glabrous, shining, dark green 

 when fresh, drying brownish ; midrib stout, flat above, very prominent 



