1024 ADDENDA. 



acuminate, narrowed towards the base, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 J in. broad, 

 coriaceous, quite glabrous, when fresh light green, drying brown ; midrib 

 stout ; nerves 7-8 on each side, curved, raised on both sides, particularly 

 below ; petiole 4j-() lin. long. Panicles many-flowered, lax, up to 8 in. 

 long, wide, very shortly pubescent. Perianth wide-turbinate, 1 lin. 

 long, when fresh reddish, when dry brown, sparingly puberulous within 

 and outside ; .segments ovate. Introrse stamens much dilated below, 

 densely hairy ; extrorse stamens slightly narrower with a large subreni- 

 form gland on each side of the base ; staminodes ovate-lanceolate. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous, gradually passing into the slender style which is 

 as long as or slightly longer than it. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroous : in a yallery-fnrest by tlie Moam River, at Bare, 

 Ledermann, 1284 ; in dense forest at Ndoiipre, 2600-3300 ft., Ledermann, 6235. 



i\d. Tylostemon lancifolius, Emjl. d- Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlvi. 148. A tree, 20-25 ft. high ; branchlets terete, stout, 2 lin. thick, 

 glabrous ; bark grey or when young dirty brown. Leaves oblanceolate, 

 long and obtusely acuminate, gradually narrowed towards the base, G-i) 

 in. long, 1^-2;^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous, when fresh 

 shining green with whitish nerves, drying grey or brown ; midrib some- 

 what stout; nerves 10 to 12 on each side, rising at an angle of 45°, 

 rai.sed on both sides, particularly below; petiole 8-11 lin. long, 

 channelled. Panicles many-flowered, 4 in. long, finely pubescent ; 

 peduncle stout, flattened. Perianth wide-turbinate, 1 lin. long, when 

 tresh greyish green, when dry brown, hairy within and without ; seg- 

 ments broad-ovate or rotundate. Jntrorse .stamens broad, very hairy; 

 extror!<e stamens somewhat narrower, with a large gland on each side 

 of the base, almost equalling the stamen ; staminodes lanceolate-ovate. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous, attenuated into a style as long as or shorter 

 than it. 



upper Oulnea. Canieroons: in forest at Habanpi Tungo, 4400 ft., Leder- 

 mann, 5810. 



~a. Tylostemon kamerunensis, Engl. <(• Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlvi. 148. A tree, 40-50 ft. high ; branchlets terete, glabrous or very 

 sparingly and minutely pubescent when young, up to 2 lin. thick. 

 Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, acuminate, narrowed towards the base, 

 5-8 in. long, 2^-8^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous, when 

 fresh dark green, drying brown ; midrib broad ; nerves 7-9 on each 

 side, curved towards the margin, raised below ; petiole 5-8 lin. long. 

 Panicles many-flowered, divaricate, lax, 4 in. long ; rhachis sparingly 

 pubescent. Perianth wide-campanulate, 1 J lin. long, glabrous, yellowish- 

 green, suffused with red, drying brown ; segments ovate, obtuse, equalling 

 the receptacle. Introrse stamens stout, cylindric, densely hairy ; ex- 

 trorse stamens slightly smaller, with a roundish gland on each side of 

 the base; staminodes ovate-triangular. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, pa.ssing 

 into a slender style of equal length. 



Upper Culnea. Canieroons: in forest at Xdonge, 2300-2600 ft., Ze(f6';-;»a«», 

 6292. 



