ADDENDA. 1025 



2. Gyrocarpus hababensis, Chiov. in Ann. di Bot., Ronia, ix. 132. 

 Branchlets fairly stout, straight, l|-2 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, 

 minutely and inconspicuously pubescent at the apex, quickly becoming 

 glabrous, bark at first brownish, soon becoming ashy-grey and irregu- 

 larly cracked longitudinally. Leaves 3-5 together at the ends of the 

 branchlets, suborbicular, j-1 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, rounded at the 

 apex, shortly and abruptly subcuneate into the petiole from a rounded 

 or subtruncate base, papery or thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved with 

 the lateral nerves soon forked, veinlets dark, loosely reticulate, slightly 

 impressed and inconspicuous on the upper surface, hardly raised but 

 conspicuous by their colour on the paler lower surface ; petiole slender, 

 minutely puberulous, 5-10 lin. long. Cymes 2-4, fascicled at the ends 

 of the branchlets, 1|^-1| in. long; rhachis and its branches black, 

 minutely and sparingly pubescent or puberulous ; pedicels about J lin. 

 long, puberulous. Perianth J-f lin. long in male, rather longer in 

 hermaphrodite flowers (Chiovenda), irregularly lobed, coarsely pilose. 

 Filaments up to | lin. long, coarsely and sparingly pilose ; anthers 

 oblong, f lin. long. Staminodes clavate, f lin. long, densely 

 villous. Ovary subglabrous or minutely and sparingly puberulous 

 (Ohiovenda). Fruits ovoid, 4-4j lin. long, black, glabrous, faintly 

 8-ribbed ; wings linear-oblanceolate, about 2J in. long, 2J-oJ lin. broad, 

 glabrous. 



Wile Dtand. Eritrea: Habab; Aide Lebca, Terracciano (^' Pappi, 1268! 

 Naro, Fappi, 8256 ! Assaorta, Mount Ghedem, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 4 ! 



la. Loranthus patentiflorus, Engl. S Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlv. 281. An erect bush, 1-1 J ft. high. Branchlets terete, fairly stout, 

 up to 2 J lin. in diam,, brownish-red or greyish-brown, smooth in a 

 young state, covered with numerous punctiform lenticels when adult. 

 Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, narrowed above to an obtuse or 

 rounded apex, acute or subacute at the base, 2-3| in. long, 8-15 lin. 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, nerves fairly prominent on both 

 surfaces in a young state ; petioles 2J-4 lin. long. Racemes axillary, 

 shortly peduncled, numerous- flowered, shorter than the leaves, up to 

 2J in. long; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long; bract ovate, acute, |-| lin. long, 

 ciliate, much thickened dorsally in the lower half or two-thirds. Recep- 

 tacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, about 1 lin. long. Calyx 

 ascending, J lin. long, shallowly lobed, ciliolate. Corolla white, nearly 

 5 lin. long, slender in bud. Filaments 1-1 J lin. long ; anthere 2J lin. 

 long. Style nearly 4 lin. long. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroons: between Jakuba and thenmip on tlie Mao Jim, 

 4000 ft., Ledermann, 2630 ! 2675. 



Appareiilly nllied to L. Wildemanii, Spragiie, from which it differs in the much 

 larger bract, shorter receptacle and h)nger calyx. Fully developed Howcrs are not 

 known. 



2a. Loranthus rubrostamineus, Engl. Sf Krause in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xlv. 282. Branchlets terete, fairly stout, glabrous, dark brown, up to 

 IJ lin. in diam. 8-10 in. below the apex, smooth or slightly striate in u 



