1042 ADDENDA. 



ducing 2-3 ultimately 3-flowered cymes on peduncles l|-2 lin. long. 

 BriU'ts suborbicular, about 2|-8 lin. in diam., deeply concave. Involucre 

 (dried and immature) .'H lin. in diam., cup-shaped, ;^labrous, with 5 glands 

 and 5 subquadrate deeply fringed lobes; glands IJ-lJ lin. in their 

 greater diam., rounded-renifbrm, rather deeply notched on the inner 

 margin, apparently yellov/ish. Ovary and fruit not seen. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Ambaca, used by the natives for fences in their 

 villages iind cattle-yards, Oossxoeiler ! 



1. Dichostemma glaucescens, 7^/er;e. Add: 



Ziower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville, A7ai we, 110 ! 113! 1129! 



1. Anthostema senegalense, ^. Jwss. Add: 



Upper Guinea. Seneganibia, Leprieur I Perrottet, 728! Ileudelot, 40! 

 Guinea: Tunana, Poisson, 13! Tristas Island, Paroisse, \\ French Soudan: 

 Moussai, Chevalier, 406 ! 



2. Anthostema aubryanum, Baill. Add : 

 Aower Guinea, (lalxjon: Libreville, A'/aiwe, 238 ! 



3. Bridelia scleroneuroides, Pax. Add ; Mildbr. Wiss. Deutsch. 



Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. i;")!). 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Bukoba district; \iA\-&, Mildhraed, 

 200. 



5. Bridelia angolensis, Welw. Add: 

 Iiower Guinea. Angola: 'i\m\\a,, Dekindt, Qbll 



10. Bridelia atroviridis, Midi. Arg. Add : Mildbr. Wi>s. 

 Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. 450. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Ituri district; 'MawHrnhi, Mildbraed, 3069. 



12a. Bridelia grandis, Pierre MSS. ex Hutchinson. A tree 

 €0-63 ft. high ; branchlets pilose, at length becoming nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-oblanceolate, long-cuspidate-acuminate 

 and obtuse at the apex, mostly cuneate at the base, 2J-4 in. long, 

 1-1 J in. broad, rather rigidly chartaceous, shining, glabrous and darker 

 on the upper surface, dull, often somewhat glaucous and thinly pubes- 

 cent on the lower surface ; lateral nerves 8-9 on each side, prominent 

 below, slightly arcuate, extending to the margin ; tertiary nerves lax 

 and inconspicuous; petiole 3-3 J lin. long, rather densely rusty- 

 pubescent ; stipules subulate-lanceolate, densely tomentose. Bracts 

 .small, hairy. Male flowers : pedicel J lin. long, glabrous. Buds ovoid, 

 glabrous. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, scarcely f lin. long, glabrous on 

 both sides. Petals spathulate, very small. Disk thick and fleshy, 

 undulately lobed, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary subentire, glabrous. 

 Female flowers subsessile : Sepals ovate-triangular, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, scarcely half the length 

 of the sepals. Disk enclosing the ovary, denticulate, glabrous outside. 

 Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrous; styles deeply bilobed. Fruits 1 -celled, 

 shortly stalked, oblong-ellipsoid, about 3 lin. long and 2 lin. in diam. 



