a14 XCVI. BIGNONIACE® (SPRAGUE). | Zecomaria. 
Leatlets 5-7, elliptic, obtuse, mucronulate : . 2. T. Nyassa. 
Leaflets 9-13, ovate, acutely acuminate, : . 38. T. shirensis. 
1. T. capensis, Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. ix. 137. A rambling 
shrub, about 6 ft. high. Branches subterete, minutely pubescent above, 
glabrescent below. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 2-5 in. long; 
leaflets 5—9 (rarely 3), shortly stalked, elliptic, orbicular or rhomboidal, 
more or less oblique at the base, 6-15 lin. long, 4-9 lin. broad, (terminal 
leaflet ovate, acuminate, 9-23 lin. long, 6—13 lin, broad, its petiole up to 
6 lin. long), crenate, sometimes mucronulate, glabrescent above, pilose 
in the axils of the veins below. Racemes of numerous 3-flowered 
cymes, or sometimes simple in the upper part; peduncle 14—4 in. long, 
usually overtopping the leaves; rhachis and pedicels finely pubescent ; 
bracts linear-subulate, caducous. Calyx 2-31 lin. long, strongly 
ribbed, finely pubescent; tube 13-23 lin. long; lobes deltoid, 
apiculate or acuminate, 3-1 lin. long, ciliate. Corolla orange- 
red or scarlet ; tube laterally compressed, 1-1} in. long; lobes ovate, 
obtuse, rather under 4 in. long, ciliate. Capsule 3-5 in. long, 4-5 lin. 
broad, apiculate-—Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1863, 21; Baill. Hist. Pl. x. 
41; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 230, and in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. viii. ii. 307; Schinz in Mém, Herb. Boiss. No. 10, 62; 
Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 448, Tecomaria Krebsii; Klotzsch in 
Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 193. TJ. Petersii, Klotzsch, lc. 192. 
Bignonia capensis, Thunb. Prodr. 105; Pers. Syn. ii. 172. Tecoma 
capensis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1117; DC. Prodr. ix. 223; Drége, Zwei 
Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 136, 142, 156, 160; Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. 
Pl. ed. i. 235, and ed. ii. 275 ; Schinz in Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genéve, 
vi, (1891) 70; A. Zahlbruckner in Ann. Mus. Wien, xv. (1900) 70; 
Wood, Natal Plants, ii 3, 244 872 Auesidcs capensis, Bur. 
Monogr. Bignon. 49, 145. 
Mozamb. Dist. Transvaal : Zoutspans Berg ; Elim, Mingard & Creu. 
A South African species which just crosses the Tropic of Capricorn. 
2. T. Nyassee, K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 363. Branches 
roughly quadrangular, minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite, long- 
petioled, 4—5 in. long; leaflets 5-7, very shortly stalked, elliptic, obtuse, 
8-20 lin. long, 5-14 lin, broad, mucronulate, irregularly crenate-serrate, 
glabrous above, lower surface with tufts of hairs in the axils of the 
veins ; lateral leaflets oblique at the base. Racemes simple, dense ; 
peduncle 6 in. long, overtopping the leaves; rhachis and pedicels finely 
pubescent ; bracts linear-subulate, caducous ; pedicels 6 lin. long. Calyx 
‘-9 lin. long, glandular, finely pubescent ; tube 44-54 lin. long; lobes 
lanceolate, acuminate, 23-4 lin. long. Corolla-tube 1 in. long or more ; 
lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, 3 in. long.—K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. 
xxvin. 480. Tecoma Nyasse, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1351. 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: lower plateau, north of Lake Nyassa 
. ’  Uhehe : Higulu Plateau, northern Uchungwe Mountains, Goetze, 
