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3. T. shirensis, A. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363 (7. 
schirensis), A shrub, 4-10 ft. high. Branches subterete or roughly 
angled, minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite or ternate, long-petioled, 
4-9 in. long; leaflets 9-13, distinctly stalked, ovate, acutely acuminate, 
3-33 lin. long, 44-15 lin. broad, serrate, glabrous above, lower surface 
with tufts of hairs in the axils of the glabrescent veins; lateral leaflets 
oblique or rounded at the base. Racemes dense, simple or bearipg 
8-flowered cymes below; peduncle 2-4} in. long, equalling or ove1- 
topping the leaves; rhachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts linear- 
subulate, caducous; pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Calyx 5-7 lin, long, slightly 
pubescent ; tube 33-43 lin. long; lobes deltoid or ovate-deltoid, acumi- 
nate, 2-3 lin. long. Corolla orange; tube about 1 in, long; lobes 
broadly ovate, obtuse, } in. long. Capsule 434 in. long, } in. broad, 
beaked.— Tecoma shirensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 30; Sprague 
in Bot. Mag. t. 7970. 7’. Whytei, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 
275. 7. nyikensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 159. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: (a pubescent form), Busse, 174! 
British Central Africa : Nyasaland, 2000-7000 ft,; Luagwa River, MeClounie, 
149! Nyika Plateau, Whyte, 112! between Mpata und commencement of 
Tanganyika Plateau, Whyte! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 219! 925! Zomba 
Plateau, Whyte! Mount Malosa, Cameron, 13! Tuchila Plateau, on Mount Mlanji, 
Purves, 15! 
2. PODRANEA, Sprague in Dyer, FI. Cap. iv. ii. 449. 
Calyx opening early in bud, regular, campanulate, 5-lobed, inflated. 
Corolla campanulate above, narrowed to a cylindric tube below; limb 
slightly bilabiate; lobes subequal, spreading. Stamens 4, included ; 
anther-lobes free except at the very apex, divaricate when mature. 
Dise cupular. Ovules 8-seriate in each cell. Capsule linear, scarcely 
compressed.—Shrubs and undershrubs with opposite, simply impari- 
pinnate leaves and terminal panicles of pink or lilac flowers. 
Species 2, the other one in South Africa. 
1. P. Brycei, Sprague. A nearly glabrous, scandent undershrub, 
about 1} ft. high. Stem slender, quadrangular, finely ribbed, minutely 
lepidote in the grooves, pubescent at the nodes. Leaves from 4 in. 
long upwards; leaflets 9-11, stalked, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long 
acuminate, 9-21 lin. long, 3-6 lin. broad, slightly serrate, obscurely 
glandular on the lower surface, otherwise glabrous. Panicle termina', 
lax, 3-4 in, long; branches short, 3-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 
minutely and densely lepidote, the upper part glandular; tube 
4~6 lin, long and broad; lobes ovate-deltoid, 3—4 lin. long, mucronate, 
teflexed on or before the opening of the corolla. Corolla pale mauve, 
glabrous outside, villous inside at the throat and the insertion of 
the stamens ; tube 15-18 lin. long, 9 lin. in diam. at the throat, abruptly 
‘ampanulate above; lower cylindric portion 33-4 lin. long; lobes 
Suborbicular, 6-11 lin. long, ciliate. Anther lobes elliptic-oblong, 13 lin. 
long, Capsule up to 1 ft. long, 7 lin. broad. Seeds 7 lin. long, 5-5} lin. 
broad.— 7’ecoma Brycei, N. E. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1901, 150. 
