218 XCVI, BIGNONIACE.E (SPRAGUE), | Séereospermun. 
Calyx and leaflets more or less pubescent or tomentose. 
Leatiets acuminate, puberulous or glabrescent above, 
pubescent below; calyx glabrous inside . &. S. Zenkert, 
Leaflets not acuminate, tomentose on both sur- 
faces; calyx puberulous aud lepidote inside . 4. S. harmsianum. 
1. S. kunthianum, Cham. in Linnea, vii. 721. A tree, 15-45 ft. 
high; bark sealy, dark grey ov whitish; branchlets very stout, striate 
or rugose. Leaves 6—14 in. long, glabrous, pubescent or tomentose ; 
petiole 1-3} in. long; leaflets 5—9, conspicuously stalked or subsessile, 
ovate or elliptic-oblong, more rarely suborbicular, obtuse (more rarely 
subacute) and usually shortly acuminate at the apex, obtusely cuneate 
or rounded at the base, 14—5 in. long, }-44 in. broad, entire or more or 
less serrate. Panicie usually ample, corymbose-pyramidal, glabrescent, 
pubescent or tomentose; bracts minute. Calyx campanulate, 24-34 lin. 
long, truncate or more or less 4—5-lobed, glabrous, pubescent or tomen- 
tose outside, often glandular; lobes rounded, up to I lin. long. Corolla 
pink or lilac with purple lines; tube funnel-shaped, 9-18 lin. long; 
ventral portion densely villous within ; basal cylindric portion 1-2 lin. 
long ; lobes 3-8 lin. long, ciliate. Stamens inserted 14-3 lin. above 
the base of the corolla-tube; anthers oblong, 1-12 lin. long. Dire 
annular, entire or lobed, }-2 lin. high, Ovary quadrangular, 2—3 lin. 
long, glabrous or minutely glandular, Stigma-lobes obovate or elliptic, 
cutire, crenulate or dentate, Capsule cylindric, 1—2 ft. long, pubescent 
ov glabrous; midrib of valves very prominent. Seeds 11-13 Jin. long, 
34 lin. broad.—Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34; K. Schum. in Engl. 
Pil. Ost-Afr. C. 364; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 128. S. dentatum, 
A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 58; Bureau in Adansonia, ii. 196, t. }, 
Monogr. Bignon. t. 29; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 98; Oliv. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxix. 123; Penzig in Malpighia, viii. 466, t. 9; 
Mugl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 386; Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 40 ; 
Almagiad in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 123; K. Schum. in Engl. Pd. 
Ost-Afr. C. 364. 8. integrifolium, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 11. 59; 
Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 64; K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 364. S- 
Arguezana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 59; Engl. Hochgebirgstl. Trop. 
Afr. 386. 8. senegalense, Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. i. 200. S, discolor, 
K. Schum. in Engl. & Prant!, PHanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242. S. cinereo-viride, 
K. Schum. lc. 243. 8. molle, K. Schum. lc. 242. S. arnoldianwm, De 
Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 128. Bignonia discolor, R. Br. in Salt, Abys-- 
App.64. B. lanata, Steud. Nomencl. ed.ii.i. 205. DolichandroneSmithii, 
Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 30. Spathodea levis ?T. Thoms. in Speke, 
Nile, Append. 642. Spathodea ? Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxis. 124. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 202! Gold Coast: Krepi Plains, 
Johnson, 587! Togo, Baumann, 372! Western Lagos, Rowland! Norther: 
Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1135! Bornu, Vogel, 89! 
Nile Land. Fazok!, Kofschy, 451! Kordofau: near Rahad Lake, Muriel, 
163! near Taiara, Muriel, 175! Eritrea: various localities, Schweinfurth 5 Rive. 
1401! 2217! Beccari, 29! Abyssinia: Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 308! Gondar, 
Steudner, 486! Ankober, Roth / Soudan: by the Sobat River, Muriel, 105! by 
the White Nile, Schweinfurth, 1013! Moru; Way 0, Petherick! by the Bahr-el- 
