Stereospermum. | XCVI. BIGNONIACEZ (SPRAGUE). 519 
Ghazal, near Chuk-Chuk, Broun! Near Old Wau, Brown, 59! Mittu; Ngama, 
Schweinfurth, 2767! between Derago and Kuddu, Schweinfurth, 2771! between 
Moro and Ngama, Schweinfurth, 2778! Kuraggera, Schweinfurth, 2787 ! Mvolo, 
Schweinfurth, 2845! Niamniam; Wando, Schweinfurth, 3229! Uganda: Madi, 
Speke & Grant, 750! Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7014! Chagwe and Busoga, Dawe, 
87! Toro, Dawe, 535! British East Africa: Shimba Hills, Kassner, 173! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Katanga; Moero, Verdick, Lukafu, 
Verdick, 19! 92. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : without precise locality, Busse, 648 ! 
Urambo, Hannington! Yilimanjaro, Smith! Usambara; Magila, Holst, 2229! 
Simbili, Holst, 2368 ! Mgunda Mkali region, Speke § Grant ! and without precise 
locality, Buckwald, 105! Usaramo, 1000 ft., Goetze, 30! Portuguese East Africa : 
Shupanga, Kirk! Scott! British Central Africa : Batoka Country; near 
Sinamane, 2000 ft., Kirk! Tanganyika-Moero Plateau, Carson, 20! Nyasaland ; 
various localities, Kirk! Meller! Whyte! Whyte & McClounie, 11! Buchanan, 
232! Waller! 
2. S. acuminatissimum, A. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 
fum. iv. 3 B. 243. Branchlets rather stout, flattened at the nodes, 
finely striate, glabrous, blackish in the dried state. Leaves 17-23 in. 
long ; rhachis puberulous on the upper surface ; petiole 34-4 in. long; 
leaflets 13-17, distinctly stalked, ovate-oblong or lanceolate (the lower- 
most ovate), long and sometimes abruptly acuminate at the apex, 
obtusely and unequally cuneate at the base, 3-6 in. long, 14-1} im. 
broad, entire, glabrous. Panicle ample, corymbose-pyramidal ; bracts 
foliaceous, lanceolate, ciliate, sparsely pubescent on the upper surface. 
Buds apiculate or acuminate. Calyx tubular, 5— lin. long, 2-lipped, 
glabrous, occasionally subspathaceous ; lobes 2, ovate, acute, 1—24 lin. 
long. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 1}—1} in. long ; basal cylindric por- 
tion 5-5} lin. long, pilose below the insertion of the stamens; ventral 
portion of throat very sparsely villous ; lobes 5-7 lin. long, crenulate, 
Sparsely ciliate. Stamens inserted 6-64 lin. above the base of the 
corolla-tube; anthers oblong-linear, 1-1} lin. long. Disc annular, 
23-31 lin. long, glabrous. 
entire, 2 lin. high. Ovary quadrangular, 23-92 
Upper Guinea. Lagos, Phillips, 41! Cameroons, Preuss, 332! 
3. S. Zenkeri, X. Schum. ew De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 150 
(Jan. 1903). A tree 50-65 ft. high ; bark smooth, grey; crown dense, 
subglobose; branches stout, much flattened at the nodes, finely striate, 
minutely tomentellous, the young ones dark olive-green in the dried 
state. Leaves 13-17 in. lony; rhachis tomentellous ; petiole ?}-2 in. 
long ; leaflets 11-15, distinctly stalked, ovate-oblong or oblong (the 
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lowermost ovate), acuminate at the apex, unequally and obtusely cuneate 
at the base, 23—5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, puberulous or glabrescent 
above, pubescent below, especially on the veins. Panicle ample, corym- 
bose; bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, pubescent on both surfaces. Buds 
obtuse. Calyx tubular, 6$—7 lin. long, 2-lipped, pubescent or tomentose 
outside, glabrous inside; lobes 2-3, 1}—2 lin. long, ovate, obtuse. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped, 14-1} in. long; basal cylindric portion 9-6 lin. 
long, pilose below the insertion of the stamens ; ventral portion of throat 
