520 XCVI, BIGNONIACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Stereospermum. 
very sparsely villous ; lobes 5-6} lin. long, crenulate, ciliate. Stamens 
inserted 6-64 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong- 
linear, 1-t} lin. long. Dise annular, entire, 2 lin. high. Ovary 
quadrangular, 24-21 lin. long, glabrous.—S. bracteosum, K. Schum. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 332 (March, 1903), 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker &g Staudt, 350! Zenker, 
1481 ! 
4, S. harmsianum, A. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. 3 B. 243. A tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves 6-16 in. long; rhachis 
tomentose or pubescent; leaflets 7-11, elliptic-oblon g, obovate, or oblong- 
obovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex and more or less apiculate, 
unequally rounded or obtuse or subcordate at the base, 13-4 in. long, 
11-22 lin. broad, finely tomentose above and pale-brown in the dried 
state, tomentose and greyish-white beneath. Panicle tomentose; 
rhachis triangular, with 7 or fewer whorls of ternate primary 
branches; further branching dichasial ; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 
tomentose, the lowermost 1 in. long. Calyx tubular, 6-103 lin. long, 
irregularly 2—4-lobed, greyish-tomentose outside, adpressed-puberulous 
or -pubescent and lepidote inside; tube 5 }—8 lin. long; lobes triangular- 
ovate or rounded, more or less apiculate, 1-21 lin, long or less. Corolla 
yellow with red stripes, funnel-shaped, slightly curved posticously, the 
upper half pubescent outside; tube 16-18 lin. long; basal cylindric 
portion 44-53 lin. long; lobes suborbicular, 2—34 lin. long. Stamens 
included, or the longer pair subexserted from the corolla-tube, inserted 
04-7 lin. above its base; filaments pilose at the base; anther-lobes 
oblong, 1-14 lin. long; connective slightly produced above them. Disc 
cupular, more or less lobed, 3—1 lin, high. Ovary quadrangular, 13-24 lin. 
long, glabrous or sparsely lepidote. Capsule about 1 ft. long; valves 
with prominent midrib, minutely pubescent. Seeds up to 3 in. long, 
including the wings, 4—5 lin, broad.——Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 
xvi. 71. S. Verdickii, De Wild. Etudes FI. Katanga, 129. S. katan- 
gensis, De Wild. l.c. 130. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: district of Malange ; Chicapo River, Marques, 
244! 
South Central. Angola: Lunda; Kahungula, Buchner, 587! 629! Congo 
Free State : Katanga; Lukafu, Verdick, 194! 265! 
0. NEWBOULDIA, Seem.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1045. 
Calyx opening late in bud, spathaceous, split down the anticous 
side, nearly straight. Corolla campanulate-funnel-shaped; limb slightly 
bilabiate ; lobes spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anther- 
lobes attached at and for a short distance below the apex, oblong, slightly 
divergent below. Disc cupular, more or less lobed. Ovary oblong- 
linear, 4-angled, sligutly compressed ; ovules 2-seriate in each cell, 
obliquely piaced on the placentas. Capsule linear ; valves boat-shaped, 
coriaceous, flexible, glandular. Seeds obliquely winged at the ends.— 
