Markhamia. | XCVI. BIGNONIACEX (SPRAGUE). 523 
1, M. puberula, A. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 
3B. 242. A shrub or a tree, 26-32 ft. high (Schumann) ; branchlets 
and leaves densely pubescent. Leaves 4-5 in. long; leaflets 5-7, 
elliptic-oblong or ovate, sometimes shortly acuminate, 1-2 in. long, 
4-1 in. broad, obtuse or retuse, entire or serrate. Racemes axillary, 
borne on the old wood, 3-6 in. long, pubescent, sometimes leafy at the 
base. Peduncles 4—5 lin. long; pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Calyx 43 lin. 
_long, minutely cuspidate, split down to within 1-1} lin. from the base, 
pubescent, sparsely lepidote. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 12} lin. long, 
purple-spotted; basal cylindric portion 3 lin. long, 1 Jin. in diam. ; lobes 
brownish-purple, 4—5 lin. long. Stamens inserted 3 lin. above the base 
of the corolla-tube ; anther-lobes 1 lin. long, acute at the base. Disc 
annular, $ lin. high. Ovary 1} lin. long, densely lepidote.—Engl. 
Jahrb. xxviii. 480; Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 363. Spathodea puberula, 
Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 192. Muenteria puberula, 
Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1870, 339. Dolichundrone hirsuta, Baker in Kew 
Bulletin, 1894, 31. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uluguru; Mgasi, 
Portuguese Kast Africa: Lower Zambesi; Tete, Kirk ! Peters! 
Goetze, 186. 
2. M. stenocarpa, K. Schum. in Hngl. «: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv 
3B. 242. A tree, 15-25 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 53-10 in. 
long ; leaflets 7, ovate or elliptic-oblong, rather abruptly acuminate, 
14-5 in. long, 1—2 in. broad, entire, very minutely and sparsely puberu- 
lous and lepidote. Raceme terminal ; rhachis lenticellate. Peduncle- 
2 lin. long, pilose, soon glabrescent ; pedicels 3 lin. long or less. Calyx 
54-6 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within $—2 lin. from the base, 
lepidote. Corolla-tube campanulate-funnel-shaped, 11-12 lin. long, 
greenish-yellow with purple spots ; basal cylindric portion 23 lin. long, 
ish-purple, 4-6 lin. long, crenulate. 
1} lin. in diam.; lobes brownis 
at . . o 
Stamens inserted 24-3 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anther- 
Disc annular, 3 lin. high. Ovary 
lobes 4 lin. long, obtuse at the base. 
2} lin. long, lepidote. Capsule falcate, 1-13 ft. long, 4-5 lin. broad, 
lenticellate ; seeds 8—9 lin. long, 24-3} lin. broad ; nucleus 25-23 lin. 
long.— Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl.i. 791. Muenteria stenocarpu, Seem. 
in Journ. Bot. 1865, 329, t. 56 (excluding Kirk’s specimen). Spathodew 
stenocurpa, Welw. ex Seem. l.c. Dolichundrone stenocarpa, Baker in 
Kew Bulletin, 1894, 31. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Go.ungo Alto; at the River Luiaha and near 
Cambonio, Welwitsch, 482! Pungo Andongo ; forest of Mata de Cabondo and near 
Luxille, Welwitsch, 483! 
3. M. zanzibarica, A. Schum. e” Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 
36. A shrub or small tree, lv ft. high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 
5-13 in. long ; leaflets 7, elliptic-oblong, long acuminate, mucronulate, 
14-6 in, long, 3-24 in. broad, entire or serrulate, especially towards the 
apex, coriaceous, brownish when dry, glabrous above, minutely lepidot« 
below. Racemes terminal and lateral, lepidote ; rhachis conspicuously 
lenticellate. Peduncles +4 lin. long; pedicels 2-4 jin. long. Calyx 
6-7 lin. long, shortly uncinate, split down to within 1-4 lin. from th- 
