Varkhamia. | XCVI. BIGNONIACEX (SPRAGUE). 925 
». M. platycalyx, Sprague in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2300. A tree, 
30-10 ft. high; branchlets lepidote. Leaves 64-12 in. long; leaflets 
5-9, shortly stalked, elliptic-oblong or obovate, rather shortly, abruptly 
and obtusely acuminate, mucronulate, cuneate at the base, 2~5} in. 
long, 14-23 in. broad, entire or serrate, lepidote above, very densely 
lepidote below and pilose in the axils of the veins. Panicles terminal 
and axillary; rhachis lenticellate, densely lepidote, pilose above, 
especially at the nodes. Pedicels 3-5 lin. long, densely pubescent. 
Calyx 7-8 lin. long, shortly and obtusely cuspidate, split down to 
witain 24—3 lin. from the base, densely lepidote, pubescent. Corolla 
yellow, striped with red on the lower lip; tube campanulate above, 
16-18 lin. long ; basal cylindric portion + lin. long, 14-14 lin. in diam.; 
lobes 6—7 lin. long, conspiculously glandular. Stamens inserted 34-44 lin. 
above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments much thickened and fur- 
furaceous at the base; anther-lobes 14-1 lin. long. Disc cupular, 1} lin. 
high. Ovary 34 lin. long, very densely lepidote, minutely pubescent. 
Stigma-lobes elliptic, bifid at the apex. Capsule over 1 ft. long, 44—5 lin. 
broad, minutely puberulous and lepidote; midrib of valves very pro- 
minent; seeds 9 lin. long, 14 lin. broad; nucleus 34 lin. long.— 
Dolichandrone platycalyx, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 30. 
Nile Land. Uganda: near Entebbe, 4000 ft.. Wahkon! Busiro, 3900 ft., 
Dawe, 217! Usoga, Scott-Elliot, 7208! Wimi Valley, 7000-8000 ft., Scoft- 
Elliot, 7830! and without precise locality, Wilson, 119 ! 
This tree, which is known in Uganda under the nat ve name Lusambia, is said 
to yield “ the finest of local timbers” (Mahon). 
6. M. lutea, KH. Schum. in Engl. d) Prantl, Phanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
242. A shrub or tree, 15-30 ft. high; branchlets tinely lepidote, soon 
glabrescent. Leaves 9~20 in. long ; leaflets 7-11, conspicuously stalked, 
ovate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, mucronulate, cuneate or 
attenuate at the base, 3-7} in. long, 14-24 in. broad, entire or occa- 
sionally serrulate in a young state, sparsely lepidote or glabrescent 
above, lepidote and sometimes puberulous below. Panicles terminal 
and axillary, corymbose, densely lepidote ; rhachis blackish, densely 
lenticellate. Peduncles 124 lin. long ; pedicels 2-3} lin. long. Calyx 
10-14 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within 34-6 lin, from the base, 
herbaceous, densely lepidote. Corolla yellow, rarely lilac (Brown) ; tube 
campanulate above, 15-20 lin. long; basal cylindric portion 4-53 lin. 
long, 12-2 lin. in diam. ; lobes 7-9 lin. long, conspiculously glandular. 
Stamens inserted 4—51 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments 
much thickened and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1-1} lin. long. 
Dise annular, $$ lin. high. Ovary 23-3 lin. long, very densely lepidote ; 
stigma-lobes elliptic or elliptic-oblong, bifid at the apex. Capsule faleate, 
18-22 in. long, 5-6} lin. broad, minutely and densely lepidote ; seeds 
1-1} in. long, 24-2} lin. broad; nucleus 43—9 lin. Jong.— De sages & 
Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 172; Sprague in Hook. Ie. Pl. sub t. 2800. 
Spathodeu lutea, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 461, partly (as regards the 
Fernando Po plant). Dolichandrone lutea, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 
ii. 1046. Muenteria lutea, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1870, 338, partly (as 
regards Vogel’s and Ansell’s specimens). 
