Markhamia. | XCVI, BIGNONIACEE (SPRAGUE). 527 
Var. brachyrhyncha, Sprague. Whole plant more glabrous.  Leatlets under 
4 in. long, finely reticulate above; lateral veins regular, conspicuous on the lower 
surface ; pseudostipules puberulous. Raceme under 4 in, long. Calyx 73-8} lin. 
long; beak 14-17 lin. long, much swollen aud glandular at the base. Corolla-tube 
15 lin. long ; basal cylindric portion 24-3 lin. long; lobes 8-9 lin. long. Stamens 
inserted 24-3 lin. above the base. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Loango; jungle near Zala, in the Chinchocho 
district, Soyaur, 208! 
The specimen of Welwitsch, 485, in the Kew Herbarium is typical J. sessilis, 
as is that of Welwitsch, 485b, in the British Museum; but Welwitsch, 483, in the 
British Museum has isolated peduncled cymes, which seem to have been borne 
laterally on a common rhachis, approaching in this respect M. tomentosa, 
K. Schum. 
9. M. lanata, A. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
242. A shrub, 5-15 ft. high (Kirk) or a tree, 29-30 ft. high (Purves) ; 
branchlets tomentose, soon glabrescent. Leaves 6—17 in. long ; leaflets 
5-11, ovate-oblong, elliptic or obovate, shortly acuminate or rounded 
at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 2}-6} in. long, 1}—3} 
in. broad,entire or more rarely serrulate, pubescent or puberulous above, 
tomentose below; pseudostipules subulate, acuminate, 3-6 lin. long, 
tomentose. Raceme terminal, oblong, elongated, tomentose ; lateral 
cymes many-flowered, Peduncles 3-1) lin. long ; pedicels 6-9 lin. long. 
Calyx 9-15 lin. long, obtusely uncinate or cnspidate, split down to 
within 2-4 lin. from the base, densely tomentose. Corolla yellow, 
striped with chocolate; tube 11-17 lin. long, abruptly and broadly 
campanulate above ; basal cylindric portion 2-4 lin. long, 2-3 lin. in 
diam.; lobes 5-15 lin. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens in- 
serted 3-31 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments thickened 
and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1}-]} lin. long. Dise ee 
$-1} lin. high, 4-3 lin. thick, not touching the ovary. Ovary 3-43 
lin. long, glabrous or minutely lepidote ; stigma-lobes elliptic, obtuse, 
entire or serrulate. Capsule falcate or nearly straight, 1}-2 ft. long, 
9-12 lin. broad, velvety-tomentose ; seeds 13-12 in. long, 33-4 lin. 
broad ; nucleus 44—5} lin. long.—Sprague in Hook. Ie. Pl. t. 2800, fig. 8. 
M. tomentosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 49, partly 
(as to description and localities, excl. synonyms) ; Engl. J ahrb, xxvill. 
480. M. paucifoliolata, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 131. M. Ver- 
dickii, De Wild. 1. c. 132. Dolichandrone obtusifolia, Baker in Kew 
Bulletin, 1894, 31. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kagehi, Fischer, 461 ! Usambara, 
Buchwald, 697! Magila, Holst, 2228! Usaramo ; Bagamoya, Kirk / and sean 
precise locality, Busse, 50! Portuguese East Africa : Lower Shire ; at the foot . 
Morambala, Kirk ! Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk! British Central Africa : 
Tanganyika; Niumkolo, Carson, 12! Lake Nyasa ; Likoma Islands, ] ORNIUM 40 * 
68 partly! Nyasaland, Buchanan, 781! Zomba, 2900 ft., Purves, 65! Mlanji, 
Scott-Elliot, 8688! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 18! S 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lukafu, Verdick, 54!  Lofoi, 
Verdick: ! 
Yields an excellent timber according to Verdick. 
