Spathodea. | XCVI. BIGNONIACEH (SPRAGUE). 529 
1. S. campanulata, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 47, t. 27. A tree, 20-70 ft. 
high. Branches subterete, striolate, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, 
6-18 in. long; rhachis minutely (rarely conspicuously) pubescent ; 
leaflets 9-19, shortly stalked or subsessile, ovate or ovate-oblong, acutely 
acuminate, 2—5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, the 
veins usually minutely pubescent on both surfaces, otherwise glabrous 
or glabrescent (rarely puberulous above, densely pubescent below), lower 
surface glandular at or near the base; veins not at all or scarcely im- 
pressed on the upper surface. Flowers in short dense terminal cory mbose 
racemes; rhachis and pedicels finely tomentose, the lower ones 1-2 in. 
long. Calyx navicular, recurved, usually long-beaked, 14-3 in. long, 
conspicuously ribbed, finely tomentose with very short subadpressed 
hairs. Corolla scarlet or crimson, orange at the margin, 3—4} in. long, 
tube 2-21 in. long; basal cylindric portion about 4 in. long; lobes 
ovate, crispate, 1-I}in. long. Anther-lobes 4-5 lin. long. Dise 1-2 lin. 
high, more or less lobed. Ovary 3 lin. long, minutely papillose. Cap- 
sule lanceolate-oblong, 8 in. long ; valves keeled, attenuate at both ends, 
dark brown, glabrous ; septum 1} in. broad. Seeds 1 in. long or more, 
8 lin. broad, including the hyaline wing.—Pers. Syn. ii. 173; Vent. 
Choix, No. 40, in note; DC. Prodr. ix. 208 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger 
Flora, 461; Lind]. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. iii. 153, t. 104; Planch. in FI. 
Serres, 1" sér. viii. t. 830; Lem. Jard. Fleur. iv. tt. 388-389 ; Hook. 
Bot. Mag. t. 5091; Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 332, t. 40; Treub in 
Ann. Jard. Buitenz. viii. 88, t. 13; Hochreut. in Ann. Conserv. et 
Jard. Bot. Genéve, 1898, 96; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 
215; De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. FI. Congo, i. i. 45; lic. 1. ti. 46; 
Relig. Dewévr. 172 ; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xvi. 72; Hiern in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 791. SS. tulipifera, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 225 ; 
DC. Prodr. ix. 207. S. danckelmaniana, Biittn. in Verh. Bot. Ver. 
Brandenb. xxxi. 87, Bignonia tulipifera, Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. 
Guin. Pl. 273. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: North-east from Sierra Leone, Garrett, 3! 
Searcies, Scott-Elliot, 4502! Togo: near Lome, Warnecke, 447! Lagos: 
Abeokuta, Irving! Yoruba, Moloney ’ Southern Nigeria : Niger Delta, Barter, 
560! Confluence of the Niger at Stirling, Ansed/ / New Calabar, Holland, 151! 
Cross River Division, Johnston ! Fernando Po, Mann, 387! Cameroons : Ambas 
Bay, Mann; Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 669! Bipinde, Zenker, 1090! and 
without precise locality, Braun ! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: between the Gaboon River and Sibange, 
Biittner, 376; Sibange, Soyaux, 31! Loango: Chinchocho, Soyaux, 88 1 Mayomb, 
Cabra. Lower Congo, Smith! Dupuis. Angola : Loanda ; Dembo, Gilet ; valley 
of the Luachim River, Marques, 304 ; Quiballa, Monteiro ! Libongo, Welwitsch, 
fruit, 814. Cazengo, Gossweiler, 581! forest at the banks of the Luinha River, 
near Aguas Doces, Welwitsch, 487. Golungo Alto; near Sange, N-della, Cambondo, 
Trombeta, and around Bango, W elwitsch, 486! by the Menha Lula road, Welwitsch, 
fruit, 813. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Katanga, Briart ; Lukolela, Dewevre, 
842; Mukolue River, a tributary of Lubudi River, Descamps ; Lualaba, Laurent ; 
Upoto, Wilwerth ; Kasai ; Sankuru, Laurent ; Cataracts District, Laurent. 
Oe 
2. S. nilotica, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 333. A bushy tree, 
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