dd4 XCVI. BIGNONIACEA! (SPRAGUE). [ Kigelia. 
erect, shortly 2-lobed, lower deflexed, deeply 3-lobed. Stamens 4. 
didynamous, subexserted; anther-lobes free for the greater part of 
their length, slightly divergent. Disc large, annular. Ovary 1-celled, 
with 2 parietal, much intruded placentas ; ovules numerous, multiseriate. 
Fruit roughly cylindric, indehiscent ; pericarp thick, enclosing a fibrous 
pulp in which the seeds are imbedded. Seeds thick, wingless, with a 
coriaceous much-intruded testa ; cotyledons folded.—Trees with simply 
imparipinnate leaves and pendulous, long-peduncled, lax panicles of 
large orange or red flowers. 
Species 10, 9 endemic, one extending into South Africa. 
Leaflets lanceolate . s ‘i - : : . 1. K. lanceolata. 
Leaflets oblong, elliptic or obovate. 
Lower portion of corolla-tube constricted. 
Anthers 4—43 lin, long : 2 : ; . 2. K. elliptica. 
Anthers 23-3 lin. long. 
Leaflets 7-13 ; lateral veins 8-9 on each side, 
rather irregular, 4-14 lin. apart. 
Corolla brownish-red ; stigma-lobes elliptic . 3. K. acutifolia. 
Corolla yellow-ochre ;_ stigma-lobes ovate- 
lanceolate, : : : A . 4. K. impressa. 
Leaflets 9-23 ; lateral veins 10-12 on each side, : 
regular, 4-8 lin. apart : : . oS. K. angolensis. 
Lower portion of corolla-tube cylindric. 
Leaves opposite. 
Cylindric portion of corolla-tube 10-13 lin. long ; 
stigma-lobes dentate or serrulate. 
Leatlets glabrous ; stigma-lobes obovate . 6. K. Ellioti. 
Midrib of leatlets pilose above ; stigma-lobes 
ovate, acuminate . 7. K. Moosa. 
Cylindric portion of corolla-tube 7 lin. long ; 
stigma-lobes entire . ps : . 8. K. africana. 
Leaves ternate. 
Cylindrie portion of corolla-tube shorter than 
the calyx : : : : : . 9. K, pinnata. 
Cylindric portion of corolla-tabe much longer : 
than the calyx : . A : . 10. K. ethiopica. 
1. K. lanceolata, Sprague. Young branches purplish-brown. 
Leaves opposite ; rhachis blackish ; leaflets 11-15, lanceolate, acute, 
4—7 in. long, 11-2 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, finely reticu- 
late on both surfaces; midrib and lateral veins prominent below 5 
petioles of lateral leaflets 2—4 lin. long. Buds pointed, cuspidate at 
their apex. Calyx 13-17 lin. long, distinctly two-lipped, glandular 
above ; tube 9-11 lin. long; lobes irregular, unequal, 3—5 lin. long. 
Corolla-tube 2-24 in. long, very slightly constricted 6 lin. above the 
base ; lobes orbicular. Stamens inserted 7-81 lin. above the base of the 
corolla-tube ; anthers 3-34 lin. long. Dise not lobed. Ovary 33 lin. 
long, glabrous ; stigma-lobes ovate, acute. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori, Scott-Elliot, 7905! 
2. K. elliptica, Sprague. A tree, 20-30 ft. high. Leaves opposite; 
leaflets ‘), elliptic, acute or acutely acuminate, 44-7 in. long, 2-3} in. 
