Kigelia. | XCVI. BIGNONIACEH (SPRAGUE). 535 
broad, entire or serrate towards the apex, glabrous, finely reticulate on 
both surfaces, membranous; lateral veins 7-9 on each side, 6—15 lin. 
apart ; petioles of lateral leaflets 2-3 lin. long. Buds minutely cuspidate 
1 lin. below their apex. Calyx 13 lin. long, distinctly two-lipped, the 
shorter anterior lip densely glandular; tube 7 lin. long; lobes very 
unequal, 2-6 lin. long. Corolla-tube 2 in. long, constricted 7-8 lin. 
above the base ; lobes orbicular, 1 in.in diam. Stamens inserted 10 lin. 
above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers 4-4} lin. long. Disc not 
lobed. Ovary 44 lin. long, lepidote; stigma-lobes ovate, acute. Fruit 
14 ft. long, 1 ft. in circumference (according to J/cLeod). 
- Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Bonny, Monteiro ! Cross River Division, 
MeLeod ! 
3. K. acutifolia, Hngl. MSS. A tree, 20-26 ft. high. Leaves 
opposite ; leaflets 9-11, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, acutely acuminate, 
cuneate or attenuate at the base, 44-7 in. long, 2—3 in. broad, entire, or 
serrate towards the apex, glabrous, indistinctly reticulate ; lateral veins 
8-9 on each side, 7-13 lin. apart, prominent on the lower surface ; 
petioles of lateral leaflets 14-3 lin. long, of the terminal 9-19 lin. long. 
Calyx 13-16 lin. long; lobes 3, subequal, rounded. Corolla brownish- 
red ; tube 2 in, long, constricted 6-7 lin. above the base ; lobes 1-1} in. 
long. Stamens inserted 6-7} lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; 
anthers 24-3 lin. long. Ovary lepidote; stigma-lobes elliptic. Fruit 
1} ft. long. 
hd getg Guinea. Cameroons: Barombi, Preuss, 202! 360! Bipinde, Zenker, 
316! 
4. K. impressa, Sprague. A tree, 20-25 ft. high. Young branches 
purplish-brown, Leaves opposite; leaflets 7-13, elliptic-oblong, 4—7 in, 
long, 24-3 in. broad, entire, glabrous, those on young shoots obtuse, 
membranous, finely reticulate, those on old shoots shortly and abruptly 
acuminate, with the midrib and lateral veins deeply impressed in the 
shining upper surface and prominent below; lateral veins 8-9 on each 
side, 4-14 lin. apart; petioles of lateral leaflets 2-3 lin. long. Buds 
rounded, cuspidate at their apex. Calyx 11-12 lin. long, glandular 
above; tube 7-8 lin. long; lobes irregular, unequal, 2-4 lin. long. 
Corolla yellow-ochre ; tube 2 in. long, constricted 5 lin. above the base; 
lobes 1-1} in. long. Stamens inserted 6—9 lin. above the base of the 
corolla-tube ; anthers 24-3 lin. long. Dise not lobed. Ovary 3 lin. 
long, lepidote. Stigma-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Fruit cylindric, abruptly 
acuminate, 1 ft. long, 2 in, in diam. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter / Mann, 2! 
5. K. angolensis, Welw. MSS. A tree, 10-35 ft. high. Leaves 
opposite ; leaflets 19-23, elliptic-oblong or oblong, shortly and abruptly 
acuminate at the apex, obtusely cuneate at the base, 34-7 in. long, 14-3 ook 
broad, entire or serrate towards the apex, glabrous ; lateral veins 11-12 
on each side, 4-8 lin. apart; petioles of lateral leaflets 1—2 lin. long. 
Buds minutely cuspidate near their apex. Calyx 11-14 lin. long, two- 
