124 ` COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
. uniform, round, but with four distinct angles, purpled over and spotted with silver-colour. Nume- 
rous seeds, Native name “ Mololo." This tree was only observed here, where the natives had lopped off 
the upper branches of several specimens. Its wood seemed useless and pithy.—J. A. G.] 
To the same species may be referred Stereospermum discolor, App. Speke’s Journ. 642, which differs in 
having its leaflets pubescent, especially beneath, so far agreeing more nearly with Richard’s description 
of his 8. dentatum, to which he refers the plant of Schimper’s Herb. Abyss..308, distributed as Bignonia 
discolor, R. Br. 2 
[An ordinary-sized tree, which ornaments the sides of the hills (1200 feet high), at 6°-7° S. lat., with 
its rich blossom, which perfumes the air.—J. А. б.) 
2. SPATHODEA. Two detached flowers only, agreeing with S. campanulata, P. de 
Beauv., excepting that the arcuate apex of the tawny-tomentose calyx is less acuminate 
than in our numerous specimens of the western plant. 
Hab. Unyoro, 1862 (Spathodea no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 642), Col. Grant ! 
[A tree, 20 feet high, with 4 feet of girth, flowering by marshy ground at Unyoro on the 8th Sep- 
tember. Bark smooth, of a light clay-colour. It branches from near the ground, giving the tree a bushy 
definite outline. Leaves drooping, compound, with about three and a half pair of ovate leaflets, which 
are 4 by З inches, giving а deep shade. Flowers in rich clusters from the tips of the branches ; no bloom 
can surpass their brilliant scarlet colour. Calyx velvet-green ; corolla the size of a child's open hand. 
Not observed anywhere else in flower, and unknown to our men.—J. A. G.] 
3. SPATHODEA P А single leaf, 1% foot long, with nine 6-inch, oblong-elliptical, petio- 
late, serrate, glabrous leaflets, agreeing pretty well with S. levis, P. de Beauv. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Spathodea по. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 642), Col. Grant ! 
[A tree with 3 feet girth of stem. Leaves coriaceous, compressed, and scabrous; resembles Kigelia 
in mode of growth. Found at 3° 15! N. lat. in December.—J. А. G.J 
4. SPATHODEA no 8, App. Speke’s Journ. 642, I have not seen. Col. Grant describes 
it as yellow-flowered, with capsules 2 feet long, yellow, and velvety. 
Hab. 1° 49! S. lat., Col. Grant ! 
5. КівЕША PINNATA, DC. Prod. ix. 247; Seemann, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 92; 
App. Speke’s Journ. 642. Two corollas only. 
Hab. Madi, Feb. 1863, Col. Grant ! 
[Found everywhere. Bark a cold stone-grey colour, not roughed by scales, and often found split from 
growth or other cause. If the outer coating be scraped off, a pure white surface is exposed. Leaves hard 
and dry. Flowers in January at 3° N. lat., in 2-feet long pendants, reddish purple and sometimes yellow. 
Seed-vessel a long pendulum as thick as the thigh, round-ended, and used in the native game of bowls; 
the seeds are eaten іп dearths. Epiphytes were gathered off its green moss-covered boughs. Native names 
“© m'sankwa," “ malegæa,” and “ moongootwah." Used for firewood and bows; the fruit as a target in 
archery ; the seeds eaten roasted; the leaves used like sand-paper.—J. A. G.] 
ACANTHACE Z. 
1. THUNBERGIA ALATA, Boj.; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Journ. 643. 
Hab. Unyoro, July 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[Grows flat on the ground, but also twines about grass. Unyoro, 
1 July. The whole plant is coarsely 
hairy. The leaves, if pressed with the fingers, feel like rough velvet. Flowera purple-pink salmon-colour. 
Soc. vii. 19; App. Speke's 
