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1. iV. lavis. Seem. ; Bureau, Monogr. Big. t. 15. — SpatJtodea lavis, 

 Beauv. PL Owar. i. p. 48, t. 29 ; De Cand. Prodr. ix. p. 208 ; Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4537 ; Vent. Choix, n. 40, in adn. S. ndenantha, Don, 

 Gen. Syst. iv. p. 222 ; De Cand. Prodr. ix. p. 207. S. JeniscJui, 

 Sonder in Hamburger Gartenz. iv. p. 370 ; Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 792 ; 

 Walp. Ann. iii. p. 89. S. speciosa, Brongn. in Lem. Herb. Gen. 

 Amat. iv. (2nd ser.) t. 70, et in Lem. Hort. Univ, v. 357 (1844), 

 cum icon. ; De Cand. Prodr. ix. p. 563 ; Morren, Ann. de la Soc. 

 d'Agricult. v. p. 213. t. 260 ; Van Houtt. PI. des Ser. (1st ser.) vi. p. 

 309, cum icon.; Lem. Jard. Pleuriste, i. t. 51. B'ujnonia (jlandulosa, 

 Schum. Gain. p. 274. Spaihodea pentcaidra, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3681 . (Erroneously identified by Steudel with Calosantlies ludlcct, BL, 

 an Eubignoniaceons genus.) Noraen vernac. Guineeense, " Nabadi," 

 teste Schum. — Sierra Leone (Afzelius ! Barter! n. 2173, Th. Heesch, 

 teste Sonder); Banks of Gambia (Whitfield !) ; Senegambia (Don ! n. 

 818) ; Guinea (teste Schum.) ; Oware, near Buono Pozzo (teste 

 Beauv.) Cultivated in Europe. 



"A small tree" (Barter). Largest leaves, including petiole, 1-1|- 

 feet long. Leaflets from 2-6 inches long, 1-3 inches broad. Exact 

 native country unknown. 



Sometimes the corolla (which is either of a uniform purple colour, 

 or pale pink with purple blotches and dots) has six lobes by excess, 

 and, in that case, there are five fertile stamens of unequal length and 

 a rudiment of a sixth. 



MuENTERiA, Seem. 



MuENTERiA (gen. Jacarandearum), Seem. Jouru. of Bot. III. 

 (1865) p. 329. t. 36 et 35. 



1. M. stenocarpa, Seem. 1. c. t. 36. — Spathodea stenocarpa, Welw. — 

 Distr. of Golungo Alto (Welwitsch ! n. 482, 483) ; between lat. 14° 

 and 19° S. of African continent (Livingstone !) 



2. M. tomentosa, Seem. 1. c. t. 35. Spathodea tomentosa, Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger PI. p. 462 ; Walp. Ann. iii. p. 89.— Golungo Alto 

 (Welwitsch ! n. 485) ; Pernando Po (Th. Vogel ! Mann !) ; banks of 

 the Niger (Barker ! n. 555, ex parte) ; Senegambia (Don ! n. 877) ; 

 Senegal (Heudelot ! n. 877, in Mus. Brit.). 



3. M.lntea, Seem. ; arborca ; foliis oppositis, 4-6-jugis cum impari, 

 ramisque pubcrulis denuini glabris, fuliolis (impari except.) sessilil)us 



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