312 



Niger. PL p. 139. Spathodea tomentosa, Benth. in Hook. 

 Niger FL p. 462 (1849). 5. lutea, Bentli. I.e. 461, quoad specim. 

 nigericuni. Muenteria tomentosa, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1865, 

 p. 330, quoad svn., excl. descr. icon/et specim. angolens. ; M. 

 lutea, Seem. I.e. 1870, pp. 211, 338, quoad Barter 555. Doli- 

 chandrone tomentosa, Bentli. ex Hook. f. et Jacks. Ind. Kew. 



vol. i. p. 785 (1893). 



Distrib. West Africa : from Senegambia to the Cameroons. 

 Corolla usually yellow. A form with a rose-coloured corolla 

 has been collected in Spanish Guinea by Tessman. 



M. tomentosa, var. gracilis, Sprague in Dyer Fl. Trob. Afr. 



vol. iv. pt. 2, p. 528 (1906). Muenteria lutea, Seem, in Journ. 

 Bot. 1870, pp. 211, 338, quoad Barter 1310. 



Distrib. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, Barter 1310. 



A very distinct-looking variety, differing from the type in the 

 smaller, very shortly cuspidate calyx. The corolla is golden, 

 with reddish stripes {Barter). 



8. M. obtusifolia, Sprague. — M. lanata, K. Schum. in Engl, 

 et Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. vol. iv. 3B, p. 242 (1895); Sprague 

 in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2800, fig. 8; et in Dyer, FL Trop. Afr. vol. iv. 

 pt. 2, p. 527; S. Moore et Swynnerton in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., 

 vol. xl. p. 155. M. tomentosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Glied. Veg. 

 Usanibara, pp. 34, 49 (18941, quoad descr. et loc, excl. syn. ; 

 et in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxviii. p. 480. M. paucifoliolata, De 

 Wild. Etudes El. Katanga, p. 131 (1903). M. Verdickii, De 

 Wild. I.e. 132 (1903). Dolichandrone obtusifolm, Baker in 

 Rew Bull. 1894, p. 31. 



DUtrib. Belgian Congo, British Central Africa, Rhodesia, 

 and East Africa, from Usambara to the Zambesi. 



The earliest name for the species is Dolichandrone obtusifolia, 

 Baker (1894). In Nvasaland and Gazaland it is a tree 6-9 m. 



high, (PurveSj Swynnerton), on the lower Shire river and lower 

 Zambesi river, a shrub T5-4-5 m. high (Kirk), and near the 

 Victoria Falls, a bushy tree 1 -8-2*4 m. high, growing on granite 

 sand (Sykes). According to Swynnerton, I.e., it is known by the 

 vernacular (Chinclao) name '* Mubf eya " in Gazaland, where the 

 wood is a favourite with native bowyers, the bark is em- 

 ployed as a substitute for rope, and a decoction of the roots is said 

 to be used for fever and colic. 



The corolla is yellow, striped with chocolate (Purves). 



C. Corollae lobi brunneo-purpurei; pseudostipulae orbiculares. 



9. M. puherula, K. Schum. in Engl, et Prantl, Nat, Pflan- 

 zenfam. vol. iv 3B, p. 242 (1895): in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxviii. 

 p. 480; et in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. vol. C. p. 363; Sprague in Dyer, 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. iv. pt. 2, p. 523. Spathodea puherula. 

 Klotzsch in Peters, Reise, Mossamb. Bot. p. 192 (1861). Muen- 

 teria puberula, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 18T0, pp. 212, 339. 

 Dolichandrone hirsuta, Baker in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 31. 



Distrib. East Africa, from Uluguru to the Lower Zambesi. 



Corolla-lobes brownish purple; tube purple-spotted. 



