Puate 2800. 
MARKHAMIA PLATYCALYX, Sprague, 
(With Parts of other Species.) 
Bienontacex. Tribe Tecomex. 
arkhamia platycalyx, Sprague. Arbor 30-40-pedalis, ramulis 
petnageitns novellis dense lepidotis. Folia }-1 ped. longa, 
2-4-juga ; foliola breviter petiolulata, elliptico- oblonga vel obovata, 
apice breviter abrupte obtuseque acuminata, mucronulata, basi 
cuneata, 2-55 poll. longa, i}-2} poll. lata, integra vel serrata, serrulis 
minoribus interjectis, utrinque subtus densissime lepidota, glandulis 
patelliformibus prope nervum medium inspersis, subtus in axillis 
nervus medius valde prominentibus, utrinque 4-5; pseudostipule 
foliaceee suborbiculares 3-1 poll. diametro. Panicule terminales et 
ongus, postice ultra medium vel brevius fissus, extra pubescens, 
denseque Jepidotus, intra indumento sparsiore. Corolla lutea, intra 
spicue venosa ; tubus 1}~14 poll. longus, supra campanulatus, parte 
basali cylindrica 4 lin. longa, 14 lin. diametro ; lobi —— elliptici, 
-7 lin. —— utringue glandulis magni pa elliformibus ornati. 
s lin. supra corolle basin inserta, Soenents basi valde 
incrassatis furfuraceo-pilosis, antherarum lobis 1} lin. lon iscus 
ularis, crassus, 1 lin. altus. Ovarium eblongen, 3} lin. longum 
densissime lepidotum, brevissime pubescens ; stylus 1 poll. longus, stig 
matis lobis ellipticis « ml bifidis. Canals circiter | ped. longa, 44-5 lin. 
lata, minute puberula et —_— valvis nervo medio valde prominente 
percursis. Semina 9 lin, longa, 14 lin. lata, nucleo 3 lin. longo. 
Dolichandrone platycalyx, Baker in “Kew Bull. 1894, p. 3 
GanpA: Near Entebbe, 4,000 ft., Mahon; Usoga, Scott-Elliot, 
7208 ; Wimi Valley, 7,000 to 8,000 ft., Scott- Elliot, 7830 ; wi ithout 
precise locality, Wilson, 119. 
In Uganda the native name of this tree is Zusambia, and it 
on the authority of Mr. John Mahon, to yield the finest of local sdintiens: 
