Schrebera. 105 



versus sensim attenuata, sessilia, ± plumbeo-viridia, glaberrima, integerrima, lateralia 

 5 — 10 cm longa, 2 — 3,5 cm lata, terminalia saepissime multo majora, usque ad 1 8 cm 

 longa, 5 cm lata. Inflorescentia floribunda, expansa, primo leviter pubescens, deinde 

 glabrescens, manifeste bracteolata; bracteae lanceolatae, 0,5 — 1 cm longae, 0,2 — 0,4 cm 

 latae; pedunculus 2 — 4 cm longus; pedicellus ± 0,4 cm longus. Calyx late cupu- 

 lato-campanulatus, mai'gine aperte sinuoso-denticulatus, i 0,4 cm latus. Corollae 

 tubus anguste cylindricus, superne paullo ampliatus, 1 cm longus, 0,2 — 0,3 cm latus, 

 5 — 6 lobatus; lobi ovati, apice emarginati, margine irregulariter inciso-ciliati. Fructus 

 obovatus, fuscus, eompressiusculus, apice saepius aperte retusus, irregulariter striatus, 

 2 cm longus, 1 cm diametiens. 



Nordafrikanische Hochland- und Steppenprovinz: Abyssinien: Amba Sea 

 (Schimper n. 895!), Adoa Gennia, Memsach (Schimper n. 245!), Prov. Schoata 

 (Schimper n. 540!), Prov. Schoa (Petit!). 



Einheim. Name = Azewala (Tigre). 



14. S. excelsa Lingelsh. nov. spec. — Arbor alta; rami cum ramulis flavidis, 

 brunneo-lenticellatis pubigeri. Folia bijuga, 8 — 20 cm longa, petiolo ± alato, basi 

 auriculato cum rhachide alata pubigera instructa; foliola ovato-lanceolata ambitu ellip- 

 tica, basi vix asymmetrica, attenuata, apicem versus acuminata, subcoriacea, margine 

 distincte repanda, 4 — 10 cm longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, supra glaberrima, nitida, subtus 

 praecipue secus nervös minute pubigera, sessilia, utrinque fere concoloria, plumbeo-viridia. 

 Flores et fructus ignoti. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 



Var. or. typica Lingelsh. nov. var. — Rhachis cum petiolo satis alata. 



Kwai (Albers n. 379!). 



Einheim. Name = Mlassi. 



Var. ß. somnifera Lingelsh. nov. var. — Rhachis anguste alata; petiolus fere 

 exalatus. 



Kwai (Albers n. 308!). Aus dem Holz dieser Varietät werden Schlafbretter 

 der Eingeborenen verfertigt. 



Einheim. Name = Mlasi. 



Nota. Var. «. sec. cl. Albers in sylvis, var. ß. in forrhatione aperta crescit. 



1 5. S. Welwitschii Gilg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (1901)73; Baker in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. 1. (1902) 15. — S. alata Welw. in Transact. Linn. Soc. XXVII. 

 (1869) 41 ex parte; Engler in Abh. Kgl. Preuß. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1892) 333 ex 

 parte. — Nathusia alata Engler, Pflzwlt. Ostafr. C. (1895) 308 ex parte; Hiern, Cat. 

 Afr. PI. III. (1898) 656 ex parte. — Arbor 5 — 1 0-metralis. Rami cum foliis gla- 

 berrimi. Folia 10 — 16 cm longa, saepissime 3-, rarius 2-juga, rhachide manifeste 

 alata, basi non auriculata instructa; foliola subcoriacea, 5 — 7 cm longa, 2 — 3,5 cm 

 lata, sessilia, ambitu oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, apice acuta, supra 

 nitidula, subtus opaca, integerrima. Flores in paniculas, 5 — 6 cm longas, bracteolatas 

 conferti; pedunculus =b 1 cm longus; pedicellus ± 0,1 cm longus, pubescens. Calyx 

 campanulatus, 0,3 — 0,4 cm longus, subtruncatus vel sinuoso-denticulatus, pubescens. 

 Corollae tubus cylindricus, ± 1 cm longus, 0,2 cm latus, superne paullo ampliatus, 

 5 — 6-lobus; lobi 0,5 cm longi, obovati. Fructus ignotus. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Angola, Pungo Andongo, in Urwäldern, 1000 m 

 (Welwitsch n. 937!), Huilla, in Sekundärwäldern 1300 — 1600 m (Welwitsch 

 n. 938!). 



16. S. tomentella (Welw.) Gilg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (1901) 74; Baker in 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. 1. (1902) 16. — 8. alata var. tomentella Welw. 

 in Transact. Linn. Soc. XXVII. (1869) 42; Hiern, Cat. Afr. PI. III. (1898) 657; Engler 

 in Abh. Kgl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1894) 333. — Nathusia alata Engler, Pflzwlt. Ost- 

 Afr. C. (1895) 308 ex parte. — Frutex vel arbor 3 — 6-metralis. Ramuli cum foliis 

 et inflorescentiis dense pubescentes. Folia 10 — 15 cm longa, 2-juga, rhachide alata, 

 pubescente instructa; foliola coriacea, ambitu oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 3 — 7 cm 



