518 xcvi. bignoniace^ (spkague). [Stereospermum. 



Calyx and leaflets more or less pubescent or tomentose. 

 Leaflets acuminate, puberulous or glabrescent above, 



pubescent below ; calyx glabrous inside . 3. S. Zenlceri. 



Leaflets not acuminate, tomeinose on both, sur- 

 faces; calyx puberulous and lepidote inside . 4. S. harms kt num. 



1. S. kunthianum, Cham, in Linncea, vii. 721. A tree, 15-45 ft. 

 high; bark scaly, dark grey or whitish ; branchlets very stout, striate 

 or rugose. Leaves 6—14 in. long, glabrous, pubescent or tomentose ; 

 petiole 1-3J in. long; leaflets 5-9, conspicuously stalked or subsessile, 

 ovate or elliptic-oblong, more rarely suborbicular, obtuse (more rarely 

 subacute) and usually shortly acuminate at the apex, obtusely cuneate 

 or rounded at the base, !■§•- 5 in. long, f— 4-J- in. broad, entire or more or 

 less serrate. Panicle usually ample, corymbose-pyramidal, glabrescent, 

 pubescent or tomentose ; bracts minute. Calyx cam panulate, 2J-3|-lin. 

 long, truncate or more or less 4— 5-lobed, glabrous, pubescent or tomen- 

 tose outside, often glandular; lobes rounded, up to 1 lin. long. Corolla 

 pink or lilac with purple lines; tube funnel-shaped, 9-18 lin. long; 

 ventral portion densely villous within ; basal cylindric portion 1-2 lin. 

 long ; lobes 3-8 lin. long, ciliate. Stamens inserted 1 1— 3 lin. above 

 ibe base of the corolla-tube; anthers oblong, 1-1 § lin. long. Dis-c 

 annular, entire or lobed, J— f lin. high. Ovary quadrangular, 2-3 lin. 

 long, glabrous or minutely glandular. Stigma-lobes obovate or elliptic, 

 entire, crenulate or dentate. Capsule cylindric, 1-2 ft. long, pubescent 

 or glabrous; midrib of valves very prominent. Seeds 11-13 lin. long, 

 oh lin. broad. — Engl. Glied. Veg ; Usambara, 34 ; K. Solium, in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 364; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 128. S. dentatum, 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 58; Bureau in Adansonia, ii. 196, t. 1, 

 Monogr. Bignon. t. 29 ; Sohweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 98 ; Oliv. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxix. 123; Penzig in Malpighia, viii. 466, t. 9 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsli. Trop. Afr. 386 ; Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 40 ; 

 Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 123 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pn. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 364. S. integrifolium, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 59 ; 

 Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 64 ; K. Schum. in Engl. PH. Ost-Afr. C. 364. S. 

 Arguezana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 59 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 386. S. senegalense, Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. i. 200. S. discolor, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, PHanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242. S. cinereo-viride , 

 K. Sclium. I.e. 243. S. molle, K. Sebum. I.e. 242. S. arnoldianum, De 

 Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 128. Bignonia discolor, R. Br. in Salt, Abys>. 

 App. 64. B. lanata, Steud. jSTomencl. ed.ii.i. 205. DolichandroneSmithii, 

 Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 30. Spathodea kevis ? T. Thorns, in Speke, 

 JSTile, Append. 642. Spathodea ? Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 124. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 202 ! Gold Coast : Krepi Plains, 

 Johnson, 537! Togo, Baumann, 372! Western Lagos, Rowland! Northern 

 Nigeria : Nupe, Barter, 1135 ! Lornu, Vogel, 89 ! 



•KTile Land. Fazokl, Kotschy, 451 ! Kordofan : near Rahad Lake, Muriel, 

 i63! near Taiara, Muriel, 175! Eritrea: various localities, Schiveinfurth 3f Riva, 

 1401! 2217! Beccari, 29«! Abyssinia: Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 308 ! Gondii', 

 Steudner, 486 ! Ankober, Roth I Soudan : by the Sobat River, Muriel, 105 ! by 

 the White Nile, Schweinfurth, 1013! Mom; Wavo, Retherich ! by the Bahr-el- 



