Stereospemnum.] xcvi. bigxoxiacej: (sprague). 519 



Ghazal, near Cktik-Clmk, Broun ! Near Old Wau, Brown, 59 ! Mittu; Ngaina, 

 Schweinfurth, 2767 ! between Derago and Knddu, ScJiweinfurth, 2771 ! between 

 .Mi in i and Xgama, Schweinfurth, 2778 ! Kuraggera, Schweinfurth, 27S7 ! Mvolo, 

 Schweinfurth, 2845 ! Niumniam ; Wando, Schweinfurth, 3229 ! Uganda : Madi, 

 SpeTce Sf (Irani, 750! Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7014! Chagwe and Busoga, Dawe, 

 S7 ! Toro, Dawe, 535 ! British East Africa : Shimba Hills, Kassner, 173 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State: Katanga; Moero, Verdicts. Lukafu, 

 Verdick, 19! 92. 



mozamb. 3>ist. German East Africa : without precise locality, Busse, 643 ! 

 I'ranibo, Hannington! Kilimanjaro, Smith! Usambara; Magila, Hoist, 2229' 

 Simbili, Moist, 2368 ! Mgunda Mkali region, SpeJce Ar Grant ! and without precise 

 locality, Buchwald, 105 ! Usaramo, 1000 ft., Goetze, 30 ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 Sliupanga, Kirk! Scott ! British Central Africa : Batoka Country; near 

 Sinauaane a 2000 ft., Kvrh ! Tanganyika- Moero Plateau, Carson, 20 ! Nyasaland ; 

 various localities, KvrJc ! Jleller ! Whyte ! Whyte fy McGlounie, 11 ! Buchanan, 

 232! Waller! 



2. S. acuniinatissimum, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 

 fwrn.iv. 3 B. 243. Branchlets rather stout, flattened at, the nodes, 

 finely striate, glabrous, blackish in the dried state. Leaves 17-23 in. 

 long ; rhachis puberulous on the upper surface ; petiole 3^-4 in. long ; 

 leaflets 13-17, distinctly stalked, ovate-oblong or lanceolate (the lower- 

 most ovate), long and sometimes abruptly acuminate at the apex, 

 obtusely and unequally cuneate at the base, 3— G in. long, 1J-— If in. 

 broad, entire, glabrous. Panicle ample, corymbose-pyramidal ; bracts 

 foliaceous, lanceolate, ciliate, sparsely pubescent on the upper surface. 

 Buds apiculate or acuminate. Calyx tubular, 8-9 lin. long, 2-lipped, 

 glabrous, occasionally subspathaceous ; lobes 2, ovate, acute, 1-2^ lin. 

 long. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 1|~ 1-J in. long ; basal cylindric por- 

 tion 5—5^- lin. long, pilose below the insertion of the stamens; ventral 

 portion of throat very sparsely villous ; lobes 5—7 lin. long, crenulate, 

 sparsely ciliate. Stamens inserted 6-6 J lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers oblong-linear, 1-1^ lin. long. Disc annular, 

 entire, ^ lin. high. Ovary quadrangular, 2f— 3J lin. long, glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos, Phillips, 41 ! Cameroons, Breuss, 332 ! 



3. S. Zenkeri, K. Schum. ex Be Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 130 

 {Jan. 1903). A tree 50-G5 ft. high ; bark smooth, grey; crown dense, 

 subglobose ; branches stout, much flattened at the nodes, finely striate. 

 minutely tomentellous, the young ones dark olive-green in the dried 

 state. Leaves 13-17 in. Ion;;- ; rhachis tomentellous; petiole 2|-3 in. 

 long; leaflets 11-15, distinctly stalked, ovate-oblong or oblong (the 

 lowermost ovate), acuminate at the apex, unequally and obtusely cuneate 

 at the base, 2|-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, puberulous or giabrescent 

 above, pubescent below, especially on the veins. Panicle ample, corym- 

 bose; bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, pubescent on both surfaces. Buds 

 obtuse. Calyx tubular, 6|—7 lin. long, 2-lipped, pubescent or tomentose 

 outside, glabrous inside; lobes 2-3, 1 J-2 lin. long, ovate, obtuse. Corolla- 

 tube funnel-shaped, lj-]f in. long; basal cylindric portion 5-G lin. 

 long, pilose below the insertion of the stamens ; ventral portion of throat 



