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



very sparsely villous ; lobes 5-6 \ lin. long, crenulate, ciliate. Stamens 

 inserted 6-6-|- lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong- 

 linear, 1-I-J lin, long. Disc annular, entire, § lin. high. Ovary 

 quadrangular, 2j-2-|- lin. long, glabrous. — S. bracteosum, K. Schuni. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 332 (March, 1903). 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 350 ! Zenker, 

 1481 ! 



4. S. harmsianum, K. Solium, in Engl. <£• Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B. 243. A tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves 6-16 in. long; rhachis 

 tomentose or pubescent; leaflets 7-11, elliptic-oblong, obovate, or oblong- 

 obovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex and more or less apiculate, 

 unequally rounded or obtuse or subcordate at the base, If -4 in. long, 

 11-22 lin. broad, finely tomentose above and pale-brown in the dried 

 state, tomentose and greyish-white beneath. Panicle tomentose ; 

 rhachis triangular, with 7 or fewer whorls of ternate primary 

 branches ; further branching dichasial ; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 tomentose, the lowermost 1 in. long. Calyx tubular, 6-104 iin.long, 

 irregularly 2-4-lobed, greyish-tomentose outside, adpressed-puberulous 

 or -pubescent and lepidote inside; tube 5|-8 Iin.long; lobes triangular- 

 ovate or rounded, more or less apiculate, 1-24 lin. long or less. Corolla 

 yellow with red stripes, funnel-shaped, slightly curved posticously, the 

 upper half pubescent outside; tube 16-18 lin. long; basal cyiindric 

 portion 4|— 54 lin. long ; lobes suborbicular, 2-3J lin. long. Stamens 

 included, or the longer pair subexserted from the corolla-tube, inserted 

 54-7 lin. above its base ; filaments pilose at the base ; anther-lobes 

 oblong, 1-1 tj lin. long; connective slightly produced above them. Disc 

 cupular, more or less lobed, |— 1 lin. high. Ovary quadrangular, 1 f- 2J Kit. 

 long, glabrous or sparsely lepidote. Capsule about 1 ft. long ; valves 

 with prominent midrib, minutely pubescent, Seeds up to 3 in. long, 

 including the wings, 4-5 lin. broad. — Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 

 xvi. 71. S. Verdickii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 129. S. katan- 

 gensis, De Wild. I.e. 130. 



lower Guinea. Angola: district of Malange ; Cliicapo Biver, Marques, 

 244 ! 



South Central. Angola: Lunda; Kahungula, Buchner, 587 ! 629! Congo 

 Free State : Katanga; Lukafu, Verdict, 194! 265 ! 



5. NEWBOULDIA, Seem. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1045. 



Calyx opening late in bud, spathaceous, split clown the anticous 

 side, nearly straight. Corolla campanulate-funnel-shaped; limb slightly 

 bilabiate ; lobes spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anther- 

 lobes attached at and for a short distance below the apex, oblong, slightly 

 divergent below. Disc cupular, more or less lobed. Ovary oblong- 

 linear, 4-angled, slightly compressed ; ovules 2-seriate in each cell, 

 obliquely placed on the placentas. Cavjsule linear ; valves boat-shaped, 

 coriaceous, flexible, glandular. Seeds obliquely winged at the ends. — 



