Jfarkhamia.'] xcvi. bigxoxiace.e (spkague). 523 



1 . M. puberula, K. Schum. in Engl. <£• Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 3 B. 242. A shrub or a tree, 26-32 ft. high (Schumann); branchlets 

 and leaves densely pubescent. Leaves 4-5 in. long; leaflets 5-7, 

 elliptic-oblong or ovate, sometimes shortly acuminate, 1-2 in. long, 

 \— 1 in. broad, obtuse or retuse, entire or serrate. Racemes axillary, 

 borne on the old wood, 3-G in. long, pubescent, sometimes leafy at the 

 base. Peduncles 4—5 lin. long ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Calyx 4|- lin. 

 long, minutely cuspidate, split down to within \-\\ lin. from the base, 

 pubescent, sparsely lepidote. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, Yl\ un - long, 

 purple-spotted; basal cylindric portion 3 lin. long, 1 lin. in diam. ; lobes 

 brownish-purple, 4-5 lin. long. Stamens inserted 3 lin. above the base 

 of the corolla-tube ; anther-lobes 1 lin. long, acute at the base. Disc 

 annular, \ lin. high. Ovary \\ lin. long, densely lepidote. — Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxviii. 480 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363. Spathodea puberula, 

 Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Pot. 192. Muenteria puberula, 

 ■Seem, in Journ. Pot. 1870, 339. Dolichandrone hirsuta, Paker in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 31. 



ZVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Urupuru; Mgasi, Goelze, 136. 

 Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Tete, Kirlc 1 Peters! 



2. 3VE. stenocarpa, K. Schum. in Engl. cO Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv 

 -! P. 242. A tree, 15-25 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-|- 10 in. 

 long ; leaflets 7, ovate or elliptic-oblong, rather abruptly acuminate. 

 1^—5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, very minutely and sparsely puberu- 

 luus and lepidote. Raceme terminal ; rhachis lenticellate. Peduncle.- 

 2 lin. long, pilose, soon glabrescent ; pedicels 3 lin. long or less. Calyx 

 5 -a— 6 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within h-1 lin. from the base, 

 lepidote. Corolla-tube campanulate-funnel-shaped, 11-12 lin. long, 

 greenish-yellow with purple spots ; basal cylindric portion 2|- lin. long, 

 I. 1 - lin. in diam.; lobes brownish-purple, 4-(J lin. long, crenulate. 

 Stamens inserted 2|— 3 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anther- 

 lobes | lin. long, obtuse at the base. Pise annular, % lin. high. Ovary 

 2.V lin. long, lepidote. Capsule falcate, 1-1J ft. long, 4-5 lin. broad, 

 lenticellate ; seeds 8—9 lin. long, 2A- 3A- lin. broad ; nucleus 2|— 2§ lin. 

 long. — Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. 791. Muenteria stenocarpa, Seem, 

 in Journ. Pot. 1805, 329, t. 30 (excluding Kirk's specimen). Spathodea 

 sttnocarpa, Welw. ex Seem. I.e. Dolichandrone stenocarpa, Paker in 

 Kew Bulletin, 1894, 31. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Go'.ungo Alto ; at the River Luinlia and near 

 Camboiido, Weltoitsch, 4S2 ! Pungo Andoiigo ; forest of Mata de Cabondo and near 

 Luxillo, Welwitsch, 483 ! 



3. M. zanzibarica, K. Schum. ex Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 

 36. A shrub or small tree, 10 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous. Leave.-. 

 5-13 in. long ; leaflets 7, elliptic-oblong-, long acuminate, mucronulate, 

 l-A-O in. long, f-2j in. broad, entire or serrulate, especially towards the 

 apex, coriaceous, brownish when dry, glabrous above, minutely lepidote 

 below. Racemes terminal and lateral, lepidote ; rhachis conspicuously 

 lenticellate. Peduncles 4 lin. long; pedicels 2-4 lin. long. Calyx 

 6-7 lin. long, shortly uncinate, split clown to within 1-4 lin. from th i 



