524 xcvi. BiGNONiACEiE (sprague). [Markhamia. 



base, lepiclote, sometimes puberulous. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 

 11-12 lin. long, yellowish with purple spots ; basal cylindric portion 

 3-4|- lin. long, 1-1 J lin. in diam. ; lobes brownish-purple, 4-5 lin. long. 

 Stamens inserted 4-5 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anther- 

 lobes 1 lin. long, acute at the base. Disc annular, # lin. high. Ovary 

 2-2i lin. long, densely lepidote. Capsule falcate, 1—1^ ft. long, 

 5-6 lin. broad, lenticellate ; seeds 1-1|- in. long, 2i- 2i- lin. broad; 

 nucleus 5-6 lin. long. — Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242. M. 

 sansibarica, K. Schum. ex Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 16 ; Engl. Pii. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 863 ; Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 332. Spathodea tenuifolia, Bojer, 

 Hort. Maurit. 219. S. zanzibarica, Bojer ex DC. Prodr. ix. 208) 

 Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot, 11)1. Muenteria zanzibarica, 

 Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1870, 339. Dolichandrone latifolia, Baker in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 31. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Nyika Country, near Mombasa; 

 Walcejield ! 



Mozam'o. SSist. Zanzibar : Kokotoni, ILildebrandt, 877 ! German East 

 Africa: Usambara; Derema, ScJwffier, 126! Masheua, Hoist, 8795! Tanga, 

 Heinsen, 113! Mngila, Kirk! Usaramo; Dar-e%-Salaam, Kirk! Portuguese 

 East Africa : .Mozambique, Forbes, 15 ! 



4. M, acuminata, K. Schum. in Engl. PjL Ost-Afr. C. 363. A 

 shrub [Peters) or a tree, 10-20 ft. high (Lugard) ; branchlets minutely 

 lepidote. Leaves 5-9 in. long ; leaflets 5-7, elliptic, shortly and obtusely 

 or, more rarely, acutely acuminate, 1-4 in. long, f— 2-J- in. broad, entire 

 or serrulate, minutely and sparsely puberulous and lepidote above, 

 lepidote below. Racemes axillary, borne on the old wood, lepidote, 

 sometimes leafy at the base. Pedicels 4-7 lin. long, slender, minutely 

 bibracteolate below the middle. Calyx 7-9 lin. long, cuspidate or 

 uncinate, split down to within 1^-3 lin. from the base, lepidote, some- 

 times puberulous. Corolla-tube f unnel-shapecl, 14-15 lin. long, yeliowish 

 with purple spots; basal cylindric portion 2^-3 lin. long, 1A- lin. in 

 diam. ; lobes brownish-purple, 6-b lin. long. Stamens inserted 

 3-3 J lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anther-lobes 1 lin. long, 

 obtuse at the base. Disc annular, nearly 1 lin. high. Ovary l-J-2 lin. 

 long, lepiclote. Capsule 1-1 J ft. long, 5 lin. broad, lenticellate; nucleus 

 of seed 4— 4 \ lin. long, 2 lin. broad. — Spathodea acuminata, Klotzsch 

 in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 191. Muenteria stenocarpa, Seem, in 

 Journ. Bot. 1865, 329, partly (as to Kirk's specimen). 



Bdozaxnto. SSist. Portuguese East Africa : opposite Sena, Kirk ! between 

 Tete and Kaurabassa, Kirk ! Bechuanalayid : Ngamiland ; Kwebe Hills, Lugard, 

 55 ! 58 ! South Tropical Africa, Baines ! 



M. infundibuliformis, K. Schum. in Engl, cf Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363, from Msalala (Tlannington !) and Ussute 

 (Fischer, 460 !) in German East Africa, scarcely differs from M. acuminata (as far 

 as the material goes) except in having the veins of the leaflets distinctly piiose on 

 the under surface, even in the adult state. Fischer's specimen has serrate leafieis, 

 Hannington's entire leaflets. It is possible that the capsule and seeds, when known, 

 may furnish further characters by which to separate M. infundibuliformis from 

 M. acuminata. 



