Markhamia. \ xcvi. bigjNTONIACE.e (spuague). 525 



5. M. platycalyx, Spragne in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2800. A tree, 

 30-40 ft. high; branchlets lepidote. Leaves 6^—12 in. long; leaflets 

 5-9, shortly stalked, elliptic-oblong or obovate, rather shortly, abruptly 

 and obtusely acuminate, mucronulate, cuneate at the base, 2-5J in. 

 long, 1^-2| in. broad, entire or serrate, lepidote above, very densely 

 lepidote below and pilose in the axils of the veins. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary ; rhachis lenticellate, densely lepidote, pilose above, 

 especially at the nodes. Pedicels 8-5 lin. long, densely pubescent. 

 Calyx 7-8 lin. long, shortly and obtusely cuspidate, split down to 

 within 2.V-0 lin. from the base, densely lepidote, pubescent. Corolla 

 yellow, striped with red on the lower lip ; tube campanulate above, 

 I 6-1 8 lin. long ; basal cylindric portion -1 lin. long, li-lA lin. in diam.; 

 lobes G-71in. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 3J— 44 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments much thickened and f ur- 

 furaceous at the base ; anther-lobes 1|— \\ lin. long. Disc cupular, \\ lin. 

 high. Ovary 3| lin. long, very densely lepidote, minutely pubescent. 

 Stigma-lobes elliptic, bifid at the apex. Capsule over 1 ft. long, 44-5 lin. 

 broad, minutely puberulous and lepidote; midrib of valves very pro 

 minent ; seeds 9 lin. long, 14 lin. broad; nucleus 34 lin. Ion"-. — 

 Dolichandr one platycalyx, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 30. 



Wile Land. Uganda: near Entebbe, 4000 ft.. Malum ! Bnsiro, 3900 ft., 

 Dawe, 217 ! Usoga, Scott-Elliot, 7208 ! Wimi Valley, 700O-8000 ft., Scott- 

 Elliot, 7830! and without precise locality, Wilson, 119 ! 



This tree, which is known in Uganda under the nat'.ve name Lusambia is said 

 to yield " the finest of local timbers" (Mahon). 



G. M. lutea, K. Schum. in Engl. & Pranil, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 



242. A shrub or tree, 15-30 ft. high ; branchlets finely lepidote, soon 

 glabrescent. Leaves 9-20 in. long; leaflets 7-11, conspicuously stalked, 

 •ovate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, mucronulate, cuneate or 

 attenuate at the base, 3-7^ in. long, 1\-~2h in. broad, entire or occa- 

 sionally serrulate in a young state, sparsely lepidote or glabrescent 

 above, lepidote and sometimes puberulous below. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary, corymbose, densely lepidote ; rhachis blackish, densely 

 lenticellate. Peduncles 1-2| lin. long; pedicels 2-3J lin. long. Calyx 

 10-14 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within 3|— 6 lin. from the base, 

 herbaceous, densely lepidote. Corolla yellow, rarely lilac (Bro»m); tube 

 •camp.mulate above, 15-20 lin. long ; basal cylindric portion 4-54 lin. 

 long, If- 2 lin. in diam. ; lobes 7-9 lin. long, conspiculously glancfular. 

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

 much thickened and pilose at the base ; anther-lobes 1—1 A lin. long. 

 Disc annular, \- f lin. high. Ovary 2|-3 lin. long, very densely lepidote ; 

 stigma-lobes elliptic or elliptic-oblong, bifid at the apex. Capsule falcate, 

 18-22 in. long, 5-6^ lin. broad, minutely and densely lepidote ; seeds 

 1-1 \ in. long, 2|— 2| lin. broad; nucleus 4J-5 lin. long. — De Wild. & 

 Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 172; Sprague in Hook. Ic. PI. sub t. 2800. 

 Spathodea lutea, Benth. in Hook. Niger PI. 401, partly (as regards the 

 Fernando Po plant). Dollchandrone lutea, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 ii. 1046. Muenteria lutea, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1870, 338, partly (as 

 regards Vogel's and Ansell's specimens). 



