526 xcvi. bignoniace.e (sprague). \Markhamia . 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Broton, 393 ! Fernando Po, Mann, 5 ! 399 I 

 Vogel, 60 ! Ansell ! Cameroons : Victoria, Kcdbreyer, 33 ! Yaunde, Zenker, 251 I 

 Zenker Sf Standi, 66 ! and witlioi.it precise locality, Preuss, 436 ! 



7. M. Hildeferandtii, Sprague hi Hook. Ic. PL t. 2800, fig. 9. 

 A shrub or small tree; branchlets finely lepidote. Leaves 6-10 in. 

 long; leaflets 7—9, shortly stalked, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtusely 

 acuminate, euneate at the base, 2-4 in. long, f— 2 in. broad, entire, 

 minutely lepidote. Panicle terminal or terminal and axillary ; rhachis 

 lenticellate, densely lepidote, pilose above. Pedicels 2 lin. long. 

 Calyx 9-1 1|- lin. long, shortly uncinate, split down to within 2-4 lin. 

 from the base, membranous, finely and densely lepidote, puberulous. 

 Corolla yellow ; tube campanulate-f unnel-shaped, J G-20 lin. long ; basal 

 cylindric portion 5-5J lin. long, 1J lin. in diam. ; lobes 7-10 lin. long, 

 sparsely and inconspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 5|— 7 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments slightly thickened and 

 pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1-1 \ lin. long. Disc annular, |-f lin. 

 high. Ovary 2J- 2|- lin. long, minutely and densely lepidote ; stigma - 

 lobes elliptic or ovate, entire or minutely serrulate. — M. lutea, K. 

 Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363, partly (as regards the East 

 African localities), not of K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B. 242. iJolichandrone Hildebrandtii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 

 1894, 31. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitni, Hildehrandt, 2732! 

 Kikuyu; Nairobi, Kassner, 967 ! 



Mozamb. ESist. German East Africa : Usambara : Derema, Selieffler, 142 ! 



8. M. sessilis, Sprague. A shrub or tree, 5-30 ft. high : 

 branchlets pubescent or puberulous. Leaves 9-21 in. long ; leaflets 

 11-15, ovate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 3-7^- in. 

 long, 1-3 in. broad, entire or serrulate, glabrous above, except the 

 veins (rarely puberulous), finely pubescent or glabrescent below ; 

 pseud ostipules subulate, 4-5 lin. long, pubescent. Raceme terminal, 

 oblong, elongated, tomentose ; lateral cymes sessile. Pedicels 3-4 lin. 

 long. Calyx 11-14 lin. long, rostrate, split down to within 3 lin. from 

 the base, shortly tomentose; beak 2|— 4 lin. long. Corolla yellow, with 

 reddish stripes ; tube 18-19 lin. long; basal cylindric portion 3-4 lin. 

 long, 1|— If lin. in diam. ; lobes conspicuously glandular. Stamens in- 

 serted 3J- 4£ lin. above the base of the corolla-tube : filaments slightly 

 thickened and furfuraceous at the base; antherdobes 1J- If lin. long. 

 Disc annular, £ lin. high. Ovary 4-5 lin. long, glabrous; stigma-lobes 

 elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, entire or dentate. Capsule slightly curved,. 

 1 J-3 ft. long, 8-9 lin. broad, finely tomentose ; seeds 13-18J lin. long, 

 3-3-J- lin. broad; nucleus 4|— h\ lin. long. — Muenteria tomeiitosa, Seem. 

 in Journ. Bot. 1865, 330, t. 35, partly (as regards figure and Angola 

 plant, excl. synonyms). Markhamia tomentosa, Hiern, Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 792, not of K. Schum. 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith! Angola: Golungo Alto; near 

 Sange, at the base of the Serra de Alto Queta, Welwitsch, 4S5 ! among the moun- 

 tains of Cungulungulo, Wehoitsch, 485b ! and fruit, 815 ! 



