Markhamia.] xcvi. bignoniace.e (sprauue). 527 



Var. brachyrhyncha, Sprague. Whole plant more glabrous. Leaflets under 

 4 in. long, finely reticulate :il>ove ; lateral veins regular, conspicuous on the lower* 

 surface : pseudostipules puberulous. Raceme under 4 in. long. Calyx 7^-8|- liu. 

 long; beak 1 V-lJ lin. long, much swollen aud glandular at the base. Corolla-tube 

 15 I'm. long; basal cylindric portion 2-}— 3 I'm. long ; lobes 8-9 lin. long. Stamens 

 insetted 2V—3 lin. above the base. 



Lower Guinea. French Congo : Loangoj jungle near Zala, in the Chinehocho 

 district, Soyaux, 208 ! 



The specimen of Welwitsch, 485, in the Kew Herbarium is typical M. sessilis, 

 as is that of Welwitsch, 485b, in the British Museum; but Welwitsch, 485, in the 

 British Museum has isolated peduncled cymes, which seem to have been borne 

 laterally on a common rhachis, approaching in this respect M. tomeutosa, 

 K. Sebum. 



9. M. lanata, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 8 B. 

 242. A shrub, 5-15 ft. high (Kirk) or a tree, 20-30 ft. high (Purves) ; 

 branchlets tomentose, soon glabrescent. Leaves 6-17 in. long; leaflets 

 5-1 1, ovate-oblong, elliptic or obovate, shortly acuminate or rounded 

 at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 2|— 6f- in. long, 1J-3J 

 in. broad, entire or more rarely serrulate, pubescent or puberulous above, 

 tomentose below ; pseudostipules subulate, acuminate, 3-6 lin. long, 

 tomentose. Raceme terminal, oblong, elongated, tomentose ; lateral 

 cymes many-flowered, Peduncles 3-9 lin. long ; j>edicels 6-9 lin. long. 

 Calyx 9-15 lin. long, obtusely uncinate or cuspidate, split down to 

 within 2-4 lin. from the base, densely tomentose. Corolla yellow, 

 striped with chocolate; tube 11-17 lin. long, abruptly and broadly 

 campanulate above ; basal cylindric portion 2-4 lin. long, 2-3 lin. in 

 diam. ; lobes 5—15 lin. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens in- 

 serted 3-3+ lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments thickened 

 and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 14— If lin. long. Disc cupular, 

 f— 1J- lin. high, -J— f lin. thick, not touching the ovary. Ovary 3-4J 

 lin. long, glabrous or minutely lepidote ; stigma-lobes elliptic, obtuse, 

 entire or serrulate. Capsule falcate or nearly straight, 1J-2 ft. long, 

 9-12 lin. broad, velvety-tomentose ; seeds 1-f-lf in. long, 3-|— 4 lin. 

 broad ; nucleus 4|— 5+ lin. long. — Sprague in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2800, fig. 8. 

 ill. tomentosa, K. Schum. in Engl. died. Veg. Usambara, 34,49, partly 

 (as to description and localities, exci. synonyms) ; Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 

 480. M. paucifolioldta, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 131. M. Ver- 

 diclcli, De Wild. 1. c. 132. Dolichandrone obtusifolia, Baker in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 31. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kagehi, Fischer, 461 ! Usambara, 

 Buchivald, 697 ! Magila, Hoist, 2228 ! Usaramo ; Bagamoya, Kirk ! and without 

 precise locality, Busse, 50 ! Portuguese East Africa : Lower Shire ; at the foot of 

 Morambala, Kirk ! Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! British Central Africa : 

 Tanganyika; Niumkolo, Carson, 12 ! Lake A T yasa,- Likoma Islands, Johnson, 40! 

 68 partly ! Nyasaland, Buchanan, 781 ! Zomba, 2900 ft., Purves, 65! Mlanji, 

 Scott-Elliot, 8688 ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 18 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lukafu, Yerdick, 54 ! Lofoi, 

 Verdicli ! 



Yields an excellent timber according to Yerdick. 



