jSpathodea.] xcvi. bignoniace^e (sprague). 529 



1. S. campanulata, Becmv.Fl. Otvar. i. 47, t. 27. A tree, 20-70 ft. 

 high. Branches subterete, striolate, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, 

 6-18 in. long; rhachis minutely (rarely conspicuously) pubescent; 

 leaflets 9-19, shortly stalked or subsessile, ovate or ovate-oblong, acutely 

 acuminate, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, the 

 veins usually minutely pubescent on both surfaces, otherwise glabrous 

 or glabrescent (rarely puberulous above, densely pubescent below), lower 

 surface glandular at or near the base; veins not at a'll or scarcely im- 

 pressed on the upper surface. Flowers in short dense terminal corymbose 

 racemes ; rhachis and pedicels finely tomentose, the lower ones 1-2 in. 

 long. Calyx navicular, recurved, usually long-beaked, 1^-3 in. Ions, 

 conspicuously ribbed, finely tomentose with very short subacl pressed 

 hairs. Corolla scarlet or crimson, orange at the margin, 3-4J in. long, 

 tube 2-2-J- in. long; basal cylindric portion about \ in. long; lobes 

 ovate, crispate, 1-1-J-in. long. Anther-lobes 1-5 lin. long. Disc 1-2 lin. 

 high, more or less lobed. Ovary 3 lin. long, minutely papillose. Cap- 

 sule lanceolate-oblong, 8 in. long; valves keeled, attenuate at both ends, 

 dark brown, glabrous ; septum 1-|- in. broad. Seeds 1 in. long or more, 

 8 lin. broad, including the hyaline wing. — Pers. Syn. ii. 173; Vent. 

 Choix, No. 40, in note ; DC. Prodr. ix. 208 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Flora, 461 ; Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Card. iii. 153, t. 104; Planch, in Fl. 

 Serres, l re ser. viii. t. 830 ; Lem. Jard. Fleur. iv. tt. 388-389 ; Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5091 ; Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1865, 332, t. 40 ; Treub in 

 Ann. Jard. Buitenz. viii. 88, t. 13 ; Hochreut. in Ann. Conserv. et 

 Jard. Bot. Geneve, 1898, 96 ; Durand &, Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 

 215 ; De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. FJ. Congo, i. i. 45; I.e. i. iiT 40 ; 

 Beliq. Dewevr. 172 ; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xvi. 72 ; Hiern in 

 Cat, Air. PL Welw. i. 791. S. tulipifera, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 223 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 207. >S'. danckelmaniana, Biittn. in Verb. Bot. Ver. 

 Brandenb. xxxi. 87. Bignonia tulipifera, Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. 

 Guin. PL 273. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : North-east from Sierra Leone, Garrett, 3 ! 

 Scavcies, Scott-Elliot, 4502! Togo: near Lome, Warnecke, 447 1 Lagos: 

 Abeokuta, Irvine/ I Yoruba, Moloney ! Southern Nigeria : Niger Delta, Barter, 

 560! Confluence of the Niger at Stirling, Ansell ! New Calabar, Holland, 151 ! 

 Cross River Division, Johnston ! Fernando Po, Mann, 387 ! Cameroons : Anibas 

 Bay, Mann; Yaunde, Zenker <$■ Statidt, 66y ! Eipinde, Zenker, 1090! and 

 without precise locality, Braun ! 



Lower Guinea. French Con°o : between the Gaboon River and Sibange, 

 Biltt net; 376 ; Sibange, Soyatix, 31 ! Loango : Chinchocho, Soyaux, 88 ! Mayonibt , 

 Cobra. Lower Congo, Smith I JDupuis. Angola: Loanda; Dembo, Gilet ; valley 

 of the Luachim River, Marques, 304 ; Quiballa, Monteiro ! Libongo, Welwitsch, 

 fruit, 814. Cazen^o, Gossweiler, 581 ! forest at the banks of the Luinha River, 

 near Aguas Doces, Welwitsch, 487. Golungo Alto ; near Sange, N-della, Cambondo, 

 Trombeta, and around Bango, Welwitsch, 486! by the Meuha Lula road, Welwitsch, 

 fruit, 813. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga, Briart • Lukolela, Dewevre, 

 842 ; Mukolue Kiver, a tributary of Lubudi River, Descamps ; Lualaba, Laurent ; 

 Upoto, Wilwerth • Kasai ; Sankuru, Laurent • Cataracts District, Laurent, 



2. S. nilotica, Seem, in Jotorn. Bot. 1865, 333. A bushy tree, 



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