Kigelia.] xcvi. bignoxiace^e (sprague). 535 



broad, entire or serrate towards the apex, glabrous, finely reticulate on 

 both surfaces, membranous ; lateral veins 7-0 on each side, 6-15 lin. 

 apart ; petioles of lateral leaflets 2-3 lin. long. Buds minutely cuspidate 

 1 lin. below their apex. Calyx 13 lin. long, distinctly two-lipped, the 

 shorter anterior lip densely glandular ; tube 7 lin. long ; lobes very 

 unequal, 2-6 lin. long. Corolla-tube 2 in. long, constricted 7-8 lin. 

 above the base ; lobes orbicular, 1 in. in diam. Stamens inserted 10 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 4-4£ lin. long. Disc not 

 lobed. Ovary 4i- lin. long, lepidote ; stigma-lobes ovate, acute. Fruit 

 1-|- ft. long, 1 ft. in circumference (according to JIcLeod). 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Bonny, Monteiro ! Cross River Division, 

 McLcod .' 



3. K. acutifolia, Engl. MSS. A tree, 20-26 ft. high. Leaves 

 opposite; leaflets 9-11, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, acutely acuminate, 

 cuneate or attenuate at the base, 4|— 7 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, entire, or 

 serrate towards the apex, glabrous, indistinctly reticulate ; lateral veins 

 8-9 on each side, 7-13 lin. apart, prominent on the lower surface; 

 petioles of lateral leaflets l-|-3 lin. long, of the terminal 9-19 lin. long. 

 Calyx 13-16 lin. long; lobes 3, subequal, rounded. Corolla brownish- 

 red ; tube 2 in. long, constricted 6-7 lin. above the base ; lobes 1-1^ in. 

 long. Stamens inserted 6-7^ lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; 

 antners 2^-3 lin. long. Ovary lepidote ; stigma-lobes elliptic. Fruit 

 l-h ft. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon* : Barombi, Preuss, 202 ! 360 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 

 1316! 



-1. K. impressa, Sprague. A tree, 20-25 ft. high. Young branches 

 purplish- brown. Leaves opposite ; leaflets 7-13, elliptic-oblong, 1-7 in. 

 long, 2i-3 in. broad, entire, glabrous, those on young shoots obtuse, 

 membranous, finely reticulate, those on old shoots shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate, with the midrib and lateral veins deeply impressed in the 

 shining upper surface and prominent below ; lateral veins 8-9 on each 

 side, 4-14 lin. apart ; petioles of lateral leaflets 2-3 lin. long. Buds 

 rounded, cuspidate at their apex. Calyx 11-12 lin. long, glandular 

 above ; tube 7-8 lin. long ; lobes irregular, unequal, 2-4 lin. long. 

 Corolla yellow-ochre ; tube 2 in. long, constricted 5 lin. above the base ; 

 lobes 1-1 1 in. long. Stamens inserted 6-9 lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers 2|-3 lin. long. Disc not lobed. Ovary 3 lin. 

 long, lepidote. Stigma-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Fruit cylindric, abruptly 

 acuminate, 1 ft. long, 2 in. in diam. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter ! Mann, 2 ! 



5. K. angolensis, TFe^. MSS. A tree, 10-35 ft. high. Leaves 

 opposite ; leaflets 19-23, elliptic-oblong or oblong, shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate at the apex, obtusely cuneate at the base, 3|— 7 in. long, 1 J-3 in. 

 broad, entire or serrate towards the apex, glabrous; lateral veins 11-12 

 on each side, 4-8 lin. apart ; petioles of lateral leaflets 1-2 lin. long. 

 Buds minutely cuspidate near their apex. Calyx 11-14 lin. long, two- 



