536 xcvi. bignoniace^e (sprague). [Kigelia. 



lipped, sparsely glandular; tube 7-10 lin. long; lobes irregular, unequal, 

 rounded, 2—5 Jin. long. Corolla orange-scarlet or scarlet; tube ~1 in. 

 long, constricted G-OJ lin. above the base ; lobes 1^ in. long. Stamens 

 inserted 7-7 \ lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers 2|-3 lin. 

 long. Disc not lobed. Ovary 3J lin. long, finely lepidote ; stigma-lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate. Fruit conical-cylindric, slightly compressed, 1-1 \ ft. 

 long, 2-o in. in diam. — K. pinnata, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 18G5, 333, not 

 of DC Kigelkeia jrinnata, Hiern in Cat. Air. PI. Welw. i. 793 (excl. 

 syns.). 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; by streams in Sobatos de Bmnba 

 and Hango Aquitamba and about Sange, Welmitsch, 489! woods by the River 

 Muia, near Troinbeta, Welwitsch, 491! 



6. K. Elliotii, Sprague. A tree. Leaves opposite; leaflets 9-15, 

 entire, glabrous, those on young shoots obovate, 3-4 in. long, If- 2J in. 

 broad, mucronate, finely reticulate on both surfaces, subsessile, those on 

 old shoots elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 5— 1\ in. long, 

 ~i~-i in. broad; midrib and lateral veins deeply impressed on the upper 

 and prominent on the lower surface of mature leaves; petioles of lateral 

 leaflets 1-3 lin. long, of the terminal 1 in. long. Buds rounded, not 

 cuspidate. Calyx 10.-11 lin. long, minutely lepidote, glandular above; 

 uube 7 lin. long ; lobes 4, subequal, roughly triangular, acute, 3-4 lin. 

 long. Corolla dark red ; tube 1-f in. long ; lower cylindric portion 

 10-1 1 lin. long ; lobes 1-1| in. long. Stamens inserted 9-11 lin. above 

 the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 4|- lin. long. Disc not lobed. 

 3vary 3-4 lin. long, glandular ; stigma-lobes obovate, toothed on their 

 jpper margin. Fruit cylindric, 10-16 in. long, 3-5 in. in diam. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Talla ; near Kundita, Scott-Elliot, 5037 ! 

 Scarries; near Haya-bayn, Scott- Elliot, 4/57! 



7. K. Moosa, Sprague. A shrub or small tree, 6-20 ft. high. 

 Leaves opposite, often paripinnate by suppression of the terminal 

 leaflet; leaflets 9-13, elliptic-oblong or obovate, acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 

 1J- 1\ in. broad, entire ; veins pilose on the upper surface ; leaflets on 

 young shoots nearly glabrous except the veins, finely reticulate on both 

 surfaces, those on old shoots scabrid above, i-hortly pubescent below ; 

 midrib and lateral veins impressed on the upper and prominent on the 

 lower surface of mature leaves ; petioles of lateral leaflets 2-3 lin. long, 

 of the terminal \ in. long. Buds rounded, minutely cuspidate. Calyx 

 15-16 lin. long, pubescent, glandular; tube 8-10 lin. long ; lobes 3, the 

 two upper erect, 3|— 8 lin. long, the lower usually recurved or uncinate. 

 Corolla-tube 2| in. long; lower cylindric portion 12-1 3 lin. long; lobes 

 1-1^ in. long. Stamens inserted 8-9 lin. above the base of the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers 4 lin. long. Disc not lobed. Ovary 5-6 lin. long, 

 glabrous ; stigma-lobes ovate, acuminate, serrulate. 



Nile land. Uganda : Sesse Islands, Dawe, 1 ! 63 ! West Ankole, 5000 ft-, 

 Daive, 412 ! 



8. K. africana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 463. A tree, 20-50 ft. 

 high. Leaves opposite; leaflets 7-11, narrowly obovate, elliptic or 



