Ki(jelia.~\ xcvi. bigxoniace.e (sprague). 537 



oblong-elliptic, 2^—4 in. long, 1-2| in. broad, cuspidate, entire or 

 minutely and remotely toothed, glabrous, indistinctly reticulate ; lateral 

 veins 7-9 on each side, prominent below ; lateral leaflets subsessile ; 

 petiole of terminal leaflet <S-11 lin. long. Buds cuspidate at the side. 

 Calyx 8—10 lin. long, irregularly two-lipped, sparsely glandular above; 

 tube 5-6 lin. long; lobes subequal, rounded, 2-4 lin. long. Corolla 

 deep red with yellow veins ; tube 1^-lf in. long, dilated at the mouth 

 of the calyx ; lower cylindric portion 7 lin. long ; lobes |— 1 in. long. 

 Stamens inserted 6J- 7 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 ■o-l— 4 lin. long. Disc lobed. Ovary 3 lin. long, lepidote ; stigma-lobes 

 obovate. Fruit somewhat compressed, 2 ft. long, 5 in. broad. — Bignonia 

 o.fricana, Lam. Encycl. i. 424; Pers. Syn. ii. 172. Tecoma afiicana, 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 224. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Michelin ! Herb. Ada nson, 199 A ! Gold Coast: 

 Cape Coast Castle, Vo'gel, 88 ! Southern Nigeria : Cross River Division ; Adaha, 

 Holland, 237! 238! 284! Northern Nigeria: Horgu; Palace yard at Wawa, 

 Barter, 724 ! 



9. K. pinnata, DC. Prodr. ix. 247. A tree, 20-50 ft. high. 

 Leaves ternate ; leaflets 7-9, elliptic-oblong or obovate, 3-6 in. long, 

 1J— 3 in. broad, abruptly acuminate, rounded or retuse at the apex, 

 serrate or entire, usually glabrous above, glabrous or more or less 

 pubescent below ; lateral leaflets subsessile ; petiole of terminal leaflet 

 4-13 lin. long. Buds not distinctly cuspidate. Calyx 1-1 h in. long, 

 two-lipped, finely pubescent or glabrescent ; tube 8-10 lin. long ; lobes 

 irregular, unequal, acute, 3-7 lin. long. Corolla claret-coloured ; tube 

 2^—3 in. long, dilated at the mouth of the calyx ; lower cylindric por- 

 tion f in. long; lobes pointed, If— 2^ in. long. Stamens inserted 

 9—12 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 4-5^ lin. long. 

 Disc lobed. Ovary 5-6 lin. long, minutely puberulous, spai-sely glandular; 

 stigma-lobes ovate, acute. Fruit 1-1 1 ft. long, rounded at the apex; trans- 

 verse section elliptic, oh in. long, 4-J in. broad. — K. cethiopica, K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 364, partly ; Schinz in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 

 1900, No. 10, 63 ; not of Decaisne. K. Ikbalice, De Wild, in PI. Nov. 

 Hort. Then. t. 1. Crescentia pinnata, Jacq. Collect, iii. 203, t. 18; 

 Fragm. t. 33, fig. 4. Tancecium pinnatum, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 312. 

 Tripinnaria africana, Spreng. Syst. ii. 842. 



IVXozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique (cult, in Bot. Gavel. 

 Pamplemousses), Bojer ! Quilimane District ; Lokoloko, Scott! Zainbesia, 

 Stewart ! British Central Africa : Nyasalaud, Buchanan, 701 ! 



Var. foment ell a, Sprague. Calyx and lower surface of leaflets densely pubescent 

 or tomentelloiis. Fruit 20-25 in. long, 3 in. broad. — K. pinnata, Klotzscb in 

 Peters, Keise Mossamb. Bot. 195. 



IVlozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, 

 Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shibisa, Metier! Becbuanalaud : 

 Ngamiland ; Tamalakane River, McCahe, 45! Okavango Valley: Bakalahari 

 Village, Lnr/ard, 233 ! Rhodesia : on an island in the Zambesi River fi miles above 

 the Victoria Falls, Carlioiiyht ! by the Zambesi River near tiie Victoria Falls, 

 Allen, 30 ! 



