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BRITISH MUSEUM, NATURAL HISTORY

GATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS

COLLECTED BY

MR. & MRS. P. A. TALBOT

IN THE

OBAN DISTRICT
SOUTH NIGERIA

BY
A. B. RENDLE, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

KEEPER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HisTORY)

E. G. BAKER, F.L.S., ano H. F. WERNHAM, B.Sc.

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PREFACE

THE following account of the plants of the Oban District of
South Nigeria has been drawn up from the collections made by
Mr. and Mrs. P. Amaury Talbot in the years 1909 to 1912,
during Mr. Talbot/s period of Government service in the District,
„and presented by them to the Museum. Mrs. Talbot also made
a very large and beautiful series of drawings of the plants,
reproductions of which she proposes to publish in a separate book.

The plants have been determined and the novelties described
by members of the Department of Botany, with the assistance
of Mr. 8. Moore in various orders, Mr. H. N. Ridley who has
worked out the Zingiberacee and Marantacex, and Miss A.
Lorrain Smith who has determined the Lichens. For descrip-
tions of a few new species I am indebted to Mr. Sprague and
Mr. Hutchinson of the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
The authorship of each portion of the work is indicated exactly
in the text.

Mr. Talbot has supplied a short account of the district and of
the general character of its vegetation; and notes on many of
the plants by Mr. and Mrs. Talbot are incorporated with the
descriptive matter. :

A. B. RENDLE.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY,
April, 1913.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION x a
FLOWERING PLANTS—
DICOTYLEDONS,
Polypetale by Wawa e Baker à E
Gamopetale ‘ ‘

Rubiacee by H. P. Wernham
Composit® by S. Moore
Ebenaces and Apocynacex by H. F. Wernham
Asclepiadacex® by S. Moore .
Loganiacez by S. Moore and H. F. Wernham
Convolvulaces by A. B. Rendle s
Pedalineze by H. F. Wernham
Acanthacese by S. Moore : :
Verbenacee by H. F. Wernham . å
Monochlamydeæ by S. Moore . *
MOoNOCOTYLEDONS å
Orchidaceæ by A. B. Randi. : ; i
Zingiberacex by H. N. Ridley x 5
Dioscoreaces to Gramine by A. B. Rendle s
Funcı by J. Ramsbottom . 3
Systematic List OF PLANTS COLLECTED ; ;
Frowering PLANTS by E. G. Baker, H. F. Wernham, S. Moore,
A. B. Rendle and H. N. vendis ‘ i E = s
Ferns by A. Gepp : : \ : š i
Mosszs by A. Gepp . i 7 i : CUR i
Funai by J. Ramsbottom . = + : : : 2
LicHENS by A. Lorrain Smith 2 : "
INDEX . A : . i = Er

lasr or PLATES

INTRODUCTION

Tux following notes on the general character and vegetation of
the Oban district have been kindly supplied by Mr. Talbot.

The Oban district of South Nigeria * lies within the bend of
the Cross River at a distance of 40 to 100 miles from the Gulf
of Guinea. It is bounded on the East by the German Cameroons,
of which it is, botanically speaking, an offshoot, though apparently
exceeding its neighbour in the luxuriance of its vegetation.
Throughout the length and breadth of the land hardly a level
spot is to be found. The average height above the sea-line varies
from about 300 to 900 feet, with masses of hills rising towards
the centre into a clearly marked watershed, nearly 4000 feet
high. The greater number of these hills have been climbed by
us, but haighé seemed hardly to influence the luxuriance, or even
type, of vegetation.

The rocks of the district are very ancient and consist
mostly of gneiss or granite, pierced by veins of iron ore-
and other minerals. The weathering of these has produced a
soil very favourable to growth. This, mixed with the deep
accumulation of rich vegetable humus and mould in the dense
shade of these tropical forests, forms, in the warm damp climate,
a kind of vast natural forcing bed, from which spring an almost
inexhaustible variety of flowering plants and trees. These grow
up with such incredible rapidity that I have found it difficult to
recognise sites, which were under cultivation five years before.
The land is drained by a close network of rivers, which meander
through the deep green of the “bush,” like the veins of some
giant leaf, or leap down the hill-sides in a series of cancigies and
waterfalls.

The forests of Oban are usually described as within the ever-
green belt, but, though evergreens predominate, more careful
study discloses the presence of a very large proportion of
deciduous trees, many of which burst into leaf and flower twice

* A map of the district will be found with Mr. Talbot's communication
to the Geographical J enge en 637).

vili INTRODUCTION

every year. Several are even known to bloom four times in the -
year, while on the other hand some cauliflorous trees only blossom
every two or three years. Natives, whose information in other
cases proved trustworthy, declared that certain ones only flower
once in seven years.

The number of different species to be found in these forests is
immense and may be computed to average at least 400 to 500
distinet species to the square mile. Among these are to be found
a large number of valuable economie trees, such as cam-wood,
ebony, rubbers and mahoganies of enormous size, scented and
otherwise. The state of age gradation among all such trees is
more satisfactory too in this district than that in the greater
part of the Protectorate.

The annual rainfall, carefully kept during my tenure of office,
averages 175 inches, and the humidity may be a contributory
cause to the extraordinary large number of cauliflorous trees.
The unusual rainfall and the heavy dews, which last all through
the dry season, act too as protective agents in rendering impossible
destruction by forest fires.

A very considerable part of the district has at one time or
other been under cultivation. The system of farming consists in
roughly clearing the land in January and February, by cutting
and burning the smaller growth, while the great trees are left
standing. This has, however, affected the type of forest less
than would otherwise have been the case, owing partly to the
scanty population, about four to the square mile, and also to the
large number of trees, which, according to the superstition of
the people, must neither be destroyed nor planted, but left
untroubled by human interference. A considerable part of the
land may be regarded as virgin bush, and is perhaps the only:
important survival of that vast primeval belt, which once
extended over the greater part of South Nigeria.

In order to be convinced that the forests of Oban are to a
great extent true primary forest one has only to leave a native
path in the remote parts of the interior and cut one's way for a
short distance through the tangle of lianes, often of the girth of
our Northern tree-trunks, which hang between giant boles, 200 to
300 feet high, and, in the case of cotton trees, over 80 feet in cir-
cumference. Oncethe path has been lost sight of, one may wander
for days without coming across a trace of human habitation.

P. AMAURY TALBOT.

INTRODUCTION 1x

The collection includes 1,016 species and varieties, 195 of
which are new; there are nine new genera. The new genera
are Alphonseopsis and Dennettia in the order Anonacem, the
former allied to the Indian genus Alphonsea, the latter to
Melodorum ; Crateranthus, a genus of Myrtacesw intermediate in
structure between Napoleona and the tropical South American
Asteranthos ; Afrohamelia (Rubiaces) most nearly allied to the
tropieal American Hamelia, and, in the same order, Dorothea
and Diplosporopsis, new members of the tribe Gardenieæ, and
Globulostylis, the affinity of which is with Cuviera in the tribe
Vangueriex ; Scyphostrychnos (Loganiaces) closely allied to Strych-
nos; Talbotia,* a member of the tribe Justiciææ in the order
Acanthacex ; and Amauriella, a member of the subfamily Philo-
dendroide in Araces.

Of the new species seven belong to the order Anonaces,
three to Violaces, three to Guttifer®, one to Malvaces, six to
Sterculiacez, including four new Colas, two to Geraniaces, two
to Meliacex, two to Olacacex, one to Celastracee, three to
Sapindacem, three to Anacardiacew, five to Leguminos®, one to
Rosacew, eight to Myrtacee six of which belong to the genus
Napoleona, three to Melastomace:, thirty-four to Rubiaceæ, one
to Ebenace», one to Oleacee, twelve to Apocynacem, four to
Asclepiadacex, nine to Loganiacex, one to Convolvulacew, one
to Pedalinesm, twenty-one to Acanthacee, four to Verbenaces,
three to Aristolochiacex, three to Laurinew, two to Euphorbia-
cer, twenty to Orchidace:, two to Liliacez, and three to Aracem.

A few specimens have been included in the enumeration
which were collected on a journey through Nigeria and the North
Cameroons to the Bornu Country and Lake Chad ; the locality
of these is indicated in each case. A full list of the plants
collected on this journey forms an Appendix to Miss O. Macleod's
“ Chiefs and Cities of Central Africa."

Mr. Talbot refers to the extraordinary large number of cauli-
florous trees and special attention was paid to these when collect-
ing, and Mrs. Talbot has also made careful coloured drawings of
the flowers. Many of them are new. Such are several species _
of Cola, Napoleona and Drypetes, species of Tetrastemma,
Omphalocarpum, Diospyros and others.

* This is equivalent to Afrofittonia Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xlix. 406,
published March 28, 1913, and thus too late for notice in this memoir.

X INTRODUCTION

A valuable discovery from an economic point of view is that
of Poga oleosa Pierre (Rhizophoracee), hitherto known only
from the Gaboon, the seeds of which are remarkably rich in oil.

As indicated in Mr. Talbot’s note the district adjoins the
Cameroons and is botanically an extension of the evergreen rain-
forest area of that district. The systematic list shews that the
flora is practically identical with that of the Cameroons; a pro-
portion approaching half the plants collected has hitherto been
known only from that area. Apart from this endemic or
Cameroons element there is a strong representation of what may
be called the Gulf of Guinea flora, that is of species more or less
widely distributed from Sierra Leone to the Gaboon. The more
Southern Congo-Angolan element is much less marked and the
collection contains comparatively few plants representing a
general tropical African distribution.

In the determination of the plants considerable help has been
obtained from the rich tropical African material in the Herbarium
of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; our thanks are due to the Director
for some determinations in the order Euphorbiacex, and also
to members of the Staff for advice kindly given in connection
with other orders. Specimens of a large proportion of Mr. and
Mrs. Talbot's plants have also been presented to Kew.—-[A. B. R.]

FLOWERING PLANTS

DICOTYLEDONS

POLYPETALA
By Epmunp G. BAKER, F.L.S.

ANONACER.

THE collection contains a remarkable number of curious and
interesting ınembers of this family. There are two new genera,
Dennettia and Alphonseopsis. The former belongs to the tribe
Xylopiee and is allied to Melodorum, the latter is allied to the
Indian genus Alphonsea. Uvaria obanensis sp. nov. is a showy
plant with large flowers generally in fascicles of three ; and Uvaria
anonoides sp. nov. is closely allied to U. latifolia Scott Elliot.
There are good specimens of Pachypodanthium Staudtii Engler
& Diels, which has not been previously recorded for Nigeria.
Unona obanensis sp. nov. is closely allied to U. hirsuta Benth. ;
and U. Millenii Engler & Diels was previously known only from
Lagos. '

There ‚are four species of Monodora and two species of
Tetrastemma ; one of the latter is probably T. Solheidii De
Wild., previously known from the Congo, the other has much
larger flowers (4-5 cm. long), but we await better material.

Uvaria obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex scandens, ramu-
lis teretibus ; foliorum petiolo brevi supra canaliculato, lamina
oblonga subcoriacea adulta praeter costam glabra apice acuta
basi rotundata vel levissime subeordata nervis lateralibus utrinque
9-13 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis secun-
dariis tenuibus subtus reticulatis ; floribus magnis in fasciculos
saepissime 3-floros et laterales dispositis; bracteis fusco-tomentellis
pedicellos amplectentibus; sepalis crassis late ovatis longitudi-
naliter striatis; petalis crassis concavis semiorbieularibus basi
subcordatis interioribus breviter unguiculatis ; staminibus numero-

B

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sis connectivo ultra thecas lineares producto ; carpellis numerosis
extus pilosis ; fructu haud viso.

Oban; nn. 1579, 1603. X

Leaves 15-20 em. long, 5:5-7:0 cm. broad ; petioles about 8 mm.
long. Sepals thick, 9-10 mm. long + 11 mm. broad. Petals 6, 20-
30 mm. long and about as broad. Stamens + 3 mm. long. Car-
pels + 5 mm. long.

Noticeable on account of the subeoriaceous, almost glabrous,
oblong leaves, and the lateral fascicles of generally 3 flowers, with
thick, suborbicular petals 20-80 mm. long and broad.

(Central petals dull orange, three outside petals dull apricot,
markings deepest wine-red.—P. A. T.]

Uvaria anonoides Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex repens (fide cl.
detect.), ramulis novellis fusco-tomentosis ; foliis ellipticis vel
oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-ovatis superne praeter costam ner-
vosque fere glabris subtus pallidioribus apice acuminatis basi
rotundatis nervis lateralibus 9-12 ante marginem arcu intra-
marginali conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus, foliorum petiolo
brevi superne canaliculato ; floribus mediocribus solitariis ; pedun-
culo stricto in sicco longitudinaliter striato ; sepalis alte connatis
segmentis crassiusculis ; staminibus numerosis connectivo crasso
thecas superante ; carpellis hirsutis staminibus parum longioribus
stigmatibus dilatatis.

Oban ; n. 1558.

Leaves 8-15 em. long, 50-75 mm. broad; lateral nerves and mid-

rib below conspicuous. Sepals + 5-7 mm. long. Petals concave,

riim 12-13 mm. long + 15 mm. broad. Stamens 9:5 mm.
ong.

Closely allied to Uvaria latifolia Engler & Diels (Anona lati-
folia Scott Elliot).

U. anonoides Bak. fil. | U. latifolia Engler & Diels.
Leaves 8-15 em. long, 5-7 | Leaves 2-3 dm. long, "7-1
em. broad. dm. broad.
Calyz, total diameter 12-14 Calyz, total diameter + 16
mm. mm.
Petals 12-13 mm. long, + 15 Petals 15-20 mm. long, 18-22
mm. broad.

mm. broad.
Stamens 2°5 mm. lcng. | Stamens 4—5 mm. long.

ALPHONSEOPSIS Bak. fil. gen. nov.

Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, breviter cupularis, tri-
angularis, 3-sepalus, petalis multo brevior. Petala 6 biseriatim
valvata, inter se subaequalia, ovata, adscendentia, crasse coriacea.
Stamina & arcte imbricata, receptae

et : ulo depresse subl;emisphaerico
insidentia, crassiuscula, connectivo ultra loculos conspicue truncato ;

pollinis grana inter se libera, Carpella 3-4, inter se libera, stig-
mate subsessili pileato-capitato, ovulis circ. 22 ventralibus biseriatis.

Ex

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ANONACEE (E. G. Baker) 3

Arbuscula. Folia breviter petiolata, ampla, pergamacea. Flores
inter minores, in axillis solitarii, pedunculis abbreviatis validis
bracteis imbricatis onustis.

The affinity of this genus is with Uvariastrum Engler, which has
flowers with three large sepals, outer petals much longer than the
inner, and bilobed, verrucose stigmas. Jt is also near the Indian
genus Alphonsea Hook. f. & Thoms., but its calyx and the con-
nection of its stamens are quite different. `

Alphonseopsis parviflora sp. unica. Arbuscula; foliis
oblongis vel ellipticis glaucis superne glabris basi cuneatis apice
acuminatis nervis lateralibus 9-11 adscendentibus costa superne
impressa nervis secundariis inconspicuis foliorum petiolo brevis-
simo ; floribus ex nodis ramorum ortis parviusculis ; calyce arcte
connato crassiusculo; petalis valvatis, tribus exterioribus cras-
siusculis extrinsecus sericeis, tribus interioribus parum minoribus
concavis crassiusculis ; staminibus numerosis apice dilatatis extror-
sum thecas gerentibus, thecis linearibus longitudinaliter dehiscen-
tibus; carpellis paucis (saepe circ. 4) ovulis pluribus biseriatim
dispositis. (Pl. 1.)

Oban ; n. 1607.

A small tree about 5 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves
18-23 em. long, 4:5-7:0 cm. broad; petiole about 4 mm. long.
Pedicels thick, short, about 4-6 mm. long. Bracts several, imbri-
cating. Outer petals 8, ovate, sessile, 8-9 mm. long, inner petals 3,
t 7 mm. long.

[Sepals pale snuffy bronze, petals cream, leaves on the back pale
duck's egg blue.—P. A. T.]

Uvariastrum Zenkeri Engler & Diels var. nov. nigritanum
Bak. fl. Ramuli cinereo-corticati ; foliis pergamaceis oblongis
acuminatis quam iis typi minoribus petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus
quam iis typi minoribus ; sepalis ovatis acuminatis crassiusculis.

Oban ; n. 1841.

Tree about 15 metres high. Leaves oblong or oblong-obovate,
acuminate, 9-13°5 em. long, 3-4 em. broad; petioles t 2 mm. long.

Sepals + 17 mm. long.
Differs from the type in the smaller leaves, and the smaller
flowers with thicker sepals which arise from the trunk and branches.

Cleistopholis albida Engler & Diels var. nov. longipedicellata
Bak.fil. Caulis volubilis ; foliis quam in typo majoribus oblongo-
ovatis subtus glaucis; floribus longiuscule pedicellatis ; petalis
exterioribus cordato-ovatis ; fructu oblongo 3—4-plo longo quam
lato iis Popowiae obovatae Engler & Diels subsimili.

Oban ; nn. 15£9, 1677.

Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, 8-15 em. long, 3:C-

5:8 em. broad. Pedicels slender, 2:0-3:0 em. long. T? petals
i : 2%

4 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS
f

10 mm. long. Fruit with pedicel 2:0-2:5 cm. long, oblong,
576 mm. diam.

Differs from the type by the larger leaves, the flower-pedicels and
the longer outer petals.

[Sepals bronzy-green, outside petals pale cream, inside shaded,
mauve at base. — P. A. T.

The petals of n. 1677 are somewhat narrower and more pointed.

Unona obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor sec. cl. detectorem
ramulis fusco-hirsutis ; foliorum petiolo brevi, lamina membranacea
supra glabrescente subtus praecipue ad nervos fusco-hirsuta nervis
lateralibus utrinque 9-12 nervis secundariis subtus prominulis
oblonga vel oblongo-obovata apice subito in acumen attenuata
basi cordata; pedunculo subterminali vel laterali fusco-hirsuto
saepissime 1-floro ; bracteis latioribus quam longis semiamplexi-
caulibus hirsutis; sepalis ovatis hirsutis basi cordatis quam
petalis exterioribus 3—4-plo brevioribus; petalis exterioribus
majusculis erassis fusco-hirsutis late ovatis petalis 3 interioribus
crassis glabris quam petalis exterioribus subduplo minoribus ;
staminibus numerosis connectivo ultra thecas dilatato; carpidiis
numerosis ovario fusco-hirsuto in stylum brevem sursum crassi-
orem attenuato. Species ad U. hirsutam Benth. valde accedens
differt foliis angustioribus, bracteis latioribus.

Oban; nn. 1246, 1323. 5

Tree 20-25 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 10-15 cm. long,
9:0-4:5 em. broad; petiole 2-8 mm. long. Sepals + 7 mm. long.
Outer petals concave, + 23 mm. long; inner petals 13-15 mm. long.
Carpels + 2 mm. long, style shorter than the ovary.

This belongs to the series in which the inner petals are similar to
the outer, but smaller.

Closely allied to U. hirsuta Benth. from Fernando Po, but differs

in the narrower leaves and semiamplexieaul, broad, hairy bract
situated towards the base of the peduncle.

[Bark dull grey lichen-green. Two sepals bronze, four petals
white. Stamens numerous, anthers orange, filaments white. Small
buds dull pink, afterwards bronze.—P. A. T

Popowia nigritana Bak.fil sp. nov. Frutex scandens sec.
cl. detectorem, ramulis tenuibus teretibus; foliis oblongis vel
oblongo-oblanceolatis apice acutis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus
utrinque 6—7 nervis secundariis tenuibus costa superne impressa,
foliorum petiolo brevi; floribus axillaribus pedunculis dichotome
cymosis; sepalis triangularibus parvis fusco-tomentosis ; petalis
exterioribus majoribus concavis crassis incurvatis fusco-tomentosis
interioribus angustioribus ; staminibus 9 filamentis in connec-
tivum amplum pediforme centrum versus floris horizontaliter
protensum dilatatis thecis minutis infra connectivi prolongationem
dorsalibus ; carpellis 6—7, stilo brevi.

Oban; n. 1550.

Leaves very slightly pubescent, paler below, 8-12 em. long,

e

ANONACER (E. G. Baker) 5

3-4°5 cm. broad; petiole 3-5 mm. long. Pedicels 7-10 mm. long.
Outer petals + 7 mm. long, + 4 mm. broad; inner petals t 2 mm.
broad. Stamens + 1:5 mm. long, much dilated. Carpels with style
2:0-2°5 mm. pubescent.

Allied to Popowia foliosa Engler & Diels, but differs by the
narrower leaves, shorter cymes and larger petals.

[Three sepals pale bronze, six petals pale creamy-yellow, stamens
= A T groups of three, centres cream shading into dark brown.—

DX T.

Hexalobus monopetalus Engler & Diels var. parvifolius
Bak. fil. in Macleod, ** Chiefs and Cities of Central Africa,” 301.
Frutex vel arbor parva ramulis adultis cinereo-corticatis ;
foliorum petiolo brevissimo, lamina chartacea vel subcoriacea
oblonga supra nitida subtus fere glabra quam in typo minore;
floribus ad axillas solitariis subsessilibus ; petalis anguste lanceo-
latis corrugatis basi connatis ; carpellis 3-4.

French Ubangi, Lere to Ham.

Leaf, petiole 1-2 mm. long; lamina 4-6 cm. long, 15-21 mm.
broad. Sepals 6 mm. long ; petals 18-20 mm. long.

Differs from the type in having smaller leaves and fewer carpels,
3-4 instead of 4-6.

M. Chevalier collected the type on his Chari-Lake Chad Expedition
near Kaga Mibra (n. 6486).

DENNETTIA Bak. fil. gen. nov.

Calyx in alabastro minimo, cupuliformis, deinde in sepala 2
vel rarius 3 semiorbicularia basi connata rumpens. Petala
3, crassa, concava, libera, uniseriatim valvata, aequalia vel parum
inaequalia, quam sepala plane longiora. Stamina parva, numero-
sissima, sessilia, connectivo ultra thecas lineares vix producto
truncato, antheris rimis linearibus dehiscentibus. Carpella 15—20,
libera, stylo continuo truncato, ovulis pluribus biseriatis.

Arbor mediocris. Folia alterna, chartacea, foliorum petiolo
brevi. Flores hermaphroditi, solitarii vel bini, magnitudine
mediocri, brevipedunculati, ex ramis adultis orti, Receptaculum
convexum.

Dennettia tripetala sp. unica. Arbor mediocris sec. cl. detect.
ramulis cortice cinereo tectis; foliorum petiolo brevi superne
canaliculato lamina oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata chartacea
superne nitida apice acuta basi cuneata nervis lateralibus tenuibus
10-12 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis, nervis
secundariis tenuibus subtus reticulatis; Jjloribus magnitudine
mediocri solitariis vel binis pedunculatis ex ramis adultis ortis ;
calyce e sepalis semiorbieularibus 2 vel rarius 3 composito;
petalis 3 crassis concavis extus fusco-tomentosis ; staminibus
parvis numerosis connectivo ultra thecas lineares vix producto ;

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carpellis 15-20 extrinsecus cinereo-tomentosis ovulis pluribus
ventrale biseriatim dispositis. (Pl. 2.)

Oban; n. 1496. South Nigeria, Dennett, n. 44 (Herb. Kew.)

Leaves 9-14 cm. long, 4:5-6 cm. broad; lateral nerves not -
conspicuous, glabrous except the midrib; petioles 3-4 mm. long.
Peduncles short. Petals 8, uniseriately valvate, 10-11 mm. long.
Stamens about 1 mm. long.

A very curious and interesting tree, at once distinguished by the
2 rarely 3 sepals, the 3 rather thick, concave, valvate petals, the
numerous small stamens with the connective very slightly produced
and the 15-20 carpels with the ovules biseriately arranged.

Named in honour of Mr. R. E. Dennett, who first collected this
tree in Southern Nigeria and whose specimens are in the Kew
Herbarium.

The alliance of this genus is with Thonnera, but the flowers are
hermaphrodite and not on long peduncles, and the receptacle is a
different shape. Mr. H. N. Ridley, who kindly examined this plant,
considers that it should be placed in the Group Xylopieæ next to
Melodorum. It is also allied to certain rather abnormal species of
Anona of the Sect. Atte, especially A. echinata Dunal.

VIOLACEA.

Alsodeia crassifolia Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
teretibus; foliorum petiolo mediocri, lamina papyraceo-coriacea
glabra magna ellipiica vel oblongo-ovata vel ovato-lanceolata
apice acuminata basi late cuneata margine integro nervis |
lateralibus 10-12 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis
superne nitidis subtus pallidioribus ; floribus racemoso-paniculatis,
inflorescentiis petiolo longioribus; bracteis lanceolatis ; sepalis
ovatis concavis petalis brevioribus ; petalis oblongis margine
ciliatis ; staminum tubo quam antheris breviori connectivo ultra
thecas producto; orario glabro stylo tereti glabro columnari ;
capsula triloculari.

Oban; n. 1260. is

Shrub 2-3 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 15-27 em. long,
6-10°5 em. broad; petioles 2-5-4 cm. long. Panicles 2°5-6 cm.
long. Sepals + 3 mm. long. Petals + 4-5 mm. long. Staminal tube
short; filaments short. Anthers appendaged; connective produced
into an ovate-triangular appendage. Capsule 20-92 mm. long.

This is probably identical with the plant colleeted by Mann in
the Gaboon and referred to A. Welwitschii Oliver in the Flora of

Tropical Africa. It differs in several points from Welwitsch, n. 882,
from Golungo Alto.

[Petals dull yellow.— P. A. T.

Alsodeia obanensis Bak. fil. Sp. nov. Arbustula ramulis
cortice cinereo tectis; foliorum petiolo mediocri, lamina membra-
nacea apice acuminata basi in petiolum alatum angustata nervis
lateralibus utrinque 9-15 ante marginem arcu intramarginali

VIOLACEJE (E. G. Baker) T

conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus; floribus e nodis ortis
pedicellatis; sepalis parvis ovato-triangularibus ; petalis lanceo-
latis per anthesin reflexis ; connectivo ultra thecas produeto ;
antheris appendiculis 2 subulatis instructis staminum tubo fere
obsoleto; stylo filiformi; capsula extrinsecus reticulata.

Oban ; n. 606.

A small free about 6-7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves
14-80 cm. long, 4:5-10 em. broad. Sepals about 1:5 mm. long.
Petals narrow, + 5 mm. long. Anthers slightly connate, sessile, or
nearly so.

Allied to A. cauliflora Oliver and a member of the subgenus
Petalandra, Sect. 2, Synandra of Engler.

[Petals eream, centres bright yellow.—P. A. T.]

Alsodeia Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis teretibus
pubescentibus ; foliorum petiolo brevi, lamina membranacea subtus
pallidiora oblonga apice acuminata margine leviter serrulata basi
cuneata nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-13 ante marginem arcu
intramarginali conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus; floribus
paniculatis terminalibus ; bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ; sepalis ovatis
quam petalis brevioribus margine ciliatis ; petalis ovato-lanceolatis
margine ciliatis; stamínum tubo antheris fere aequilongo, con-
nectivo ultra thecas producto; ovario subgloboso pubescente,
stylo claviformi quam ovario cire. 3-plo longiori.

Oban ; n. 478. ;

Shrub about 2 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 12-20 em. .
long, 8:5-5:0 cm. broad; petiole 5-6 mm. long. Sepals + 6 mm.
long. Petals + 8 mm. long. Connective produced into a flat lanceo-

late appendage. Style + 5 mm. long. Capsule not seen.
Allied to A. Johnstonii Stapf from Liberia.

GUTTIFERE.

Pentadesma nigritana Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter arbor
ramulis cortice nigrescente ; foliis quam iis P. butyraceae Sabine
minoribus cuneato-oblanceolatis vel cuneato-obovatis apice brevite«
acutis integerrimis petiolo brevi superne canaliculato suffultis
nervis lateralibus crebris parallelis; floribus apicem versus ramu-
lorum paucis pedunculatis; sepalis 5 imbricatis crassis carnosis
ovatis 2 exterioribus quam interioribus minoribus ; petalis 3
crassis sepalis interioribus subsimilibus basin versus interne
carinatis ; staminibus numerosis brevissime pentadelphis adelphis
polyandris cum glandulis totidem prominulis disci alternantibus ;
antheris loculis 2 parallelis linearibus angustis rima longitudinali
dehiscentibus ; ovario pyriformi 5-loculari in stilum contracto
apice radiato 5-lobo ; fructu ignoto.

Oban; n. 1742.

Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, 10-14 em. long, 30-48 mm. broad ;

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lateral nerves 1-1:5 mm. apart; petioles 8-10 mm. long. Sepals 2,
exterior smaller ovate or ovate-lanceolate; apex rounded, + 3 em.
long, interior longer. Petals 4:5-5 cm. long, 8-8:5 cm. broad.
Anthers 7-8 mm. long.

Pentadesma grandifolia Bak. fil sp. nov. Verisimiliter
arbor ramulis siceitate longitrorsum striatis ; foliis oppositis
amplis papyraceıs oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis apice obtusis
vel acutis basi cuneatis subtus glandulis emersis sparsim tectis
nervis lateralibus crebris parallelis, costa subtus prominente
petiolo erasso suffultis ; floribus hermaphroditis ; sepalis 5 imbri-
catis erassis ovatis 2 exterioribus quam interioribus minoribus
quam iis P. butyraceae Sabine brevioribus ; petalis crassis sepalis
interioribus subsimilibus basin versus interne carinatis ; staminibus
numerosis pentadelphis adelphis polyandris cum glandulis totidem
disei alternantibus, antheris loculis 2 parallelis linearibus angustis
rima longitudinali dehiscentibus; ovario pyriformi 5-loculari in
stilum contracto apice radiato 5-lobo ; fructu ignoto.

Oban; n. 1265.

Leaves 25-30 em. long, 7-0-9-5 cm. broad; petioles 10-20 mm.
long. Sepals 2 exterior + 22-28 mm. long, interior 3 em. long.

The distinguishing features of this species are the large oblong
leaves with numerous glands and with numerous lateral nerves which
are about 2 mm. apart, and the exterior sepals 22-28 mm. long. The

leaves are larger and the exterior sepals shorter than in P. butyracea
Sabine (Hooker's Icones, t. 2465).

CLAVIS OF SPECIES.

a. Leaves coriaceous, cuneate-oblanceolate or cuneate-obovate, 10-14
em. long. Exterior sepals + 30 mm. long.
Ti ngama RE ER Nigeria.

8. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, 14-24 cm. long. Exterior
sepals 30-40 mm. long.
P. butyracea Sabine... Sierra Leone, St. Thomas.

y. Leaves papyraceous, oblong, 25-30 cm. long. Exterior sepals
22-28 mm. long.

P. grandifolia Bak. fil x

P. maritima Pierre, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 1926 (1896), is

known to me only from the description. The flowers and leaves are
unknown.

Gareinia Mannii Oliv. var. nov. brevipedicellata Bak. fil.
Arbor, foliis oblongo-ovatis vel ellipticis petiolatis; floribus
tetrameris axillaribus paucis pedicellis quam iis typi manifeste
brevioribus.

Oban; n. 1508.

A tree 7-8 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot) Leaves 10-12 em. long,
4:0-5:5 em. broad; petioles 6-7 mm. long.

GUTTIFERZ (E. G. Baker) 9

[Centre of flower dark red, stamens and anthers buff, filaments
orange, sepals pale green. —P. A. T.]

Garcinia (Tagmanthera) obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex
ramulis glabris; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis
nervis lateralibus numerosis angulo cire. 60—80^ patentibus longe
acuminatis basi cuneatis costa subtus valde prominente nervis
secundariis tenuibus inter primarios paucis a costa abeuntibus
aliisque inter primarios oblique transversis numerosis; floribus
tetrameris axillaribus paucis interdum solitariis ; pedicellis strictis
calyce pluries longioribus ; sepalis ovatis vel suborbiculari-ovatis
calyce brevioribus exterioribus quam interioribus brevioribus ;
staminibus tetradelphis ; ovarío obconico 4-loculari; stigmate late
peltato. A G. Mannii Oliver facile cognita foliis latioribus.

Oban ; n. 1334. ;

A shrub about 1-2 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot); internodes
3-4 em. long. Leaves without the acuminate apex 7-10 em.
long, 8:5-5 em. broad, glabrous, costa impressed above; petioles
5-7 mm. long, acuminate apex 15-25 mm. long. Pedicels 5-8 mm.
long. Sepals 4, 2 large. 2 small. Petals longer than the sepals,
7-8 mm. long. Anthers 10-12 semicircular.

This plant belongs to the Sect. Tagmanthera Pierre; the lateral
nerves of the leaves are numerous, the flowers solitary or few, the -
pedieels 6-8 mm. long, the petals 7-8 mm. long, phalanges of stamens 4.
It is allied to G. punctata Oliver and G. Preussi? Engler, and especially
to G. Mannii Oliver and to G. epunctata Stapf.

[Fruit bright orange.—P. A. T.]

MALVACER.

Hibiseus grewioides Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramis
cinereo-corticatis, ramulis hispidis ; foliorum petiolis brevibus
hispidis, lamina oblongo-oblanceolata vel oblongo-obovata mem-
branacea inaequilaterali basi cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata
apice acuminata margine in parte inferiore integra in parte
superiore remote dentata superne praeter costam glabra subtus
costa hispida nervis lateralibus tenuibus 5-7 arcuatis nervis
secundariis reticulatis; stipulis linearibus hispidis ; floribus paucis
solitariis vel 2—3; bracteolis in: cupulam connatis calyce 2—3-
plo brevioribus; calycis tubo quam dentibus longiori; petalis
oblongo-obovatis basi maculatis extrinsecus cinereo-pubescentibus ;
columna staminea antheras numerosas gerente ; ovario 5-loculari ;
styli ramis 5, stigmatibus capitatis ; fructu ignoto.

Oban, near Owum ; n. 1343.

A small tree 4-5 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Petioles 3-6 mm.
long. Leaves 9-18 cm. long, 4-5 cm. broad, strongly 3-nerved at
the base. Calyx cupuliform, + 7 mm. long, 5-dentate. Petals
20-23 mm. long. Staminal column 17-18 mm. long.

Noticeable on account of the membranous, unequal-sided, oblong-

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oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, mueronate leaves with short petioles,
the connate eupuliform involuere, the staminal column antheriferous
for 12-13 mm. of its length.

[Petals yellow.—P. A. T.]

STERCULIACEE.

The collection contains a number of cauliflorous species of
Cola. Among the novelties there are two which are of special
interest. In Cola schizandra sp. nov. the anthers instead of
being in a continuous ring in the male flowers are cut up into
phalanges, and for this I venture to propose a new subgenus—
Schizocola. Cola schizandra is allied to Cola digitata Masters,
but I have been unable to obtain male flowers of this latter plant
to dissect. The other novelty to which attention should be
called is Cola gigas sp. nov. with flowers 7-8 cm. long. The
exact affinity of the latter plant is somewhat doubtful at present,
as it is not closely allied to any other member of the genus; it
is evidently à most striking novelty.

Two other novelties are Cola Talbotii and Cola Buntingii,
both members of the subgenus Cheirocola, the latter collected by
Mr. R. H. Bunting in Liberia. Another novelty is C. arcuata

belonging to the subgenus Haplocola, and allied to C. flavovelutina
K. Schum. and C. Gilgiana Engler.

Cola (Haplocola) areuata Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor erecta
ramulis teretibus cortice cinereo substriato obtectis; foliis
tenuiter coriaceis superne glabris lanceolato-oblongis vel anguste
oblongis apice valde acuminatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus
utrinque 8-9 prope marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis
subtus prominulis petiolo mediocri suffultis; floribus parvis e
ramulis ortis; flore masculo andreeceo uniseriato androgynophoro
antheris longiori et pilis plus minus obtecto, flore foemineo calyce
ultra medium in lacinias 5 triangulares et acutas diviso ; ovario
plus minus trimero tomentoso ; fructu ignoto.

Oban; n. 29,

Leaves 12:0-22: 5 em. long, 3-62 cm. br
Male flower: Anthers + 1 mm. long,
long. Female flowers: Calyx hairy,

A member of the series Integrifolie of the subgenus Haplocola.
Allied to C. flavo-velutina K. Schum. and C. Gilgiana Engler, but
differing from both these species in the narrower leaves.

oad ; petioles 1-5 em. long.
androgynophore 8:0-8:5 mm.
6—7 mm. long.

Cola (Cheirocola) gigas Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris 3
foliis digitatis foliolis circ. 5 foliolis intermediis majoribus basi
cuneatis apice acuminatis grosse et acute lobatis nervis lateralibus
utrinque 14-16 prope marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis
foliolis exterioribus inaequilateralibus latere exteriore grosse et

: STERCULIACEZ (E. G. Baker) 11
acute lobatis apice acuminatis quam foliolis intermediis minoribus
omnibus sessilibus foliorum petiolo longitudinaliter striato longo
vel longissimo ; floribus masculis ex ligno vetere ortis maximis ;
bracteis ad basin pedicellorum ovatis; pedicells brevibus ;
alabastris ellipsoideis dense hirsutis; calyce ellipsoideo urceolato
externe striato lobis 5 ovatis patentibus; antheris uniseriatis,
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; carpellis 4, fulvo-tomentosis stig-
matibus erassis. (Pl. 3, A.)

Oban. In flower Oct. 22; n. 160.

Tree 10-18 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves somewhat
similar to those of Cola digitata Masters. Intermediate leaflet
40—15 em. long, 24-26 cm. long; petiole + 36-40 cm. long, covered
with wool at first, perhaps glabrous eventually. Flowers crimson-
purple, large, 7-8 em. long, showy, arising two or three together from
the stem.

The distinguishing features of this species are the 5-foliolate
lobed leaves with sessile leaflets and a long petiole, the intermediate
leaflets are 40-45 cm. long, the exterior leaflets much shorter; the
large flowers arising from the old wood in clusters of two or three;
the ellipsoidal urceolate calyx 5-lobed towards the apex, 7-8 cm. long.

As Mr. Ridley observed to me the flowers of this species bear con-
siderable resemblance to those of a species of Thottea in Aristo-

lochiacee.
[Calyx very dark red ; buds bright yellow-brown.—P. A. T.]

Cola (Cheirocola) Talbotii Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor; foliis
longe petiolatis digitatis foliolis 5 sessilibus foliolis exterioribus
inaequilateralibus quam intermediis minoribus oblongis acuminatis
nervis lateralibus circ. 10-11 foliolis intermediis majoribus
oblongo-oblanceolatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14 arcuatis
foliolis superne glabris subtus pallidioribus ; calyce in flore mas-
culo pro genere mediocri campanulato usque ad medium 5-lobo
lobis ovatis acutis; flore masculo e ligno vetere fasciculato
andreceo uniseriato thecis linearibus; flore foemineo ovario.
tetramero, stigmate crasso; folliculis pedicellatis rubris apice
acuminatis pendulis.

Oban, Kwa river; n. 4.

Leaves, leaflets not lobed, outer leaflets 20-21 cm. long. about
5-6 em. broad; middle leaflet + 31 em. long, + 9 em. broad. Calyx
of the female flower larger than the male, + 15 mm. long. Carpels
4-5 mm. long. Pod 9-10 cm. long.

Allied to Cola pachycarpa DC. in the subgenus Cheirocola, but there
are fewer leaflets, and the flowers are smaller, and to Cola pulcherrima
Engler in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. pp. 335-337, t. 8, from which it differs

by the smaller calyx. p.
[Flowers very dark red, stigmas cream-coloured. Pod red-pinkish

on the underside.—P. A. T.]

I have added the description of the following species found
by Mr. R. H. Bunting in Liberia.

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Cola (Cheirocola) Buntingii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor modice
alta ; foliis in specimine nostro 5-foliolatis foliolis coriaceis apice
acuminatis basi cuneatis oblanceolatis intermediis majoribus
nervis lateralibus arcuatis 13-15 subtus prominulis foliolis
exterioribus minoribus omnibus petiolulatis petiolo communi
tereti longiusculo ; floribus paniculatis e ligno vetere trunci ortis
pedunculatis; calyce pro genere mediocri extus ferrugineo-
tomentoso; flore masculo andræcio uniseriato androgynophori
antheras lineares subaequante vel longiori, flore foemineo ovario
pentamero tomentoso antheris abortivis uniserialibus ad basin
cineto ; follieulis majusculis plurispermis seminibus majusculis
testa alba edule (sec. cl. detectorem).

Liberia, R. H. Bunting, Begwai Bush. In flower Sept. 1910.

A tree about 20 ft. Leaves, middle leaflets + 30 em. long, 6:5-
7'0 em. broad ; petiolules + 3:5 em. long, common petiole + "47 cm.
long. Flowers of medium size, pedunculate arising from the trunk.
Calyx + 12-13 mm. ; lobes oblong acute. Follicles + 14 em. long,
pinkish-red on outside and glossy. Seed-coat white, glistening waxy.
Exterior of cotyledons purplish-red, interior darkish crimson. Embryo
tomentose with brown scaly hairs.

A member of the subgenus Cheirocola allied to C. pachycarpa
K. Schum., C. rostrata K. Schum. and C. Flamignii De Wild.

The distinguishing features of this species are the 5-foliolate
leaves with oblanceolate acuminate petiolulate leaflets, and long
common petiole; flowers in short panicles arising from the trunk ;
calyx ferrugineous-tomentose externally + 12-13 mm.; andrecium
uniseriate in the male flowers ; ovary pentamerous, surrounded by a
ring of abortive anthers in the female, flowers shorter than the calyx-
tube; follicles pinkish-red, and glossy.

'CLAVIS OF SPECIES OF SUBGENUS CHEIROCOLA.

A. All leaflets entire.
(a) Branches lepidote.
* Leaflets 3,
C. lepidota K. Schum... Cameroons, Nigeria.

** Leaflets 5-9.
C. argentea Masters ........ EN Cua RU NEIN ae Cameroons.

(b) Branches not lepidote.
f Flowers small. Calyx 5-6 mm.

du rfe. ep UM UNDE DE SA E a Gaboon
tt Flowers larger. Calyx + 10-15 mm.
° Leaflets 5, sessile.
C, Tao Pak. B. ooo sod arca Nigeria.

U. Duntingel Bak o S SS VA Liberia.

ttf Flowers larger. Calyx + 17-30 mm.
? Leaflets + 5 obovate-lanceolate, rostrate, Calyx t 17-20 mm.

STERCULIACER (E. G. Baker) 13

CQ vosteata K; Bolmm. in nn Cameroons, Nigeria.

°° Leaflets 7-9 lanceolate or suboblanceolate, acuminate.
Calyx t 20-22 mm.

C..pachycarpa K. Bohm ni ann Cameroons.
°°° Leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, petiolulate. Calyx 25-30 mm.
C. Flamignit De Wild. ................: OSA PASQUA EU DIR Congo.

B. Middle leaflets or leaflet lobed.
T Flowers small. Calyx + 5 mm. Leaflets 5, glabrous, petiolulate.
C. Quintas Engler ...... override ee St. Thomas.
tt Flowers larger than preceding, of medium size.
? Leaflets 5, glabrous above, sessile.
C. pulcherrima Engler os icici cise ASE sisi pres rre ee Cameroons.
°° Leaflets 5-7-9 (ex Masters), petiolulate.
. C. digitata Masters | ......... Prince's Island, Cameroons, Nigeria.
Ttt Flowers very large. Calyx 7-8 em. Leaflets t 5, sessile.
O: pigas Bak. Bl ner Nigeria.

Cola (Autocola) lateritia K. Schum. var. nov. nigeriea Bak.
fil. Arbuscula sec. cl. detectorem ; foliis coriaceis late ovatis;
floribus 4-5-meris pedicellatis ; flore foemineo quam in typo
majori; carpidiis 4-5.

Oban, Itaiyo River; n. 1313.

Tree about 10 metres high; petioles + 15 em. Leaves 17-25 em.
long, 15-17 em. broad. Calyx (Fl. 9) 9-10 mm. long. ;

C. Sereti De Wild. is evidently a close ally, but the ovary is
described as trimerous.

P icu of flower bright pink, sepals cream, stigma brown.—
LAKE ee

Cola cauliflora Masters in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 221 is
founded on specimens from three localities—the Gaboon River,
River Kongui, and Ambas Bay. The description states that the
leaves are either subsessile or with stalks 2 in. in length.

The plant from the river Kongui is Cola flavo-velutina K. Schum.,
and the plant from Ambas Bay is Cola micrantha K. Schum.

Sehizoeola subgen. nov. Stamina in phalanges 4 disposita.

Cola sehizandra Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbuscula ; foliis circ.

` T-foliolatis foliolis papyraceis glabris ellipticis vel oblongis apice
acuminatis basi in petiolulum attenuatis nervis lateralibus utrinque
8-10 arcuatis subtus prominulis foliolis exterioribus quam inter-
mediis minoribus petiolo communi longo suffultis ; floribus e
ramulis ortis; calyce ultra medium 4-lobo lobis crassis ; fl. masc.
staminibus in phalanges 4 dispositis thecis linearibus ; fructu (sec.

14 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

cl. detectorem) longe stipitato coccineo apice acuminato seminibus
nitidis nigris. (Pl. 3, B.)

Oban ; n. 1598.

Small tree 3-4 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Intermediate leaflets
30-34 em. long, 75-86 mm. broad; exterior leaflets t 20 em. long
+ 60 mm. broad; petiolules 25-40 mm. long, common petiole + 80
em. long. Peduncle short. Calyx of d flowers + 12 mm. long,
androgynophore short, the anthers tetradelphous not in a complete
ring. :
Closely allied to Cola digitata Masters.

The distinguishing features of this plant are the digitately
7-8-foliolate leaves with oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, petiolulate,
acuminate leaflets entire or occasionally sublobate; the 4-lobed calyx
with rather thiek lobes, total length + 10-12 mm.; the anthers in
4 phalanges not in a continuous ring. :

I venture to place this species in a new subgenus Schizocola, on
account of the structure of the andrecium.

I have not had an opportunity of dissecting male flowers of
C. digitata Masters, but Schumann (Sterculiacee African®, 123)
describes the anthers as arranged in a ring.

Seaphopetalum parvifolium Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula
ramis gracilibus teretibus glabratis; foliis parviusculis breviter
petiolatis, petiolo fusco-pubescente, oblongis vel subobovato-
oblongis apice in acumen longum attenuatis basi acutis inte-
gerrimis glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-8 nervis |
secundariis reticulatis, stipulis subulatis quam petiolis brevioribus ;
floribus saepissime solitariis breviter pedicellatis ; calyce alte bi-
vel tri-lobo coriaceo, sepalis ellipticis ; petalis cucullatis sepala
subaequantibus ; tubo stamineo obpyramidato angulato staminodiis
reflexis ; ovario oviformi quinquelobo. Ab S. Blackii Masters
differt foliis minoribus floribus saepissime solitariis non racemosis.

Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1264. i
Small tree about 10 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9-11 cm.
long, 30-35 mm. broad; petioles 3-4 mm. long. Stipules + 2 mm.
long. Calyx deeply generally 2-lobed, 8-9 mm. long. Petals strongly
veined t 7 mm. long. Staminal tube about 5 min. high. ET
This species belongs to the Sect. Euscaphopetalum K. Schum., _
and is noticeable on account of its rather small leaves, largely ——
acuminate at the apex, and generally solitary flowers.
[Flowers bright yellow, sepals bright palish green.—P. A. T.]

=

Scaphopetalum Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramulis
teretibus ; foliis papyraceis oblongis basi cuneatis apice in acumen
longum abrupte attenuatis nervis lateralibus 9-10 erecto-patenti- -
bus prope marginem conjunctis margine undulato foliorum petiolo |
brevi; floribus mediocriter pedicellatis fasciculatis ; bracteolis
minutis ; sepalis 5 herbaceis ovatis acutis quam petalis longioribus ;
petalis concavis cucullatis apice 3-denticulatis dorso papillosis

STERCULIACEE (E. G. Baker) 15

tubo stamineo obpyramidato angulato sinubus antheriferis ; ovario
oviformi quinquelobo, stylo incluso ; fructu ignoto.

Oban; n. 1562.

A small tree 7-10 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 10-18
em. long, 4-6 cm. broad; petiole 4-5 mm. long. Pedicels terete,
10-17 mm. long. Sepals t 15 mm. long. - Petals about 10 mm. long.

Belongs to Euscaphopetalum to the series with 5 herbaceous sepals.

[Sepals dull pink outside, dull purplish-red on inside, petals ribbed
yellow, anthers cream, stigma pale dull pink, andreecium deep wine-
red at base.—P. A. T. :

TILIACEJE.

Pentadiplandra Brazzeana Baillon (ex descript.). Oban ;
n. 1241. The description of this very rare plant (in Bull. Soc.
Linn. Paris, i. 611 (1886) ) is short and incomplete, and although
there seems no reason to doubt the genus to which Mr. Talbot’s
plant should be referred, its specific identity must, in the absence
of material for comparison, at present remain somewhat uncertain.
Broadly speaking, P. Brazzeana is a Grewia with petals much
longer than the sepals and definite (10) stamens in two series of
5 each, and these characters Mr. Talbot’s specimens possess. A
few notes are here appended.

Rami subteretes, foliosi, glabri. Folia alterna, elliptica vel
anguste oblongo-obovata, apicem versus cuspidato-acuminata,
apice obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem cuneatim angustata,
tenuiter coriacea, utrinque nitentia necnon perspicue reticulata.
Flores polygami, longipedicellati, in racemos axillares breves
pauciflores dispositi. Sepala lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, petalis
triplo breviora. Petala oblongo-spathulata, apice attenuata, basi
glandula magna suborbiculari praedita. Stamina petalis breviora,
toro brevi superne in discum crassum lobatum exeunte inserta.
Ovarium ellipsoideum in stylum crassum se ipsum breviter
excedentem attenuatum, 5-loculare, ovulis in loculis pluribus
2-serialibus.

Leaves 10-18 x 8:5 — 5 cm.; petioles about 5 mm. long. Axis of
raceme 3-10 mm. long; pedicels 7-12 mm. long, slender. Sepals
8 mm., petals about 25 mm. long; gland of the latter shallowly
erateriform, nearly 3 mm. in diameter. Torus sulcate, 1:25 mm.
high, not counting the 1 mm. disk.—[S. Moore. |

Oubanguia alata Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris ramulis
alatis ; foliis papyraceis vel papyraceo-coriaceis subsessilibus
alternis oblongis acuminatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus
utrinque 4—6 arcuatis prope marginem arcu intramarginali con-
junetis nervis secundariis tenuibus utrinque glabris foliorum
petiolo brevissimo ; infiorescentia paniculata ramis divaricatis
plus minus angulatis ; calyce cupulari margine ciliato dentibus

LÀ

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obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; petalis 6 angustis valvatis calyce
2-3-plo longioribus ; staminibus numerosis ima basi connatis fila-
mentis filiformibus antheris brevibus ; stylo gracili levissime clavi-
formi; ovario 4-loculari ovulis in quoque loculo 2 ab apice
pendulis ; fructu uniloculari, 1-spermo.

Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1513. à

Tree about 10-12 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves grey-cinereous
above, 9-20 em. long, 4-8 em. broad; petioles 1-2 mm. long.
Bracteoles small, subopposite 1:0-1:5 mm. long. Petals 6, 10-12 mm.
long. Anthers not 1mm. long. Fruit oblong-ovoid, pruinose +12 mm.
long + 7 mm. broad. Seed obpyramidal, bearing near the tops
shreds of the ovarian septa + 6 mm. long.

[Stems green. Fruit bright mauve-blue. Anthers bright aureolin.
Pistil white. Filaments cream. Petals shell-pink inside, white
outside.—P. A. T.]

The species of this genus which have been already described
are :—

(1) O. africana Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 869 (1890).
Hab. Gaboon.

(2) O. laurifolia Pierre ex De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905).

Egassea laurifolia, Pierre in De Wild, Étud. fl. Bas et Moy.

Congo 1, 31, t. xvii. (1903). Hab. Congo.

(3) O. Laurentii De Wild. in Durand Syll. Fl. Congo, p. 67.

Egassea Laurentii, De Wild. Étud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 2,
310 (1908). Hab. Congo.

(4) O. Pierreana De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905).

Egassea Pierreana De Wild. Etud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 1,
82, t. 18. Hab. Congo.

GERANIACEE,

Oxalis (Biophytum) Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Species
habitu O. dendroidis H. B. K. Caule lignoso elato nudo sursum
tomentoso ; foliis in apice caulis arcte approximatis ; foliolis durius-
culis paripinnatis 15-20 jugis setoso-ciliatis superioribus oblique
rhonbeis vel oblique oblongo-obovatis inferioribus minoribus prae-
cipue subtus prominente nervosis; pedunculis nullis ; pedicellis
gracilibus ; calyce profunde quinquepartito laciniis longis nervoso-
striatis lanceolatis conspicue acuminatis ; petalís 5 in sicco albidis
oblongis calyce longioribus; staminibus inclusis 10 ima basi
connatis alternatim longioribus; ovario quinqueloculari stylis
gracilibus.

Ab O. sensitiva L. differt ob pedunculorum absentiam.

Oban ; n. 1409.

This plant is allied to Biophytum Petersian Klot
in Peters Mossamb., Bot. t. oe anum Klotzsch, figured

Stem 10-15 cm. long. Leaves 4-8 cm. long; distal leaflets

*

GERANIACEÆ (E. G. Baker) 17
ae mm. long; proximal leaflets 2-4 mm. long. Calyx + 5 mm.
ong.

The distinguishing features of this plant are the leaflets in 15-20
pairs, the absence of the peduncle, and the narrow white petals.

A plant in the Kew Herbarium, from the Rev. W. C. Thomson,
from Old Calabar, n. 24, is probably identical with the above.

Impatiens Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Herba caule glabro in
sicco longitudinaliter striato internodiis inferioribus longiusculis
superioribus brevioribus; foliis alternis membranaceis ovato-
lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis basi rotundatis vel late cuneatis
acutis apice ipso obtusis sparse hirtulis margine erenato-serratis
crenaturis mucronatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-9 arcuatis
petiolo mediocri suffultis ; racemis axillaribus folio longioribus
saepissime laxe 6-9-floris pedunculis pedicellisque hirtulis ;
bracteis ad pedicellorum basin angustis pedicellis multoties brevi-
oribus ; sepalis angustis ; labello subito in calcar filiforme longum
contracto; alis latere exteriore profunde lobatis vexillo multo
longioribus; vexillo ovato in sicco coeruleo ; fructu apice acuto
basi cuneato.

Oban ; n. 430.

Herb 15-20 cm. high. Leaves 7-10 em. long, 4:0-4:5 broad;
petioles 10-22 mm. long. .Hacemes 10-15 em. long, 6-9-flowered.
Pedicels patent, 20-27 mm. long. Bracts + 2-3 mm. long. Spur
25-30 mm. long. Wings + 15 mm. long.

The distinguishing features of this plant, which belongs to the
Sect. Longieornes Warb., are the alternate, petiolate, slightly hairy
leaves, the 6-9-flowered lax racemes longer than the leaves, the
pedicels slender, 20-27 mm. long and the long slender spur
(25-27 mm.) and lobed wings.

Allied to I. filicornw Hook. fil from the Cameroons, but
I. Talbotit has much larger flowers. Allied also to I. pleistantha
Gilg, in Engler Jahrb. xlii. 194, but I. Talbotii has slightly hairy
smaller leaves and shorter petioles, and the racemes are lax, not dense.

SIMARUBACER.

Balanites aegyptiaca Del. var. anglolensis Welw., hitherto
known only from Angola, was collected between Garua and
Golombe, North Cameroons.

MELIACEZE.

Guarea parviflora Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex; foliolis circ.

9 oblongo-oblanceolatis vel oblongis viridibus apice acuminatis

foliolis distalibus majoribus quam proximalibus subduplo longi-

oribus nervis lateralibus in distalibus utrinque 9—10 arcuatis in

proximalibus 5—8 ; floribus parvis in paniculam dispositis ; calycis

tubo brevi dentibus brevibus; petalis albis lineari-oblongis ; tubo
Dum c

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stamineo glabro quam petalis parum breviori ; antheris oblongis ;
ovario glabro sursum in stylum glabrum attenuato, stigmate
discoideo. A G. nigerica floribus minoribus et ovario glabro recedit.

Oban; n. 1281.

Shrub about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaflets distal
12-13 em. long, 3:7-4:8 cm. broad, proximal 4:5 em.-7:5 cm. long,
2:8-3:2 cm. broad. Panicle t 15 cm. long. Calyz tube + 1mm. long.
Petals about 4-5 mm. long. Staminal tube about 4 mm. long.
Anthers + 1 mm. long.

Very closely allied to Guarea leptotricha Harms. It differs prin-
cipally in the much shorter hairs on the leaf-rachis, in the longer
and narrower leaflets, and the smaller calyx.

[Flowers ereamy-pink ; centre cream.—P. A. T.]

Guarea nigerica Bak. fil sp. nov. Frutex; foliis impari-
pinnatis ; foliolis 7 breviter petiolulatis vel subsessilibus cuneato-
obovatis foliolis proximalibus minoribus oblongo-ovatis omnibus in
acumen abrupte attenuatis nervis lateralibus in foliolis distalibus
utrinque 15-20 in proximalibus paucioribus petiolo communi
puberulo; floribus albis in paniculam racemiformam dispositis ad
ramos abbreviatos paniculae glomerulatim digestis ; calycis tubo
campanulato dentibus acutis vel subobsoletis ; petalis 5 lineari-
oblongis calyce 3-4-plo longioribus ; tubo stamineo glabro sursum
parum angustato ; antheris 10 parvis ellipticis ; ovario stipitato
sursum in stylum attenuato stigmate late discoideo ; fructu ignoto.
Ab Heckeldora latifolia Pierre differt ovario pubescente.

Oban ; n. 1350.

Shrub 3-7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaflets, distal
14-20 cm. long, 5-7:5 cm. broad, proximal 7:0-7:5 cm. long,
3-4 em. broad, petiolules 1-2 mm. long, common petiole + 20 cm.
long. Rachis of inflorescence + 30 em. long, lateral branches
5-15 mm. long. Calyx 2:5-8:0 mm. long, puberulous. Petals 8-9
mm. long. Staminal tube 6-7 mm. long. Anthers -'75 mm. long.
Ovary pubescent, unilocular, stipe inflated at the middle, parietal
placentas 2 each, bearing 2 collateral ovules.

I have followed Dr. Harms in considering the genus Heckeldora
Pierre as synonymous with Guarea.

Guarea glomerulata Harms var. nov. obanensis Bak. fil
Verisimiliter frutex ; foliis multijugis, foliolis oblongis basi cune-
atis apice acuminatis petiolulatis ; floribus quam in typo majoribus ;
calyce hirsuto saepius 4-dentato; petalis 4 oblongis; antheris 8
paullulo infra apicem tubi insertis ; ovario extus dense hirsuto ;
stigmate discoideo.

Oban ; nn. 1280-1285.

Leaflets about 12 in number, distal 15-16 em. long, 4-5 em. broad ;
proximal shorter 10-13 cm. long, 4:5-50 em. broad. Calyz + 2:5 cm.
long. Petals 9-10 mm. long, longer than in the type. Staminal tube
+ 8 mm. long. Anthers 8, 1:0-1:9 mm. long.

CHAILLETIACE& (E. G. Baker) - 19

CHAILLETIACEZE.

Diehapetalum Thomsonii Engler var. nov. obanense Bak.
fil. Arbuscula ramulis cortice cinereo tectis ; foliis pergamaceis
quam in typo latioribus oblongo-ovatis vel ovatis utrinque glabris
apice breviter acuminatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus
utrinque 6-7; inflorescentia glomerata petiolo breviori vel
aequilongo; petalis spathulatis ad } longitudinis fissis; ovario
hirto.

Oban; n. 1627.

Leaves 10-15 em. long t 7 em. broad; petiole 8-10 mm. long.
Flowers in many-flowered sessile glomerules which are + 2 cm. in
diameter. Sepals oblong-lanceolate + 3 mm. long. Petals t 5 mm.
long. Differs from the type in the shape of the leaves, &c.

[Sepals pale drab-green, petals thin, orange, filaments white,
anthers drab,—P. A. T.]

CELASTRACEE.

Salaeia Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex scandens sec. cl.
detectorem ramis glabris plus minus angulatis; foliis oppositis
breviuscule petiolatis subcoriaceis oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis
apice acuminatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-8
subtus ut costa prominentibus nervis secundariis reticulatis
glabris ; floribus pro genere majusculis in foliorum axillis pluribus,
pedicellis mediocribus ; alabastris subovoideis ; calycis lobis ovatis
exterioribus manifeste minoribus margine hyalinis; petalis calyce
2—3-plo longioribus oblongis vel ovato-oblongis ; staminibus 3 intra
discum crassiusculum annularem insertis, filamentis applanatis
antheris late cordiformibus filamentis brevioribus rimis longitudi-
nalibus extrorsum dehiscentibus ; ovario conico apice in stylum
manifestum attenuato, 3-loculari.

Oban; n. 1687.

Internodes 6-7 cm. long. Leaves 12-22 em. long, 5°5-8°6 cm.
broad; petioles 9-14 mm. long. Pedicels 4-7 mm. long. Eexterior
sepals 2 mm. long, interior 3 mm. long. Petals + 8 mm. long. —

This plant belongs to the series in which the anthers dehisce
longitudinally—the flowers are rather large and arise from the axils
of the large sub-coriaceous, glabrous leaves.

[Sepals pale yellow, outline bright brown, petals yellow-creamy in
high lights, dise cream, stamens with cream filaments, brownish-
yellow anthers.—P. A. T.]

SAPINDACEZ.

Chytranthus macrophyllus Gilg var. nov. obanensis Bak.
fil. Arbor, cortice brunneo ; foliis pinnatis circ. 5-6-jugis, rhachi
fusco-tomentella, foliolis maximis inferioribus quam > rg

i

20 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

minoribus oblongo-ovatis supra praeter costam glabris nitidis apice
breviter acuminatis basi cuneatis utrinque nervis lateralibus
20-22, foliolis superioribus majoribus maximis nervis lateralibus
21-24 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis
secundariis reticulatis ; inflorescentiis pseudo-racemosis elongatis
spiciformibus e trunco erumpentibus rhachi angulata tomentella ;
floribus in cymulas saepissime 2-6-floras dispositis, alabastris
subglobosis pulcherrime atro-rubro-tomentosis ; bracteis bracteo-
lisque parvis; calyce in parte 1—2 inferiore connato extrinsecus
tomentoso ; petalis 3-5 oblanceolatis vel late oblanceolatis calyce
longioribus squamula instructis ; staminibus circ. 8-9 disco maximo
valde excentrico, filamentis hirtellis ; ovario rudimentario ; fructu
non viso.

Oban; n. 1596.

Tree + 20 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves large 5-6-jugate ;
proximal leaflets + 95 cm. long, 9-10 cm. broad; distal leaflets
35-45 em. long, 11-15 em. broad; midrib and lateral veins below
prominent; rachis 40-50 em. or perhaps longer; petiolules thickened
8-10 mm. long. Inflorescence from the nodes of the old wood
20-85 cm. long. Calyx 7-8 mm. long. Petals 8-10 mm. long,
2°5-3°5 mm. broad. i

Noticeable on account of the large leaves with 5-6 pairs of leaflets,
the distal leaflets being 11—15 cm. broad, the buds subglobose. and
covered with a dark violet tomentum and the broadly oblanceolate
petals longer than the calyx.

Differs from the type in the petals being distinetly longer than
the calyx, in the inflorescence being longer (20-35 em.) and in the
leaflets being broader (11-15 em.).

Glossolepis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor; foliis pinnatis
multifoliolatis foliolis 8-9-jugis glabris oblongis apice acuminatis
apice ipso obtusis nervis lateralibus utrinque 13-15 juxta
marginem conjunctis foliolorum petiolulo brevi crassiusculo
petiolo communi glabro longitudinaliter striato basi incrassato ;
floribus masc. pseudo-racemosis brevipedicellatis in cymulas
sepissime 2-4-floras dispositis; calycis segmentis acutis; petalis
angustis dorso hirtis basin versus squamis instructis ; staminibus
circ. 12 inequilongis filamentis hirtis ; disco magno excentrico :
ovario crudo ; floribus fem. ignotis.

Oban ; n. 1686.

Leaves 60-85 cm. long, leaflets 15-20 cm. long, 5°5-6°0 em. broad,
shining above, secondary nerves reticulate below ; petiolules 2-6 mm.
long. Inflorescence + 22 em. long. Calyx 11 mm. long. Petals
+11 mm. long. Stamens, filaments 10-12 mm. long.

Differs from G. macrobotrys Gilg in having 8-9 pairs of leaflets
ae = 4-5, and from G. Pilgeriana Gilg in the shorter acumen

e leaf.

Aporrhiza Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis
fusco-pubescentibus ; foliis magnis pinnatis rhachi brevissime

SAPINDACEZ (E. G. Baker) 21

pubescente foliolis 4-5-jugis oblongis apice acuminatis distalibus
quam proximalibus majoribus subcoriaceis supra nitidis subtus
opacis nervis lateralibus numerosis 8-12 inter sese parallelis
supra paullo subtus valde prominentibus venis minoribus
pulcherrime et densissime reticulatis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus
paniculatis brevissime flavescenti-pubescentibus quam inflores-
_centiis C. wrophyllae Gilg longioribus foliis subaequilongis ramis
multifloris cymulas confertas gerentibus; bracteis bracteolisque
angustis ; calyce profunde 5-fido laciniis ovato-lanceolatis ; petalis
calyce longioribus oblanceolatis hirtis ; capsula biscutellari semper
biloculari breviter stipitata tomento brevissimo cano induta
lateraliter compressa rimis lateralibus loculicide dehiscente.

Oban ; n. 416.

Tree about 7-10 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Proximal leaflets
6:0-10 em. long, 8:5-4:5 em. broad; distal leaflets reach 15 em. long
and 5:5 em. in breadth. Petioles 2-8 mm. long. The whole leaf is
+ 30 em. long. Inflorescence 80-85 em. long. Calyx + 5 mm. long.
Petals £ 5 mm. long. Fruit, one side often aborted, one fully
developed side is + 10-12 mm. in diameter, 13-14 mm. in height.
Differs from A. urophylla Gilg in the inflorescence being longer and
in the fruit in this species not being so generally symmetrical. The
fruit is not inflated as in A. paniculata Radl. and the leaves are
different.

Bersama lobulata Sprague & Hutchins. sp. nov. ; aff. B. paul-
linioidi Baker, a qua foliolis numerosioribus integris, calycis
lobo antico conspicue bifido vel trifido distinguitur.

_ Arbor; ramuli robusti, brunnei, tenuiter fulvo-pubescentes,
basi perulis stipularibus imbricatis triangulari-ovatis subobtusis
ad 2:3 em. longis et 1*5 cm. latis rigide pergamentaceis intra
glabris extra fulvo-tomentellis instructi ; folia 12-25 em. longa,
rhachis exalata, supra late canaliculata, parce pubescens, foliola
circiter 12-juga, superiora subsessilia, inferiora breviter petiolu-
lata, superiora opposita, inferiora subalterna, lanceolata, oblongo-
lanceolata vel elliptico-oblonga, acute acuminata, basi obtusa,
inaequalia, integra, 3—7 em. longa, 1:3-2:7 cm. lata, firme
chartacea, nitidula, utrinque glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque
10-12 arcuatis intra marginem anastomosantibus prominentibus,
venis laxissimis indistinctis ; stipulae lanceolatae, 1-2 em. longae,
ad 8 mm. latae, ceterum ut in perulis ; racemi ramulorum apices
. versus aggregati, circiter 15 cm. longi; rhachis robusta, basi
circiter 3 mm. diametro, fulvo-pubescens ; bracteae subulato-
filiformes, 1-1:5 mm. longae, dense pubescentes; pedicelli
patentes, 1—1:2 cm. longi, puberuli; calyx extra minute
puberulus vel fere glaber, intra glaber, lobi posticus et laterales
ovati, apice obtusissimi vel rotundati, 4-5 mm. longi, 2:5-3 mm.
lati, coriacei, minute ciliolati, lobus anticus superne bifidus, vel
trifidus lobulo intermedio minimo, 5 mm. longus et latus ; petala

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coriacea, recurva, subaequalia, lineari- vel spathulato-oblanceolata,
apice rotundata, ad 1:2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, ungue intra
glabro, ceterum utrinque dense appresse pubescentia ; stamina
5 vel 4, filamenta circiter 5 mm. longa, carnosa, inferne latiora
et complanata, extra medio breviter villosa, intra inferne pubes-
centia, antherae 2:5 mm. longae, parce pilosae ; discus posticus,
l mm. altus, carnosus, glaber; ovarium obliquum, appresse
pilosum, stylus 7 mm. longus, inferne parce puberulus, stigma
subglobosum, 1 mm. diametro.

Oban; n. 1376 (Herb. Kew.).—[T. A. S. & J. H.]

ANACARDIACER.

Triehoseypha Talbotii Bak. fil sp. nov. Ramuli striati
teretes; foliis imparipinnatis circ. 3-jugis cum impari petiolo
terete longitudinaliter striato fusco-pubescente foliolis magnis
papyraceis ellipticis vel ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis apice acuminatis
basi late cuneatis superne praeter costam impressam fere glabris
nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-13 arcuatis prope marginem
conjunctis jugis distantibus foliolis omnibus petiolulo breviuscule
crasso instructis ; panicula laxissima in axillis foliorum superiorum
multiramosa ramis divaricatis, pedicellis tenuibus quam floribus :
saepissime longioribus; bracteolis angustis quam pedicellis brevi-
oribus; calycis lobis ovatis quam petalis 2-3-plo brevioribus ;
petalis ovatis nervis conspicuis ; staminibus quam petalis paullulum
brevioribus; disco glabro.

Oban; n. 579.

Leaflets 20-25 cm. long, 10-14 em. broad. Petiolules 5-7 mm.
long. Flowers + 3 mm. in diameter.

Allied to T. camerunensis Engler, but distinguished by the form
of the terminal leaflet.

Triehoseypha longipetala Bak. fil sp. nov. Verisimiliter
arbuscula ; foliis imparipinnatis foliolis praeter costam glabris in
speciminibus mihi obviis 6—7 oblongis vel ovatis subcoriaceis basi
cuneatis apice acuminatis in foliolis oblongis nervis lateralibus
utrinque circ. 10-12 in foliolis ovatis circ. 9 juxta marginem inter
se conjungentibus costa subtus prominente pubescente nervis
secundariis subtus prominulis reticulatis; floribus pro genere
majusculis saepe hermaphroditis in paniculam brevem et densam :
dispositis ; calyce 4-lobo lobis ovatis petalis breviori; petalis pro
genere majusculis ovatis acutis ; stylis 3 divergentibus stigmatibus
capitellatis ; disco hirto; ovario uniloculari, ovulis solitariis
pendulis.

Oban ; n. 1681.

Rachis t 35 cm. long; petiolules 3-4 mm. long, larger leaflets
20-23 cm. long t 7 cm. broad; smaller leaflets 14-16 cm. long,

ANACARDIACER (E. G. Baker) 23

6'5-8 em. broad. Panicles many-flowered, + 8-12 em. long; rachis
ee pedicels often longer than the flower. Petals 4-5 mm.
ong.

Allied to T. Mannii Hook. fil.

The distinguishing features of this species are the imparipinnate
leaves with 6-7 leaflets; the generally hermaphrodite flowers with
ovate petals 4-5 mm. long, in a dense, short, many-flowered panicle
8-12 em. long ; and the hairy disc.

Nothospondias Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Arbor elata,
foliolis circa 15 breviter petiolulatis oblongis vel anguste oblongo-
ovatis utrinque obtusis basi saepe obliquis papyraceis glabris;
paniculís quam folia brevioribus minute fulvo-pubescentibus cito
glabrescentibus; calycis pubescentis puberulive lobis deltoideis
obtusis tubo brevioribus; petalis oblongis obtusis sepalis duplo
longioribus reflexis; ovario ovoideo-oblongo apice truncato pro-
minenter 8-sulcato sursum piloso ceterum glabro; stylo abbreviato
apice 4-lobulato.

Oban ; n. 230. j

Axis of leaf about 7 dm. in length, swollen quite at the base,
fistular, purplish-brown, shining. Leaflets usually 15-18 cm. long,
4-5 cm. broad, the basal obliquity not very marked and sometimes
absent, greenish-brown when dry above, brown below, on both
faces palely lucent; lateral nerves prominent on the underside,
usually 6-8 on each side of midrib, openly arched, anfractuose
towards the margin of the leaf; petiolules 5-7 mm. long. Panicle
30 cm. or more in length, its branches ascending or patent, and some-
times so patent that the panicle may measure nearly 40 cm. across ;
main axis as well as branches ancipitous. Flowers 6 to the fascicle
or less; bracts about ‘3 mm. long, like the 3-4 mm. long pedicels
tawny pubescent. Functionally male flowers alone seen. Calyx
nearly 2 mm. long. Petals 5 mm. long, inserted upon a sort of torus
(gland?) rather more than ‘5 mm. in height. Filaments 5-6 mm.
long, the lower portion of each lying in one of the furrows of the
ovary. Ovary with its four cells reduced to minute resin-filled
cavities, 1*5 mm. long; style "3 mm. long.

Several flowers were examined, but all proved to be males. The
plant may thus possibly be diccious. S i

The short stipe (torus) at the top of which the petals are inserted
passed unnoticed by Engler when establishing the genus. - This stipe
is certainly not present in some of the flowers of N. Staudtii Engl.
examined, but in other cases there seems to be a perceptible interval
between the insertion of the calycine whorl and the petaline. As
N. Staudtii is polygamous, the variation in question may perhaps
have some relation to this fact. It must be added that Ifailed to find
either in N. Staudtiü or in N. Talbotii the dilated, deeply 4-lobed
dise Engler describes. This, too, would therefore appear to be an
inconstant character. : :

lrrespective of certain floral points, the two species can be dis-
tinguished on sight by the different leaflets.— [S. M.]

24 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

CONNARACEE.

Spiropetalum liberosepalum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter
frutex, foliis imparipinnatis 1-2-jugis rhachi tereti glabra
foliolis distincte articulatis breviter petiolulatis rigide chartaceis
oblongo-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis apice in acumen attenuatis
basi rotundatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 4—5 arcuatis ante
marginem conjunctis fol. terminali lateralibus longiore et
latiore; inflorescentiis axillaribus pluri- vel multi-floris racemis
foliis 3-4-plo brevioribus; pedunculis teretibus fusco-tomentellis ;
caleycis lobis fusco-tomentellis fere ad basin liberis; petalis
lineariligulatis calyce cire. 3-plo longioribus sub anthesi apice
convolutis; staminibus 10 inaequilongis ; ovariis 5 sessilibus in
stylos 5 filiformes calyci subaequilongos productis ; fructu ignoto.
A S. odoro Gilg differt racemis longioribus, calyce non ad
medium connato &c.

Oban; n. 14044.

Branches glabrous. Leaves lateral, leaflets glabrous, S-10 cm.
long, 2°5-4°0 cm. broad, terminal leaflets 9-11 cm. long, 8:5-4:5
cm. broad; petiolules + 4 mm. long. Racemes 2-4 cm. long. Bracts
1-1:5 mm. long. Calyx + 4mm.long. Petals 12-14 mm. long.

The distinguishing features of this plant are the 1-2-jugate
imparipinnate leaves with chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-
lanceolate leaflets; the racemes about 2-4 cm. long; the nearly free
sepals; and the linear-ligulate petals 12-14 mm. long.

LEGUMINOSE.

There are six new species of Leguminosz in the collection and
three new varieties. Crotalaria Parsonsii sp. nov. (Section
Simplicifolie) is a near ally of C. Vogelii Benth. and C. lineari-
folia De Wild. Baphia obanensis sp. nov. belongs to the Sect.
Delaria and has racemes of flowers from the old branches. There
are two species of Angylocalyx. Dr. Taubert described this genus
in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 172 (1897), the short racemes of
flowers coming from the old wood and the ovary being adnate to
the dorsal side of the calyx-tube. In the Flora of Tropical
Africa, ii. 254, my father described Sophora oligophylla, but this
belongs to Angylocalyx, and as the plant is in the present
collection, n. 1251, I give a description of it under this genus.
There is a very fine new species of Berlinia, which I have named
B. Craibiana, and a new Macrolobium.

Crotalaria (Simplicifolie) Parsonsii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Caulis
erectus ramosus teres hirsutus; stipulis angustis linearibus ;
foliis lineari-lanceolatis adpresse pilosis apice mucronatis basi
cuneatis costa subtus conspicua petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus

LEGUMINOSA (E. G. Baker) 25

parviusculis in racemos elongatos terminales et laterales dispositis ;
bracteis angustis quam pedicellis longioribus ; calycis tubo hirsuto
dentibus brevibus ; vewillo, luteo calyce longiori ; alis unguiculatis
vexillo brevioribus; carina dorso angulo recto curvata hinc in
rostrum gracilem attenuata apice acuta; ovario lineari ; legumine
ignoto.

Nigeria: River Benue, Talbot, n. 449; Lokoja, A. C. Parsons,
n. L 38 (Herb. Kew.).

Stem 4-5 ft. (fide Dr. Parsons), branches ascending. Stipules
3-4 mm. long. Leaves hirsute, 6-8 em. long, 5-11 mm. broad;
petioles 2-4 mm. long. Bracts 5-6 mm. long; bracteoles narrow.
Standard yellow with brown lines, + 9 mm. long. Wings with claw
t 7mm.long. Carina bent ata right angle with claws, 8-9 mm. long.

Closely allied to C. Vogelii Benth. in the Simplieifolie. It differs
by its shorter calyx-teeth, &c. :

It is also closely allied to C. linearifolia De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas
et Moyen Congo, 257, t. xiv. figs. 8-9, but differs by the broader
leaves and acute, not blunt, apex of the carina.

The distinguishing features of this plant are the terete, hirsute,
branched stem 1-1°6 metre high; the linear-lanceolate, hirsute leaves
with a petiole 2-4 mm. long; the rather lax, virgate racemes of
rather small, yellow flowers; the carina + 7-9 mm. long, bent at a ~
right angle with a slender rostrum.

Baphia (Delaria) obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris
sec. cl. detectorem ramulis cinereo-corticatis ; foliis papyraceis
ovatis vel ellipticis glabris vel glabriusculis basi late cuneatis vel
cuneato-rotundatis apice mucronatis nervis lateralibus utrinque
5—6 arcuatis prope marginem inter se conjungentibus petiolo brevi
suffultis; floribus pro genere parviusculis racemosis e ramis
. vetustioribus ortis; pedicellis gracilibus striatis patentibus
teretibus; bracteolis late ovatis parvis; calyce glabro spathaceo
membranaceo ; vexillo obovato bilobo calyce paullo longiori; alis
late oblongis basi unguiculatis; carina naviculariformi ungue
brevi; filamentis filiformibus; ovario lineari curvato in stylum
gradatim attenuato.

Oban ; n. 1682.

Tree about 10 metres high. Leaves 8-13 em. long, 4:5-6:5 em.
broad; petiole 5-6 mm. long. Flowers in lax racemes from the stem
and old branches. Pedicels 6-8 mm. long. Calyx + 7-8 mm. long.
Standard slightly longer than the calyx. Carina about 10 mm. long.

[Flower stalks vivid dark green, calyx green. Standard white,
yellow at base, other petals white. Pistil and filaments green, anthers
dull yellow.—P. A. T.] s

Baphia orbiculata Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ramulis teretibus
superne fusco-tomentellis ; foliis coriaceis ovalibus vel suborbi-
cularibus vel ovatis supra glabris subtus pubescentibus nervis
lateralibus 6-8 apice saepe rotundatis basi rotundatis vel leviter

26 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

subcordatis petiolo mediocri suffultis; floribus ad axillas fasci-
culatis; pedicellis fusco-tomentosis, bracteolis 2 ovatis fusco-
tomentosis calyce brevioribus; calyce extus fusco-tomentoso per
anthesin spathaceo-fisso ; vexillo orbiculato ; alis oblongis carinam
aequantibus vel paullulum superantibus; carina leviter incurva
obtusa petalis dorso subcohaerantibus ; staminibus liberis antheris
filamentis multo brevioribus; ovario subsessili fusco-villoso stylo
tenui incurvo stigmate parvo terminali.

Oban; n. 1557.

Tree about 8-12 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves suborbicular,
coriaceous, + 6-7 cm. long and broad, upper leaves ovate or obovate,
lateral nerves patent, conspicuous below, petioles 1-2 cm. long. Calyx
13-15 mm. long. Wings + 15 mm. long. Carina + 15 mm. long.

Noticeable on account of the suborbicular coriaceous leaves, fasci-

culate axillary flowers, thick spathaceous calyx and slightly incurved
obtuse carina about 15 mm. long.

Belongs to the Sect. Delaria § 1 Genuine Harms. Allied to
B. maxima Baker; differs in the shape of the leaves, &e.

[Two bracts dull bronze, sepals dull bronze outside, white inside,
five petals white with a yellow mark down centre, stigma white, ovary
dull bronzy-green.—P. A. T.]

Baphia leptobotrys Harms var. nov. nigeriea Bak. fil.
Frutex scandens sec. cl. detectorem, ramulis teretibus ; foliis
oblongis acuminatis papyraceis quam iis typi longioribus et
angustioribus petiolo mediocri suffultis ; floribus in racemos laxos
dispositis ; bracteolis parvis.

Oban, Kwa River; n. 1554.

Leaves 8-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad; petioles about 25 mm. long.
Racemes 2-6 cm. long.

[Sepals pale green, petals white. —P. A. T.]

Angyloealyx oligophyllus Bak. fil. comb. nov. Sophora
oligophylla Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 254. Frutex vel arbuscula ;
folis 5foliolatis rhachi tereti glabra, foliolis chartaceis proxi-
malibus ovatis vel ovato-oblongis apice longe cuspidato-acuminatis
basi rotundatis foliolis distalibus majoribus ellipticis vel oblongo-
ellipticis apice cuspidato-acuminatis nervis lateralibus in foliolis
proximalibus 5-6 in distalibus 7-8 arcuatis ; floribus breviter
pedicellatis racemosis racemis brevibus e ligno adultiore erum-
pentibus; calycis tubo cylindrico sursum curvato basi inferiore
saccato-umbonato limbo oblique cupulato tubo longiori; vezillo
ovato-spathulato basi sensim in unguem attenuato calycis limbo
2—3-plo longiori; alis vexillo brevioribus anguste oblongis; fila-
mentis glabris antheris oblongis ; ovario angusto. .

Oban ; n. 1251.

Leaflets alternate, proximal leaflets 11-13 em. long, 47-57 mm.
broad ; distal leaflets longer, 18-22 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad; common

LEGUMINOS& (E. G. Baker) 27

rachis + 16 cm. long; petiolules 5-6 mm, long. Calyx-tube striate,
glabrous, + 7 mm. long; limb 9-10 mm. Standard, total length
+ 24 mm. long, with green mark up the middle extending to a white
rim round the edge.

Differs from A, ramiflorus Taub. by the proximal leaflets being
much more lengthily (+ 2cm.) cuspidate-acuminate at the apex and
the standard being + 24 mm. long instead of 10-11 mm. (Jide
Taubert), and the calyx-limb being 9-10 instead of 6 mm. (fide
Taubert).

Differs from A. Vermeulenii De Wild. in the longer limb of the
calyx, ke.

Angylocalyx trifoliolatus Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex vel arbus-
cula; foliis chartaceis trifoliolatis foliolis inter majores generis
proximalibus minoribus late ovatis vel orbiculariovatis apice
breviter acuminatis basi rotundatis nervis lateralibus superne
impressis utrinque cire. 5-6 foliolis terminalibus majoribus
nervis lateralibus 7—8 basi cuneatis rhachi communi glabra folio-
lorum petiolulis brevibus incrassatis; floribus racemosis racemis
breviusculis e ligno adultiore erumpentibus ; calycis tubo cylindrico
lineato limbo oblique cupulato tubo longiori; vezillo ovato-
spathulato in unguem attenuato calycis limbo 2—3-plo longiori ;
filamentis glabris; ovario angusto pubescente in stipitem longum
attenuato ; legumine ignoto.

Oban ; n. 74.

Leaflets lateral, 13-18 em. long, 8°5-10°3 cm. broad; terminal
leaflets longer, 22-23 cm. long + 14 cm. broad. Racemes + 2:5 cm.
long; pedicels 3-4 mm. long. Calyx-tube + T mm. long; limb +
8 mm. long. Standard (including claw) + 26 mm. long. Wings
narrow.

The distinguishing features of this species are the trifoliolate
leaves with large terminal leaflets and short apices to the leaflets ;
the racemes + 2-5 cm. long; the calyx-tube + 7 mm. long, the
limbs slightly longer; the standard + 26 mm. long; and the linear
pubescent ovary.

Berlinia Craibiana Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor alta; foliis
imparipinnatis circ. 4-jugis cum impari foliolis papyraceis proxi-
malibus minoribus ovatis glabris nervis lateralibus circ. 6 foliolis
distalibus majoribus oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis nervis laterali-
bus 7-10 nervis secundariis tenuibus reticulatis apice breviter
acuminatis basi cuneatis foliolorum petiolulo brevi; floribus pani-
culatis ; bracteolis crassis obovatis concavis extrinsecus fusco-
pubescentibus vel fusco-tomentellis ; calycis tubo pubescente
cylindrico segmentis angustis tenuibus elongatis ; petalis 5 summo
longe unguiculato spathulato-obovato inferioribus minoribus ;
staminibus 10 basi connatis filamentis elongatis teretibus ; ovario
stipitato cano vel fusco-tomentoso, stylo filiformi, stigmate parvo
terminali ; legumine ignoto. i ;

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Oban; n. 1524. =

Tree about 40 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot) Proximal leaflets
+ 9 em. long, + 5 cm. broad ; distal leaflets 12-16 cm. long, 5:5-
6:5 em. broad; leaf-rachis fusco-tomentellous. Bracts 45-50 mm.
long. Calyx-segments petaloid, 80-35 mm. long. Largest petal,

together with claw, 6-7 cm. long, others much smaller. Stamens,
filaments + 7 cm. long.

Closely allied to B. acuminata Solander, but differs in the character
of the inflorescence and the pubescent calyx-tube ; the smaller petals
are distinctly shorter than the calyx.

I have named this plant in honour of Mr. W. Craib of the Kew
Herbarium.

[Petals, 5 white, 1 large, 2 small and 8 smaller; 5 sepals palest
green ; 10 stamens, anthers dull brown.—P. A. 74

Maerolobium obanense Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor mediocris
sec. el. detectorem ramulis teretibus ; foliis paripinnatis saepissime
-Jugis foliolis distalibus majoribus oblongo-obovatis apice acutis
basi euneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque + 7 subtus prominulis
foliolis proximalibus minoribus ovatis vel ellipticis apice acutis
basi late cuneatis omnibus petiolulis crassiusculis breviusculis
rhachi pubescente ; inflorescentiis elongatis racemoso-paniculatis
rhachi angulata fulvo-pubescente ; bracteolis oblongis concavis
alabastrum 2-valvatim includentibus extrinsecus fulvo-pubescen-
tibus ; calycis segmentis oblongis ; petalis saepissime 4 unguiculatis
in alabastro complicato-cucullatis ; staminibus perfectis longis
liberis; ovario hirsuto stipitato stipite calycis tubo adnato
multiovulato, stylo filiformi ; legumine juvenili hirsuto.

Oban ; n. 1428,

Leaves, distal pair of leaflets 15-16 cm. long, 6:5-7:2 em. broad,
proximal pair of leaflets 8-9 cm. long, 4:5-5:0 em. broad. Bracteoles
10-14 mm. long. Largest petal unguiculate + 15 mm. long.

[Braets bright green, shaded bronze; 4 sepals pale green ; 5 petals

white, base of petals cream; pistil pale green; style white; stigma
pale yellow ; stamens 3 white.—P. A. T]

Maerolobium demonstrans Oliver var. nov. Talbotii Bak. fil.
Arbor parva ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 3-jugis foliolis oblongo-
obovatis vel oblongis basi inaequilateraliter subcordatis ; floribus
paniculatis; bracteolis ovatis alabastrum 2-valvatim includenti-
bus; calycis segmentis angustis; petalo quinto majore reliquis
minoribus ; staminibus perfectis 3; ovario ferrugineo-hirto; stylo
filiformi hirto ; leguminibus oblique oblongis lateraliter compressis
sutura superiore parum incrassata lateraliter conspicue nervosis.

Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1504.

Tree about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot).

Diff-rs from type in the narrower Jeaflets and more or less hairy
style, that of the type being described as glabrous.

The largest petal, together with the claw, is + 15 mm. long, and
not so caudate at the base as figured by Baillon.

LEGUMINOS& (E. G. Baker) 29

Maerolobium leptorrhachis Harms var. nov. nigerieum Bak.
fil. Verisimiliter arbor ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 2-jugis foliolis
oblongo-oblanceolis nervis lateralibus 13-16 prope marginem con-
junetis rhachi non alata; floribus racemoso-paniculatis rhachi
valde elongata hujus ramis patentibus quam iis typi longi-
oribus ; bracteolis 2 concavis; petalo summo unguiculato reliquis
ininoribus.

Oban; n. 502.
Leaflets 20-25 cm. long, 8:0-8:5 em. broad; rachis not alate.
Rachis of inflorescence + 90 cm. long.

ROSACEZE. i

Acioa Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis cinereo-
tomentosis ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis coriaceis basi
rotundatis apice acuminatis supra nitidis costa subtus impressa
tomentosa nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 foliorum petiolo
brevi, stipulis saepissime delapsis dorso hirsutis ; floribus in
racemos axillares dispositis racemis foliis brevioribus; calycis
tubo elongato einereo-tomentoso basi tenui lobis oblongis petalis
calyce longioribus; staminibus numerosis filamentis plus minus
monadelphis antheris parvis; ovario cinereo-villoso fauci calycis
excentrice adnato.

Oban ; n. 1533.

Tree about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9:5-18 cm.
long, 4*0-5:2 em. broad; petioles + 3 mm. long. Racemes 8:5-4:5
cm. long. Calyx-tube 92:8-2:4 em. long, lobes + 6 mm. long. Petals
at an early period deeiduous, white. Style long, slender.

Very closely allied to A. Dinklagei Engler. Differs in the smaller
stipules, the midrib of the leaf being impressed below, the much
smaller flowers with narrower lobes of the calyx and the narrower
bracteoles.

[The pistil is bright dark green at tip, white at base; the stamens
have very dark green anthers, filaments gradually paler from where
they join, quite white at base; hairs on the ovary bright yellow.
—P. A. T.]

MYRTACEZ.

The collection contains a very curious and interesting new
genus Crateranthus, allied to Asteranthos and Napoleona. It
differs from Napoleona, as will be seen from the figure, in the
stamens and other characters. Some of the most interesting
plants in the collection are the new species of Napoleona. In the
species of this genus which have been hitherto described the
flowers are solitary or in twos or threes, but Napoleona Eyertonii,
one of the new species in the present collection, has a paniculate
inflorescence, and in two other novelties the flowers are in

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clusters of 5-30. In Napoleona parviflora sp. nov., the leaves
are small, glaucous and very acuminate, and the flowers are
small. I have included the description of Napoleona Gossweileri
sp. nov., which is strikingly different from the other species of
the genus. It comes from Angola, and was collected by
Mr. John Gossweiler.

Eugenia obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex sec. cl. detec-
torem ramulis tenuibus plus minus applanatis glabrescentibus ;
foliis subcoriaceis ellipticis glauco-viridibus acuminatis apice ipso
obtusis utrinque glabris nervis lateralibus tenuibus utrinque 8-12
juxta marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis secundariis
tenuibus costa superne impressa foliorum petiolo brevi superne
canaliculato ; floribus in axillis foliorum glomerulatis glomerulis
paucifloris subsessilibus ; sepalis 4 ovatis concavis margine ciliatis
quam petalis brevioribus extrinsecus pubescentibus ; petalis ovatis
vel oblongo-ovatis calyce subduplo longioribus ; staminibus numero-
sissimis filamentis filiformibus petalis brevioribus antheris parvi-
usculis; stylo filiformi.

Oban ; n. 1651.

Leaves opposite, 7:5-10 em. long, 2:8-8:5 cm. broad; petioles
2-3 mm. long. Sepals t 2 mm. long. Petals + 6 mm. long.

This plant is probably conspecific with Mann, n. 263, from
Fernando Po, which has been wrongly referred to E. calophylloides DC.

It is also allied to E. Zenkeri Engler, but has narrower leaves.

Napoleona parviflora Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ramis
insigniter angulatis argenteo-albidis ; foliis parviusculis oblongis
apice longe et insigniter acuminatis basi late cuneatis nervis
lateralibus utrinque 5-7 foliorum petiolo brevissimo superne
canaliculato ; floribus axillaribus parviusculis; calycis tubo ex-
trinsecus plus minus verrucoso limbo valvatim 5-fido ; verticillo
primo in membranam orbiculatam petaloideam in ligulas circ.
26 plus minus connato, verticillo tertio in cupulam petaloideam
connato apice in ligulas fisso ; verticillo interiore centrum versus
inflexo ; fructu depresso-globoso calycis limbo coronato.

Oban ; n. 198. i

Leaves 9-10°5 cm. long, including the acumen, 2-3 cm. broad;
acumen + 15 mm. long. Flowers small, diameter 22-25 mm. Calyx
lacinie triangular acute; first verticil more or less cut up into
lacinie ; third verticil a membranous cup cut up into lacinie;
staminiferous verticil with inflexed filaments.

Allied to N. Vogelii Hook. & Planchon, but the leaves are
narrower and the flowers smaller.

The distinguishing features of this species are the small, oblong,
very acuminate leaves with a subspathulate apex, the small flowers
(the total diameter being 92-95 mm.), the third vertieil stands up
instead of bending over.

MYRTACE& (E. G. Baker) 31

Napoleona Alexanderi D. Talbot & Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor
vel arbuscula, ramulis teretibus fere glabris; foliis oblongo-
obovatis apice cuspidatis margine fere integris vel sinuato-
crenatis supra subnitentibus costa tenuiter impressa nervis
lateralibus divergentibus utrinque 8-10 subtus prominentibus
petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus axillaribus 3-5 fasciculatis sub-
sessilibus ; bracteolis rotundatis ; sepalis 5 acutis triangularibus ;
verticillo primo petaloideo orbiculato rotato albido-lacteo centrum
versus roseo margine crenulato subtus nervis radiantibus circ.
35 donato; verticillo tertio e segmentis circ. 35 superne liberis
et centrum versus inflexis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticillo
interiore e filamentis cire. 20 plano-linearibus inflexis ; stylo brevi
apice in discum peltatum expanso, stigmatibus 5 versus margines
disci radiantibus ; fructu depresse subgloboso ambitu obsolete
5-lobo vestigiis calycis coronato circ. 6-loculari seminibus in
quoque loculo solitariis.

Oban ; n. 9974.

A tree reaching a height of 30 metres. Leaves 18-21 cm. long,
t 7:5 cm. broad; petiole + 5 mm. long. Flowers, first petaloid
verticil about 40 mm. in diameter, creamy-white, rose-coloured
towards the centre, with about 35 radiating nerves; second verticil
composed of about 45 linear segments. Interior verticil composed of
about 20 flat, linear, inflexed filaments. Fruit + 7 cm. in diameter.

The leading characteristics of this species are the oblong-obovate,
cuspidate leaves; the flowers in fascicles of 3-5, the first verticil
creamy-white, rose-coloured towards the centre, about 40 mm. in
diameter, the third verticil carmine at the base, composed of about
35 linear inflexed segments and not erect, and the depressed globose
fruit, about 7 cm. in diameter, obsoletely 5-lobed.

Named after the late Captain Boyd Alexander.

Napoleona megaearpa Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter arbor
ramulis angulatis ; foliis papyraceo-coriaceis oblongis vel oblongo-
Oblanceolatis apice insigniter cuspidatis basi cuneatis nervis
lateralibus 8-9 prope marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis
nervis secundariis tenuibus reticulatis petiolo brevi crasso
limbo sub 30-plo breviore; floribus mediocribus axillaribus;
sepalis acutis ovatis apice extus 2-3 glandulosis ; verticillo primo
petaloideo rotato subtus nervis crassis radiantibus 26-30 donato
in lacinias plus minus fisso ; verticillo secundo in filamentis liberis
fisso; verticillo tertio e filamentis superne liberis inferne in
cupulam connatis; verticillo interiore e filamentis cire. 20 com-
posito et centrum versus inflexo ; ovario infero 5-loculari ; fructu
sec. cl. detectorem maximo.

Oban ; n. 194.

Leaves 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad; petiole thick, 6-7 mm.
long. Flowers, first verticil petaloid more or less broken up into
laciniae about 40 mm. in diameter; second vertieil of linear seg-

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ments; third verticil of free segments above, but joined into a cup
below ; interior verticil of about 20 inflexed filaments.

This species is allied to N. cuspidata Miers. It is noticeable on
account of the oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, distinetly cu-pidate,
papyraceo-coriaceous leaves, 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad, and
the flowers about 40 mm. in diameter, the first petaloid verticil
being more or less broken up into laciniae.

Napoleona Gossweileri Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex semper-
virens ; foliis parviusculis oblongo-oblanceolatis vel. anguste
oblongis margine integris apice obtusis basi cuneatis coriaceis
superne glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 nervis secundariis
tenuibus subtus reticulatis petiolo brevi limbo sub 30-plo breviore ;
floribus mediocribus saepissime solitariis ex apicibus ramulorum
oriundis ; sepalis 5 ovatis acutis apice extus biglandulosis ; verti-
eillo primo petaloideo eupuliformi subtus nervis crassis circ. 35
radiantibus donato ; verticillo secundo e filamentis linearibus
liberis composito; verticillo tertio e segmentis plano-linearibus
apice liberis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticillo interiore e fila-
mentis plano-linearibus et centrum ver:

l sus inflexis ; ovario infero
5-loculari ; fructu depresse globoso sepalis coronato extus plus
minus verrucoso.

d Angola : plentiful east of Rio Cuebe; between Rio Cambambe and
Rio Cuartiri, ‚ Gossweiler; n. 2609; in open dwarfy thickets at
Kassuango Kuiriri, Gossweiler; n. 3361.

An evergreen shrub with a woody rootstock. Leaves 5-75 cm.

long, 20-25 mm. broad ; petiole + 2 mm. long. Flowers fragrant,
rose-white to pure white (Gossweiler). First verticil petaloid, cupuli-
form, with about 35 ribs, 45-50 mm. in diameter; second verticil of
radiating linear segments; third verticil of about 40 flat linear
segments united into a cup below; interior verticil inflexed. Ovary
5-locular. Fruit crowned with the remains of the calyx, depressed-
globose, verrucose externally. :
iine KE. en een by the rather small, coriaceous,
- ceolate or oblong leaves, 5-7°5 3 .
broad, blunt at the apex, k en

: and by the flowers at the apex of
Free oia with a cupuliform, petaloid, first vertieil 45-50 bed in

Napoleona Talbotii Bak. fil. Sp. nov. Arbor ramulis glabris
subangulatis ; foliis subcoriaceis glabris oblongis vel ER
oblanceolatis apice in acumen attenuatis basi late cuneatis nervis

lateralibus utrinque 8-9 „prope marginem arcu intramarginali
conjunctis petiolo: brevissimo superne canaliculato quam lamina
circ. 40-plo breviore ; floribus majusculis e trunco ortis plus

in eupulam connatis ; verticillo

MYRTACER (E. G. Baker) 33

centrum versus inflexo ; ovario infero 5-loculari ; fructu depresse
globoso calycis limbo coronato 10-lobato.

Oban; n. 195. In flower August 10.

Leaves 14-20 em. long, 4:5-5 cm. broad; petioles about 2 mm.
long. Sepals greenish-cream. First vertieil cream-coloured, some-
what cut up into segments, 4-5 em. in diameter; second verticil
composed of free segments ; third verticil composed of segments free
above and connate into a cup below; interior vertieil composed of
inflexed filaments. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit depressed-globose, 10-
lobed, brown.

The distinguishing features of this species are the oblong or
oblong-oblanceolate acuminate leaves; the medium-sized flowers
distinetly pedicellate in clusters of 5-10; the corolla cream-coloured
and much cut up; the deep mauve dog-tooth markings at the base of
the third whorl; and the 10-lobed fruit.

Napoleona Gaseoignei Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ramulis
glabris ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis apice in acumen
attenuatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 prope
marginem arcu intramarginali conjungentibus petiolo brevi
superne canaliculato quam lamina circ. 60-65-plo breviore ;
floribus inter mediocres generis numerosis (saepissime 10-30) e
trunco ortis albis vel lacteo-albis; verticillo primo cupuliformi
petaloideo orbiculato circ. 25-plicato lacteo-albo; vertieillo secundo
in lacinias lineares et numerosas fisso; verticillo tertio basi in
cupulam connato superne libero albo ; verticillo interiore centrum
versus inflexo ; ovario 5-loculari ; fructu depresso-globoso conspicue
9-lobato calycis limbo coronato.

Oban, Obutong Road ; n. 1223.

Leaves 95-96 em. long, 60-64 mm. broad; petiole about 4 mm.
long. Flowers in clusters of 10-30. First verticil cream-coloured
petaloid orbieular with 25-80 ribs, 30-35 mm. in diameter; second
verticil composed of linear free segments ; third verticil connate into
a cup below, free above, white; interior verticil composed of linear
filaments inflexed towards the centre of the flower, white. Fruit
3°5-4°0 em. in diameter.

The distinguishing features of this species are the oblong or
oblong-oblanceolate acuminate leaves; the flowers 30-35 mm. in
diameter in clusters of 10-80, first verticil cream-coloured, the
remaining portion of the flower white; and the depressed-globose
fruit conspicuously 5-lobed, crowned with the remains of the calyx.

Named in honour of Mrs. Trench Gascoigne in recognition of her
keen interest in Tropical plants.

Napoleona Egertonii Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor sec. cl.
detectorem ; foliis oblongo-obovatis subcoriaceis apice cuspidatis
basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 arcuatim adscenden-
tibus petiolo brevi suffultis superne nitidis subtus nervis costaque
strigoso-pubescentibus; inflorescentia maxime mira paniculata
pedunculata ; calyce adhaerente 5-fido laciniis pem -

34 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

lanceolatis ; verticillo primo concavo-hemisphaerico petaloideo ;
verticillo secundo profunde in lacinias angustas et puberulas
patentes fisso; verticillo interiore margine multifido inflexo ;
staminibus circ. 24 filamentis membranaceis latis ; disco annulari j
ovario carnoso loculis 5, stylo pentagono, stigmate disciformi.
pentagono. (Pl. 4B.)

Oban; n. 997.

Leaves 17-18 cm. long, 7:5-8:0 em. broad; petiole about 6 mm.
long. Calyx about 11 mm. long, laciniae + 9 mm. long. First
petaloid verticil about 42 mm. in diameter, concave, hemispherical;

second verticil deeply cut into narrow puberulous, patent laciniæ ;
interior verticil with multifid margin.

The paniculate inflorescence is a noticeable feature of this species.

Named after the late Governor of Southern Nigeria, Sir Walter
Egerton.

CLAVIS OF SPECIES OF NAPOLEONA.

A. Flowers solitary or in 2's or 3's, very rarely more numerous.
a. Flowers small, 22-95 mm. in diam

Leaves small, 9-10°5 cm. long, apex very acuminate.
EN pororaa Bak BE. AOR ELDELE bue
B. Flowers small, + 26 mm. in diam.

Leaves large, + 18-25 cm. long, shortly and bluntly
acuminate.

2. N. Mannii Miers................... are Fernando Po.
y. Flowers medium-sized or large.
(a) Corolla ultramarine-blue.
Leaves oblong-ovate, 11-15 cm. long.
B. Imperiale BERN SN anne. Benin.
(b) Corolla reddish-purple.

Leaves oblong-elliptical, 9-14 em. long.
Eee I Senegambia.
(c) Corolla exterior portion yellow, inside reddish.

Leaves elliptical, rather small, 8-10 cm. long.
5. N. Vogelit Hook. & Planch.................... Lagos, Cape Palmas.
(d) Corolla exterior apricot-yellow, reddish in middle.
: Leaves oblong-elliptical, 11-16 cm. long.
6. N. Whitfieldü Lemaire ............................ Sierra Leone, &c.
(e) Corolla exterior apricot-yellow, interior rose-coloured.
Leaves obovate-oblong, 12-19 cm. long.
V. NS Miers Hook. Bl... Ss een Trop. W. Africa, Oban.
: (f) Corolla margin pále yellow, purple in middle.
Leaves oblong, euspidate, 15-21 cm. long.
BEN: ouspidata Mibi. in Lo o Old Calabar.
(g) Corolla at first milky-white, later discolorous.
Leaves oblong-obovate, cuspidate, 12-20 cm. long.

MYRTACEJE (E. G. Baker) 35

9. N. Alewandert. Talbot & Bak.fil.................... 2... Oban.

(h) Corolla colour not known.
Leavesoblong-oblanceolate or elliptical-oblanceolate,
cuspidate, 18-24 cm. long. Fruit large.

10. N. megacarpa Bali Gli is una Oban.

(©) Corolla white or rose-white. .
Leaves small, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, 5-
1:5 em. long.

UL NS Owner Duk Hio dior o A IRL Od Angola.

B. Flowers in clusters of 5-10, pedicellate. _
Corolla white, deep mauve dog-tooth marking at base of
third whorl.

12, N. Talbot Bak. BL... e lee a Oban.

C. Flowers in clusters of 10-30.
Corolla cream-coloured, rest of flower white with no dog-
tooth marking.

IB, N. Gescow nd Bak Bl. eos uo coi one orav ecc Oban.

D. Flowers paniculate.
BEING Egeortona Bal, HE oes eure enne —Á— Oban.

CRATERANTHUS Bak. fil. gen. nov.

Calycis tubus brevissimus, limbus 3-partitus, lobi coriacei
superne herbacei. Series simplex in membranam cupuliformem
petaloideam circ. 30-plicatam expansa, margine revoluta breviter
lobata, extrinsecus costae maxime prominentes dorso supra medium
processu brevi crassiusculo compresso onustae. Stamina numero-
sissima, Oo-seriata; filamentis elongatis antheris basifixis longi-
tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Stylus crassus, apicem versus attenua-
tus; stigmate parvo. Ovarium semi-superum, 3-loculare, ovulis in
quoque loculo pluribus, campylotropis. Discus parvus, integer,
ovarium circumdans.

Arbor. Rami alati. Folia alterna brevipetiolata semper-
virentia integerrima pennivenia impunctata. Flores speciosi ad
axillas solitarii. Bracteae paucae vel numerosae imbricatae
ovatae semiamplexicaules externe parvae interiores gradatim
majores.

This interesting novelty is intermediate in structure between the
genera Napoleona and Asteranthos a Tropical South American genus.
It differs from Napoleona in having only a single whorl between
calyx and stamens, and not 3 as in that genus. It differs from
Asteranthos in the calyx, &e. The terminology of the different parts
of the flower of these curious and somewhat anomalous Myrtaceæ
differs in different botanical works. Dr. Niedenzu, in Engl. & Prantl
Pflanzenfamilien III. 7, considers these plants apetalous. is

36 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

C. Talbotii sp. unica. Arbor alta sec. cl. detectorem, ramulis
bilateraliter late alatis; foliis alternis majusculis brevissime
petiolatis tenuiter coriaceis griseis utrinque glabris costa subtus
conspieua basi saepe inaequaliter subcordatis apice saepissime
acutis apice ipso obtusis nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-14 prope
marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis; „floribus axillaribus
solitariis; calyce coriaceo superne membranaceo 3-partito aesti-
vatione valvato; serie simplici in membranam cupuliformem
petaloideam circ. 30-plicatam connata margine recurvata punicea ;
staminibus numerosis epipetalis basin versus corollae insertis
pluriserialibus ; stylo lineari-filiformi, stigmate parvo; ovario
semisupero ovulis in quoque loculo pluribus. (Pl. 5.)

Oban, Ndekke, Ekong Road ; n. 5.

Tree + 86 metres. Branches dull grey-green or brown, winged
in parts. .Leaves of form with crimson flowers 25-40 cm. long,
8-10 em. broad; leaves of form with rose-pink flowers smaller
oblong-obovate, or oblong greyish; costa prominent below; petioles
thick, 3-4 mm. long. Flowers showy. Bracts pale green. Stamino-
dial corona cupuliform, about 30-ribbed, margin revolute, creamy-
white, ribs pink, between ribs bright cerise (fide Mrs. Talbot), 30-35
mm. high. Fruit shaded carmine (fide Mrs. Talbot).

Var. parvifolia. Folia quam ea typi minora et apice
obtusiora ; floribus roseis.

Oban ; n. 54.

This variety differs in having shorter blunter leaves and rose
pink flowers.
Leaves 15-16 cm. long, 7-9 em. broad.

. Var. multibraeteata. Folia glauco-viridia iis typi sub-
similia; a typo differt bracteis numerosioribus in seriebus 4—5
dispositis.

Oban ; no. 1643.

Differs from the type in having the bracts in 4-5 rows instead of
generally 2.

MELASTOMACEE.

Dissotis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Suffrutex videtur, caule
erecto ramoso + angulato plus minus scabro; foliis ovato-
lanceolatis distantibus petiolatis apice basique acutis D-nerviis
utrinque pilis conspersis petiolo superne canaliculato ad 1 longi-
tudinis laminam subaequante ; floribus in capitulis dispositis,
capitulis bracteis involucratis breviter pedunculatis saepe 5-7-
floris; bracteis late ovatis apice mucronatis ; calycis tubo ovoideo-
globoso apicem versus annulis 2 ciliarum eircumdato laciniis
lanceolatis glabris ; petalis margine ciliatis; ovario disco setoso
coronato 5-loculari.

MELASTOMACE (E. G. Baker) 37

Oban; n. 591.

Apparently an undershrub with ascending branches. Leaves 7-11
em. long, 28-27 mm. broad, covered with hairs on both sides; petioles
15-17 mm. long. Flowers in dense pedunculate capitula. Calyx-
tube with 9 rings of bristles towards the apex—the upper ring
complete, the lower more or less incomplete.

This species is allied to Dissotis capitata Hook. fil. The dis-
tinguishing features are the erect branching stem; the ovate-lanceo-
late, petiolate, 5-nerved leaves; the pentamerous flowers in dense
generally 5-7-flowered pedunculate heads; the calyx-tube surrounded
near the apex with two rings of bristles, the upper a complete ring,
the lower incomplete.

Memecylon applanatum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramis
teretiusculis cortice cinereo tectis; foliis breviter petiolatis
oblongis vel elliptieis coriaceo-papyraceis utrinque opacis apice
longissime acuminatis basi cuneatis l-nerviis nervis transver-
salibus subtus non vel vix conspicuis venis omnino inconspicuis ;
Jloribus in foliorum axillis in cymas subumbelliformes breviter
pedunculatas dispositis pedunculis applanatis cymis paucifloris
pedicellis mediocribus ; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi ;
sepalis triangulariformibus ; petalis late ovatis latioribus quam
longis staminibus aequalibus filamentis filiformibus ; antheris
brevibus loculis rima antice dehiscentibus ; ovario omnino adhae-
rente ; stylo filiformi staminibus aequilongo vel paullo longiori.

Oban ; n. 1606.

Shrub about 8 or 4 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves
18-20 em. long, 5:5-7:0 em. broad; petioles 5-7 mm. long, l-nerved ;
lateral nerves inconspicuous. Flowers in the axils of the leaves in
3-5-flowered pedunculate subumbelliform cymes. Peduncles flattened,
5-8 mm. long. Pedicels slender terete, 5-8 mm. long. :

The noticeable features of this species are the coriaceo-
papyraceous, oblong or elliptical, 1-nerved leaves, generally 18-20 em.
long; the flowers in the axils of the leaves in subumbelliform
TM peduneulate cymes ; and the flattened peduncles 5-8 mm.

ong. :
[Calyx palest green, petals thin cobalt-blue, filaments thin blue,
anthers pale yellow.—P. A. T.]

Memecylon obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
subteretibus brunneis ; foliis crassiusculis ellipticis vel oblongis
apice acuminatis basi acutis subtus jugo laterali tenui prope
marginem percurrente in nervulos utrinque 9-10 tranversales
curvato at illis aequivalido venis supra inconspicuis; floribus
paniculato-eymosis cymis in axillis foliorum dispositis laxe multi-
floris pedicellis tenuibus; bracteolis ad pedicellorum basin brevi-
bus; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi vix dentato; petalis
concavis latioribus quam longis margine hyalinis; staminibus
stylo subaequilongis ; stylo tereti; fruetu ignoto.

38 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Oban; n. 486.

Shrub 3-4 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves with lateral nerves
not conspicuous above, intramarginal nerve not conspicuous, curving
to meet each of the lateral nerves, 10-17 cm. long, 4-6 cm. broad;
petiole 5-7 ma. long. Flowers paniculate. Cymes 4°0-6°5 cm.
long, reaching 4-1 the length of the leaves, laxly many-flowered.
Calyx hardly dentate at the margin. Petals rather broader than long,
+ 2:5 mm. long, 8:5-4:0 mm. broad.

Allied to M. calophyllum Gilg, but differs in the much larger
inflorescence, &c.

The distinguishing features of this plant are the rather thick,
oblong or elliptical leaves, 10-17 cm. long, the lateral nerves not
being very conspicuous above; the marginal nerve is about 1-2 mm.
from the margin, and eurves to meet each of the lateral nerves; the
panieulate cymes in the axils of the leaves are 4°0-6°5 cm. long.

Memeeylon Zenkeri Gilg var. nov. parvifolium Bak. fil.
Frutex ; foliis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis vel rigide chartaceis
ovatis apice acuminatis basi acutiusculis jugo laterali in nervulos
utrinque 8-10 valde curvato et illis manifeste conspicuis aequi-
valido; floribus pedicellatis pedicellis in foliorum axillis dispositis
cymis 2-6-floris; bracteis ad pedicellorum basin parvis; petalis
ovatis.

Oban ; n. 1739. à :

Leaves 5-10 cm. long, 2:5-8:8 em. broad: petiole 2-3 mm. long.

Differs from the type principally in the ovate-acuminate smaller leaves.
Allied to M. Wilwerthii De Wild.

COMBRETACE £X.

Combretum paueinervium Engler & Diels var. nov. obanense
Bak. fil. Frutex vel arbuscula; foliis coriaceis ovato-oblongis
apice acuminatis basi late cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque
circ. 6; floribus minutis patentibus; receptaculo superiore sub-
patelliformi extus lepidotulo; petalis quam in typo angustioribus
apice saepissime glabris.

Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1676.

Leaves 7'5-11 em. long, 4:4-5:5 em. broad; petioles 9-10 mm.
long. Petals narrow.

Differs from the type in the leaves being broadly cuneate at the
base, and the petals being narrow and generally glabrous at the apex.

RUBIACEÆ (H. F. Wernham) 39

GAMOPETAL.

By H. F. Wernuam, B.Sc.; excepting Composite,
Asclepiadaceze (Loganiacex (in part) ), and Acan-
thacee, by SPENCER MOORE, F.L.S.; and Convol-
vulacex, by Dr. A. B. RENDLE, F.R.S.

RUBIACEE,

This family is the most numerously represented in the whole
collection, and some valuable additions—in the way both of rare
Species already described and of novelties—have been made.
There are 35 new species, and of these six belong to four new
genera— Afrohamelia, Dorothea, Diplosporopsis, Globulostylis—the
two latter including each:two species. Afrohamelia is interesting
as being nearly related to Hamelia, a genus confined to the tropies
of the New World; and its morphology is particularly curious.
The bracts are large and foliaceous, the inflorescences appearing
to arise from the middle of the stalk, to which the peduncle is
adnate ; the leaves are almost exactly similar, but much smaller.’
Dorothea, a near ally of Randia, is especially interesting for its
zygomorphic flowers—a rare feature in this family. Sabicea has
yielded as many as four very distinct new species. Bandia
Talbotii has large showy flowers 21 decimetres long. Coffea
Talbotii is a curious new species which I have assigned to this
genus only after considerable hesitation ; the fruit is a red
fusiform berry, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb.

Cremaspora Thomsoni Hiern. Hiern’s description (Fl. Trop.
Afr. iii. 126) seems to have been based on immature flowers;
the Talbot specimen (n. 1049) affords excellent material The
corolla-tube is 7 mm. and the lobes 6 mm. long, and the fruit,
hitherto unavailable, is 1*5 cm. long.

Coffea subeordata Hiern. The corolla-lobes and stamens are
much larger than stated in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 184, but the Talbot

plant (n. 243) is otherwise identical with the type, and agrees
with the original description in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. Il. i. 174.

Cephaélis Mannii Hiern n. 154. The peduncles are several
feet long, instead of about 1 foot, as known from previous

specimens.

40 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Uncaria Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis tetra-
gonis in angulis pubescentibus ; foliis latiuscule lanceolatis bre-
viter acuminatis apice obtusiusculo basi rotundatis, supra glabris
infra praecipue super venas ferrugineo-pubescentibus, nervis
secundariis distantibus, petiolo breve puberulo; floribus majusculis
pro rata longe pedicellatis ; calyce ut pedicello dense ferrugineo-
sericeo, tubi parte epigyna infundibulari ovarium excedente lobis
triangularibus obtusis ; corollae extus griseo-sericez tubo gracili
longissimo lobis oblongis mucronulatis ; stigmate parum ampliato.

Oban ; n. 168.

Leaves 9-11 em. long, 3-4 em. broad; petioles to 9 mm. long.
Capitulum 8-9 cm. in diameter. Pedicels to more than 1 em. long.

Part of calyx-tube above ovary 8 mm. long, lobes 1*5 mm. long.
Corolla-tube 2'5 cm., lobes 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad.

Differs from U. africana G. Don, the only other African species

hitherto described, especially in the much longer corolla-tube and in
the hairy covering of the shoot.

Pausinystalia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor Cory-
nanthis habitu nisi inflorescentia glabra; foliis elliptico-oblongis
glaberrimis supra nitentibus, utrinque brevissime acuminatis
apice subacuto, petiolis longiusculis, venis prominentibus mediana
supra canaliculata ; stipulis lanceolatis mox deciduis ; floribus
sessilibus in paniculis multifloris trichotomis minutissime fulvo-
pubescentibus longiuscule pedunculatis nec folia excedentibus ;
calyce extus ut inflorescentiae ramulis induto dentibus deltoideis
minutis intus dense tomentosis; corollae glaberrimae tubo intra
calycem brevissime cylindraceo supra globoso sulcato, lobis linear-
ibus crassiusculis.

Oban ; n. 1493.

Leaves 19-16 cm. long, 5-6 em. broad, with 10-12 secondary veins
on each side of the midrib, making with it an angle of about 50°,
somewhat curved. Stipules 1-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. broad. Flowers
about 1 em. long, of which about 1 mm. is oceupied by the calyx.
Corolla-lobes 7-8 mm.

This species is readily distinguishable from those previously

described by the relatively thick corolla-lobes and the conspicuously
pubescent calyces.

Mussaenda Afzelioides Wernham sp.nov. Frutex scandens
ramulis teretibus vel sulcatis fulvo-tomentosis ; foliis ovalibus

breviter acuminatis acutis basi plerumque obtusis, infra palli-

dioribus, utrinque breviter scabro-hispidis, venis praesertim subtus

conspicuis, petiolo breve; stipulis triangularibus extus dense
sericeo-pubescentibus acutis saepius bifidis; floribus in cymis
pedunculatis tomentosis densis pedicellatis ; calycis lobis oblongis
acutis extus appresse flavo-pubescentibus, uno nonnunquam in

laminam petiolatam ovalem hispidam basi angustatam apice

RUBIACER (H. F. Wernham) 41

rotundato vel mucronulato obtuso producto ; corollae tubo gracili
extus infra puberulo insuper adpresse-tomentoso pilis nec deflexis,
lobis parvis ovatis acuto-acuminatis.

Oban; n. 212.

Leaves 12-14 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad; lateral veins, 12-14 pairs,
tertiary veins oblique. Stipules 6 mm. long. Calyx 4 mm. long,
lobes 2:5 mm. long, rather more than 1 mm. broad; the foliaceous
lobe about 7:5 cm. long, 8:5 cm. broad, with stalk nearly 1:5 cm.
long. Corolla-tube 2:9 cm. long; limb 1:3 em. wide. `

Like M. Afzelii G. Don, in the vegetative organs, but at once dis-
tinguishable by the pedicellate flowers, the smaller calyx and the
indumentum of the corolla.

Urophyllum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
divaricatis gracilibus puberulis; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-
oblongis acuminatis utrinque acutis, siccitate infra rubescentibus,
utrinque nisi super venas infra obscure puberulas glaberrimis,
nervo mediano veluti secundariis paucis distantibus infra con-
spicuis supra obscuris tertiariis utrinque conspicuis plurimis trans-
versis approximatis, petiolo brevi puberulo; stipulis subulatis ;
Jloribus pentameris parvis minutissime puberulis pedicellatis
axillaribus solitariis vel in cymis 2-3-floris sessilibus; calycis
limbo patente brevissime denticulato.

Oban ; n. 225.

Flowering branches 20-80 em. long. Leaves 8:5-8 cm, long x
1:5-9:8 em. broad; petioles to 4 mm. long; secondary lateral veins
4-5 pairs. Stipules 6 mm. long. Flower-buds 8:5 mm. long, pedicel
1:5 mm.

Near U. Afzelii Hiern, differing in the much broader leaves with
close transverse venation of the tertiary nerves, and in the solitary or
subsolitary flowers.

Sabieea geophiloides Wernham sp. nov. Herba hirsuta
repens caule prostrato radicante ; foliis parvis ovatis vel ellipticis
basi acutis apice obtusis utrinque hirsutis, petiolo hirsuto longius-
culo; stipulis breviter oblongis rotundatis extus pilosis intus
glabris mox reflexis ; floribus sessilibus in capitulis pedunculo gracile
ut bracteorum late ovatorum involucra sparsiuscule piloso 3
ovario pilis articulatis ascendentibus dense hirsuto ; calycis tubo
cylindrieo et lobis longe lineari-lanceolatis tubum excedentibus
pilis similibus patentibus multo minus dense induto; corollae
anguste infundibularis tubo extus pubescente lobis triangularibus
glabratis erectis.

Oban; n. 255. Nkami.

Breet eke ler em. high. Leaves 3-8°5 em. long, 1*5-1:8
em. brodd ; petiole 5-10 mm. long; lateral veins 6-9 pairs, not very
distinct, even on the lower side. Stipules 8:5 mm. long, 8 mm.
broad at base. Peduncles over 2 cm. long. Bracts 1:8 em. long,
8 mm. broad. Ovary 7 mm.; calyx-tube 4 mm.; lobes 8-9 mm.

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long, the latter over 1 mm. broad. Corolla-tube 1:2 cm. long, nearly
5 mm. wide at the mouth; lobes 3:5 mm. long.

The nearest affinity seems to be with S. pilosa Hiern, but there
are several points of essential difference.

Sabicea pedicellata Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens
ramis florentibus teretibus junioribus cano-araneoso-pubescen-
tibus demum glabrescentibus ; foliis breviuscule petiolatis ovato-
elliptieis obtusiusculis basi subrotundatis acuminatis obtusis supra
glabris subtus dense lanato-tomentosis discoloribus ; stipulis a
basi lata ovatis obtusis diutius persistentibus demum reflexis ;
capitulis axillaribus multifloris longiuscule pedunculatis, pedunculis
tomentosis multo petiolos excedentibus, bracteis paucis ovatis vel
orbieularibus extus tomentosis vix basi connatis uniseriatis in-
volucrantibus ; floribus pedicellis longis tomentosis ; calyce extus
breviuscule brunneo-griseo-lanato, lobis brevibus oblongis subacutis
intus discoloribus glabratis tubum aequantibus demum reflexis ;
corolla tubulosa a basi gradatim leniter ampliata lobis deltoideis
parvis dorso pubescentibus extus nisi loborum basin versus
puberulam glabrata ; ovario pentamero.

Oban; n. 1367; Obutong, old road from falls.

Leaves 8-10 em. long, 3:5-5 cm. broad; petioles to about 1 cm.
long; secondary lateral veins 19-14 pairs; stipules 4 mm. long,
2:2 mm. wide. Peduncles 1:5-3 em. long ; capitula 2 cm. in diameter.
Bracts 5:5 mm. long, 5 mm. wide. Pedicels to 5:5 mm. long. Calyz,
including ovary, 2 mm. long; lobes 2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad.

Corolla to 8 mm. long, 2:5 mm. wide at the mouth ; lobes scarcely
1mm. long.

Near S. capitellata Benth., but distinguished among other features
by the long peduncles and pedicels, the uniseriate involuere, and the
short relatively broad calyx-lobes.

Sabieea xanthotrieha Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
praecipue novellis dense et patule flavo-griseo-hirsutis démum
glabrescentibus ; foliis inter maxima chartaceis elliptico-ovatis
vel oblongis, apice subacuto leniterque acuminato basi acutis vel
subrotundatis, petiolo longo sparsim tomentoso necnon pilis
paucis, supra subnitentibus ad venam medianam densiuscule
aliter sparse pilosis margine dense ciliolato subtus hispidiusculis
praesertim in venis approximatis obscure tomentosis ; stipulis
inter maximas lanceolatis vel ovato-orbicularibus acutis extus ad
basin pilosis insuper glabratis minute papillosis; floribus pedi-
cellatis in eymis capitulatis exinvolucratis caulifloris sessilibus
dispositis ; calycis pubescentis tubo breviter cylindraceo lobis
longe filiformibus rigidiusculis; corolla anguste tubulosa insuper
ampliata glabra lobis parvis triangularibus ; ovario quadriloculare ;
fructu baccato glabro a calycis limbo laciniisque persistentibus
coronato.

Oban ; n. 249.

. Leaves reaching 45 cm. long, 18 em. broad, with petiole 5 cm.

RUBIACE& (H. F. Wernham) 43

long; secondary lateral veins about 24 pairs. Stipules 9:7-8:4 cm.
long, 1:2-2-2 em. wide. Fruiting pedicels about 5 mm.long. Calya-
tube with ovary 4 mm., lobes nearly 1 em. long. Corolla 1:5 cm.,
lobes barely 1 mm. long.

Near S. geantha Hiern, but differs in the habit, indumentum, the
longer calyx-lobes and the four-celled ovary.

Sabieea Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex sarmentosus
ramulis strigosis ; foliis ellipticis supra scabrellis subtus sparsis-
sime nisi in venis densiuscule strigosis, petiolo strigoso brevi;
stipulis ovalibus pro genere inter minores; floribus in capitulis
brevissime pedunculatis confertis; bracteis paucis ovalibus involu-
crantibus basi connatis ; calycis limbo in laciniis brevibus lineari-
bus diviso ; corolla extus superne strigosa lobis brevibus angustis ;
ovario extus densissime cano-sericeo-hirsuto.

Oban ; n. 2032.

Leaves 8-9 x 8:5-4 cm.; petiole up to 1 em. Capitula about
1 cm. in diameter. Calyx-lobes 8 mm. ; corolla 1 cm. long.

Near S. capitellata Benth., but readily distinguished by the indu-
mentum of the leaves and bracts, and the tendency to aggregation of
the capitula at the ends of the flowering shoots.

AFROHAMELIA Wernham, Hameliearum nov. gen.

Calycis tubus hemisphaericus ; limbi lobi 5 brevissimi erecti
persistentes. Corolla subeampanulata, in alabastro oblongo acu-
minato plerumque costata, basi nec constricto, fauce glaberrima ;
limbi lobi 5, breves triangulares stricte contorti. Stamina 5, tubo
corolae basin versus inserta, filamentis brevibus; antherae
basifixae inclusae, anguste lineari-elongatae, basi bifidae. Discus
tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus breviusculus, stigmate
anguste fusiformi sulcato ; ovula in loculis perplurima, placentis
septo aflixis inserta. Bacca magna oblonga utrinque angustata
disco tumido coronata 2-locularis polysperma. Semina minima
valde rugosa et angulata, testa non sculpta. i

Arbores vel frutices saepius scandentes ramulis validiusculis.
Folia opposita petiolata, stipulis interpetiolaribus. Flores in
eymis abbreviatis paucifloris lateralibus quisque bractea magna
foliacea stipata dispositi.

A very distinct genus, the nearest ally being the tropical American
Hamelia, from which this differs chiefly in the contorted s»stivation
of the corolla and the large two-chambered oblong fruit; the latter
recalls many species of Hamelia in the persistent and conspicuous
disc. The corollas in the two genera are very similar, both in bud
and in open flower; but the characteristically ventricose base of the
tube in Hamelia is absent in our genus. The typically secund
arrangement of the flowers in the American genus does not occur in
the type of Afrohamelia; and the large foliaceous bract subtending
each cyme is distinctive.

44 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Afrohamelia braeteata Wernham sp. unica. Frutex scandens
glabrescens ramulis tortis curvatis divaricatis novellis minute
pubescentibus ; foliis ovato-oblongis basi subeordatis acuminatis
apice obtuso, utrinque nisi infra in vena media et venarum
secundarum axillis minute puberulis pilis basi bulbosis glabris,
petiolo longiusculo pubescente; stipulis minute pubescentibus
brevissimis latissimis breviter apiculatis persistentibus ; cymis
parvis inconspicuis, pedunculo tenui longiusculo glabro ; bractea
petiolata foliis simili multo tamen majore ovali basi acuta vix
acuminata, petiolo ad pedunculum longiuscule adnato ; calyce
pubescente ; corolla extus subglabra lobis latis obtusis marginibus
involutis ; bacea glabra. (Pl. 6.)

Oban ; n. 1662. :

The cymes are really terminal on short axillary shoots, but they
appear to be borne laterally on the stalks of the large leaf-like bracts.
The trwe leaves are 7-10 cm. long and 3-6 cm. broad, with petioles
up to 2:5 cm. long. Stipular band barely exceeding 1 mm. in width ;
apiculus about the same length. The bracts are 14-17 cm. long and
9-11 em. broad, with stalk 2:5 em. or more long. The cymes, at
most 1°5 cm. long, are borne, on peduncles 2-3 em. long, terminally
on lateral shoots about 1 cm. in length. Calyx less than 1 mm. long;
corolla-tube 9 mm. long, 4 mm. wide above; lobes over 2 mm. long
and 3 mm. broad at the base. Anthers 8 mm.; style and stigma

5 mm, long. Fruit 3 cm. long, including the persistent disc, 3-4 mm.
long, and 1 em. in diameter.

Tarenna Talbotii Wernham sp.nov. Frutex ramulis sulcato-
quadrangularibus internodis longiusculis minute strigillosis ; foliis
ellipticis utrinque angustatis breviter acuminatis apice obtuso,
utrinque nisi in venis strigillosis glaberrimis petiolatis ; stipulis
triangularibus acuminatis nigricantibus ; floribus subsessilibus in
cymis trichotomis ramulis griseis strigilloso-pubescentibus con-
fertis, cymulis longiuscule pedunculatis bracteis stipulis forma
similibus sed minoribus; calycis extus griseo-sericei dentibus
brevissimis triangularibus acutis ; corollae extus glaberrimae tubo
brevi lobos oblongos obtusos nec multo superante.

Oban ; n. 1548.

‚Leaves 15-20 x 6-8 cm., with petiole not exceeding 2 cm.
Stipules to 6 mm. x 4 mm, Calyx and ovary 3°5-4 mm.; teeth

minute. Corolla-tube 5 mm.; lobes 4-4°5 mm. Style exserted,
5 mm.

Near T. conferta Hiern, from which it differs especially in the
very short calyx-teeth.

Tarenna baeonoides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex nisi inflores-
centia glaber ramulis curvatis horizontaliter divaricatis; foliis
elliptico-oblongis breviter pedicellatis basi plerumque rotundatis
breviter acuminatis apice obtuso; stipulis in brevem vaginam
lateraliter eiliatam connatis brevissime acute-apiculatis; eymis

RUBIACEZ (H. F. Wernham) 45

pubescentibus terminalibus densifloris trichotomis ; bracteis subu-
latis; calycis puberuli tubulosi lobis puberulis obtusis tubum vix
aequantibus; corollae glaberrimae lobis albidis oblongis apice
rotundatis quam tubus viridis minoribus; antheris linearibus
exsertis ; stylo insuper vix ampliato glaberrimo indiviso; ovula
pauciuscula.

Oban ; n. 1595.

Leaves 8-15 cm. long, 8:5-5 cm. broad; petiole, to about 1:3 cm.
long; lateral veins 5-6 pairs. Stipules barely 8 mm. long. Cymes
9-4 cm. wide, and the same length. Calyx-tube and lobes, each about
2 mm. long. Corolla-tube 7-8 mm. long; lobes 7 mm. long, 3 mm.
broad. Anthers 6'5 mm. long, style exserted about 8 mm.

Randia immanifolia Wernham sp. nov. Arbor ramulis
glaberrimis validis angulatis ; foliis inter maxima omnino glabris
sessilibus obovatis vel oblanceolatis basi angustatis subauricu-
latis ; stipulis validissimis coriaceis suborbicularibus extus asperis
intus sericeis apice acuminatis basi breviter connatis, inflores-
centias axillares densissimas sessiles subvaginantibus ; floribus
fortiter suaveolentibus sessilibus densissime glomeratis; calycis
brevissimi tubo late campanulato pubescente, lobis linearibus
demum reflexis densissime cano-villosis ; corollae tubo gracili
insuper leniter ampliato extus modice pubescente hispidulo, lobis
sinistro contortis 6-8 vel pluribus oblongis longiusculis pubes-
centibus subacutis ; antheris oblongo-linearibus subsessilibus ;
ovario saepius triloculare; stigmate brevissime 3-lobato; baccis
globosis maculatis.

Oban; n. 189.

Leaves about 100 cm. long, 32 cm. wide. Stipules usually about
3 em. long, 3-5 cm. wide. Calyz-tube 5 mm. long, lobes 3 mm.
Corolla-tube 4:5-8 cm. long ; lobes 1:5 cm. long.

Readily distinguished by the very large sessile leaves and the
tough stipules enclosing the long sessile polymerous flowers with
their whitish hairy ealyces densely pressed together.

The material, which includes a single leaf only, is supplemented
by an excellent line-drawing by Mrs. Talbot, with several notes,
which have been used in the above description.

Randia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor ramulis strietis
glabrescentibus cortice rugosulo ; foliis coriaceis glaberrimis
obovato-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis apice acuto basi angustatis
venis paucis infra conspicuis, petiolo valido aspero breviusculo
lignoso transversim rugosulo; floribus 5-meris axillaribus solitariis
vel per paria pedicellatis braeteis lanceolatis bracteolis triangu-
laribus parvis ut pedicelli crassi minute rufo-pubescentibus ;
calycis pubescentis tubo cylindrico insuper ampliato valde
angulato demtibus subulatis prolongatis; corollae carnosae dense
brunneo-pubescentis tubo longissimo gracili insuper gradatim nec

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multo ampliato, lobis late ovatis acutiusculis basi intus maculatis :
antheris oblongis ut stigma clavatum vix exsertis.

Oban ; n. 917.

Leaves 17-19 cm. long, 6-7 em. broad; petioles up to nearly
2 em. long ; secondary veins 7-8 lateral pairs. Floral pedicels 9 cm.
or more long. Calyx-tube 9:8 cm. long, 7 mm. wide above; teeth
1 em. long or more. Corolla-tube 20-25 cm. long, about 2:5 cm.
wide at the mouth; lobes 4:5 cm. long, about 2:5 em. wide. Anthers
5.5 cm. long.

Near R. malleifera Benth. & Hook. fil, but differs in its much
longer eorolla-tube which is gradually and but little widened towards
the top.

DOROTHEA Wernham, Gardeniearum gen. nov.

Calyx turbinatus denticulatus vel subinteger calyculatus.
Corolla zygomorpha tubo plus minus elongato incurvo in maturi-
tate fere ad basin fisso, intus infra medium villoso ; limbi lobi
plerumque 6, ascendentibus vel suberectis stricte contorti.
Stamina 6 fauci corollae inserta ; antherae dorso affixae, sessiles,
anguste lineares. Discus brevissime cylindricus, sparse pilosus.
Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus simplex validiusculus glaber e medio
floris pendulus, stigmate indiviso ; ovula in loculis haud numerosa,
in placentis carnosis oblongis a septi apice pendulis immersa.
Fructus...

Arbores vel frutices. Folia opposita. Flores inter majusculos
in cymis paucifloris axillaribus dispositi.

A genus allied to Randia, but at once distinguished by the
characters of the corolla and style.

Dorothea Talbotii Wernham sp. unica. Arbor ramulis glabris
gracilibus mox cortice dilute cinereo indutis ; foliis ellipticis
utrinque angustatis glabratis acutis brevissime petiolatis, venis
secundariis paucis infra conspicuis ascendentibus ; stipulis per-
sistentibus deltoideis subacutis intus villosis ; Jloribus pedicellatis
in cymis sessilibus axillaribus 2~3-floris dispositis ; bracteolis
ovatis plerumque 2 paribus in caleyculo connatis pubescentibus ;
calycis extus sericeo-pubescentis tubo infundibulari rugoso, limbo
discolore insuper angustato margine subtruncato vel denticulato ;
corollae tubo extus argenteo-sericeo-pubescente in alabastro valde
curvato demum rectiore intus inferne glabro insuper usque ad
faucem densissime villoso deinde insuper breviter pubescente,
lobis undulatis oblongis acutiusculis utrinque pubescentibus per
paria dispositis ; antheris elongatis basi vix bilobatis apice acutis
corollae fissione apparentibus conspicuis, (Pl. 7.)

Oban ; n. 1546.

Leaves 12-18 em. long, 4:5-8:5 cm. broad; petioles seldom as
much as 5 mm. long. Stipules 5 mm. long. Pedicel about 5 mm.
long. Calyz-tube and limb each 5 mm. long. Corolla-tube about

RUBIACEE (H. F. Wernham) 47

4'5 cm. long, lobes 1:5 cm. or more long and 5-6 mm. broad; tube
glabrous within for 9 mm. above base, this part being succeeded by
the densely villous region, over 1 em. long. Anthers 2 cm. long.

DIPLOSPOROPSIS Wernham, Gardeniearum gen. nov.

Calycis tubus obconicus calyculatus ; limbus in lobis majusculis
latiusculis partitus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha tubo mediocre
fauce glabra; limbi lobi 5 patentes, stricte contorti. Stamina 5
fauci corollae inserta filamentis tenuibus brevissimis ; antherae
dorso aflixae inclusae lineares. Discus tumidus. Ovarium
2-loculare; stylus brevis glaber, ramis oblongis ; ovula in quoque
loculo 2 in placenta parviuscula a septi apice pendula vix
impressa, majuscula, compressa. Fructus... .

Arbores foliis oppositis, floribus in axillis fascieulatis inter
mediocres.

A genus allied to Tricalysia and Diplospora, distinguished by the
arrangement of the ovules and the included anthers, which recall
those of Randia.

Diplosporopsis eoffeoides Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glabra;
foliis magnis obovatis utrinque angustatis basi auriculatis apice
caudato-acuminatis brevissime petiolatis, venis supra impressis
infra prominentibus ; stipulis lanceolatis longe setaceo-acuminatis
dorso costa mediana conspicua ; florum fasciculis glabris paucifloris
conferte sessilibus ; calyculi simplicis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis,
calycis tubum sulcatum fere excedentibus ; calycis lobis majusculis
ovatis subacutis; corollae tubo graciliusculo in staminum regione
parum ampliato, lobis oblongis acutis tubi dimidium excedentibus.
(Pl. 8.) !

Oban ; n. 1649.

Leaves 80 cm. long together with acumen (nearly 2:5 em. long),
and 11-12 cm. broad; petiole rarely more than 7 mm. long. Stipules,
including the almost hair-like acumen, 2:5—3 cm. long. Calyx-tube
3-4 mm. long, lobes 4 mm. long. Corolla-tube 1:5 cm, long; lobes
1 em. long, 3°5 mm. broad.

Diplosporopsis Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor nisi flores
glaberrima ramulis complanatis ; foliis magnis, brevissime et
valide petiolatis, ellipticis vel obovatis basi cordatis subauriculatis
inaequalibus, venispraesertimsubtus conspicuis, breviter acuminatis
apice obtuso ; stipulis magnis late ovatis longe ac leniter acuminatis
acutis ; floribus in fasciculis axillaribus paucifloris sessilibus ; calycis —
lobis pro rata parvis rotundatis obtusis ciliatis intus basi villosis ;
corollae tubo insuper extus minutissime appresse pubescente, lobis
carnosiusculis ovato-oblongis obtusis apice reflexo utrinque minute
pubescentibus ; antheris longe linearibus.

Oban ; n. 1056.

Uppermost leaves 21 cm. long, 9 cm. broad; ordinary leaves —

48 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

34 cm. long, 20 em. broad, with petiole about 1°5 cm. long; lateral
veins 12-15 pairs. Stipules 4:8 cm. long, 2'5 cm. broad. Corolla-
tube 1°8 em. long; lobes about the same length and up to 5 mm.
wide. Anthers 8-9 mm. long. :

Distinct from the preceding species in the broader leaves and
stipules, the broader and more fleshy corolla-lobes, ete.

Triealysia pleiomera Hutchinson sp. nov. Species foliis
magnis, corollae lobis numerosis mox reflexis, antheris villosis
valde distincta.

Ramuli subteretes, glabri. Folia oblonga, breviter subacute
acuminata, basi rotundata, 20-23 cm. longa, 7:5-8:5 cm. lata,
tenuiter chartacea, utrinque glabra, nitidula, nervis lateralibus
utrinque 9-10 arcuatim ascendentibus conspicuis infra promi-
nentibus, nervis tertiariis laxis subparallelis distinctis e costa
sub angulo recto ortis; petioli 1 cm. longi, plano-convexi,
glabri ; stipulae intrapetiolares, connatae, truncatae, 2:5—3 mm.
longae, intra appresse pubescentes, ciliatae. Cymae axillares,
subsessiles, 10—15-florae, circiter 3:5 cm. diametro; bracteae
stipulis similes ; pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi, glabri; bracteolae
connatae, calycis basin circumdantes, breviter acuminatae, extra
puberulae. Calyx tubulosus, 4 mm. longus, minute denticulatus,
extra appresse pubescens, intra pilis brevibus nigris setulosus.
Corollae tubus eylindrieus, 1 cm. longus, extra costatus, glaber,
intra arachnoideo-pubescens, 11-12-lobatus, lobis mox reflexis
oblanceolato-obovatis vel subspathulatis breviter acute acuminatis
circiter 8 mm. longis et 3 mm. latis extra pubescentibus intra
versus apicem puberulis. Stamina 11-12; filamenta corollae
fauci inserta, erecta, 5 mm. longa, glabra; antherae erectae,
5 mm. longae, villosae. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis circiter
4-ovulatis ; stylus exsertus, 1*5 cm. longus, basin versus glaber,
superne pubescens, bilobus, lobis 2:5 mm. longis obtusis.

Oban; n. 1277 (Herb. Kew.). [J. H.]

Cremaspora glabra Wernham sp. nov. Frutex nisi foliorum
basis saepe puberulus glabratus, ramulis gracilibus rectis horizontal-
iter divaricatis; foliis lanceolatis vel ellipticis vel oblongis utrinque
angustatis basi nonnunquam subrotundatis acuminatis apice
obtuso, breviter petiolatis, venis secundariis infra conspicuis,
paucis distantibus ; stipulis deciduis brevissimis latis apiculatis ;
floribus glaberrimis in cymis sessilibus axillaribus paucifloris
fasciculatis ; calycis utrinque glabri lobis rotundatis; corollae
tubo brevi quam lobi oblongo-lanceolati obtusi multo minoribus ;
stylo glabro bilobato.

Oban; n. 1536.

Leaves varying from an average of about 7:5 cm. x 9:5 em. to an
oblong shape 9:5 cm. x 4:6 em.; secondary veins 3-4 pairs ; petiole to
5 mm. Stipules about 1 mm.long. Calyz-segments, 2 cm. x 2 mm.

RUBIACE# (H. F. Wernham) 49

Corolla-tube, 4-45 mm. long; lobes, 7:5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad.
Anthers almost 5 mm. long.

Distinct for its almost complete want of hairs extending even to
the style.

Cremaspora Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
= gracilibus junioribus fulvo-pilosis deinde glabrescentibus ; foliis
petiolatis elliptico-oblongis supra glabris infra praecipue super
venas fulvo-pilosis basi deltoideis vel vix rotundatis apice breviter
acuminato acuto vel obtuso; stipulis subulato-setaceis ; floribus
sessilibus in cymulis axillaribus 2—6-floris; calyce dense hirto-
tomentoso ; corolla nisi in ore pubescente glaberrima.

Oban; n. 287.

Leaves up to 8:5 em. long and 3:5 cm. broad. The densely pilose
leaf-stalks are about 6 mm. long usually, and the stipules, which arise
from a hairy base, measure 7-8 mm. in length. The calyx is less
than 1 mm. long, the corolla-tube barely 3 mm., and the lobes
about 1mm.

Related to the East African C. confluens K. Schum., but at once
distinguished by the indumentum and by the glabrous corolla.

Vangueria argentea Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
gracilibus teretibus, novellis tomento ferrugineo minuto indutis ;
foliis brevissime petiolatis ellipticis vel oblongis breviter et
obtuse acuminatis basi rotundatis supra nisi in venis puberulis
pilis perpaucis minutis sparsissime indutis subtus minutissime et
densissime molliter argenteo-pubescentibus valde discoloribus ;
stipulis a basi lato truncato anguste oblongo-apiculatis mox
deciduis apicem versus glabrescentibus ; floribus axillaribus soli-
tariis vel geminis pedicellis basi bracteolatis alabastra obovata
acuta acuminato-mucronata aequantibus ; calyce brevissime den-
tato ; corolla extus ut ovarium turbinatum glaberrima ad medium
in lobos triangulares subeaudatos divisa; stigmate lobato ; bacca
pisiformi.

Oban; n. 215.

Leaves 9-11 em. long, 4-5 em. broad; petiole 2-3 mm. long.
Stipules, broad basal part 2 mm. long, apiculus a little longer.
Pedicels, 5-7 mm. Calyx with ovary less than 2 mm. long. Corolla-
tube 3-4 mm. long; lobes the same length, 2 mm. broad at the mouth.
Berry 6-7 mm. in diameter. :

Readily distinguishable by the silvery grey indumentum on the
ey side of the leaves. Its nearest ally seems to be V. ozyanthus

{. Schum.

GLOBULOSTYLIS Wernham, Vangueriearum gen. nov.

Calycis tubus campanulatus ; limbi lobi plerumque 5, foliacei
subaequales corollae tubum superantes. Corolla campanulata, tubo
brevi intus fauce annulo cirrhoso paleaceo cincto, aliter glabro;
limbi lobi 5 subcoriacei plus minus longe acuminati vel caudati,
valvati. Stamina 5 ore vel fauce corollae inserta, filamentis

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breviusculis ; antherae dorso basi affixae, exsertae, lanceolatae basi
loculis discretis. Discus depressus nec lobatus. Ovarium plerumque
5-loculare ; stylus crassiusculus medio in globum depressum corollae
fauces claudentem inflatus utrinque attenuatus, stigmate majus-
culo mitraeformi peltato ; ovula in loculis solitaria infra apicem
loculi pendula amphitropa. Fructus drupaceus majusculus basi
plerumque attenuatus.

Arbores vel frutices ; folia opposita, stipulis interpetiolaribus.
Flores inter medioeres in umbellis involucratis brevibus axilla-
ribus dispositi.

Undoubtedly a member of the tribe Vanguerier, and unique in
the structure of the style. The nearest genus is Cuviera, from which

this new genus differs further in the regularly simply umbellate and
small inflorescences.

G. Talbotii Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex ramulis teretibus ;
foliis elliptico-oblongis brevissime acuminatis apice subacuto vel
obtuso basi acutiusculis, breviter petiolatis, venis infra promi-
nentibus secundariis distantibus ; stipulis a basi lata subulatis
acutis; umbellis per paria in axillis sessilibus, bracteis rotundis;
calycis lobis late ovatis apice rotundato, ciliatis aliter glabris ;
corollae tubo conspieue 5-costato, costis prominentibus pilosis
superne in caudam villosam prolongatis, lobis anguste triangu-
laribus apicem versus implicatis ; staminibus corollae ore insertis ;
ovario 5-loculari, styli globo mediano flavo-hispido, obscure lobato.
(Pl. 9.)

Oban ; n. 2051.

Leaves 14-18 cm. long, 5-7 cm. broad; petiole 1 em. or more
long. Veins 5-6 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing in arches
some distance from the margin. Stipules up to 8 mm. long. Umbels
2-3 cm. in diameter, 2 cm. long. Bracts 2-3 mm. long. Pedicels
4 mm. long. Calyx-lobes 9 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, tube 2 mm. long.
Corolla-tube 4 mm. long, the ring of cirrhi inserted at about 1:5 mm.
from the base; lobes 8-9 mm. (including the terminal seta), 3 mm.
broad at the base. Style 5:5 mm. long; median globe 8 mm. wide.

G. minor Wernham sp. nov. Arbor parva ramulis gracilibus ;
foliis oblongis vel obovatis brevissime acuminatis apice rotundato
basi acutiusculis, venis distantibus, brevissime petiolatis ; stipulis
in brevem vaginam cohaerentibus apice in caudam brevem
producto ; umbellis pedunculatis, per paria in axillis dispositis pro
rata paucifloris, bracteis in verticillo suborbicularibus ; calycis
lobis late ovatis glaberrimis nec ciliatis ; corolla extus glaberrima,
lobis brevissime acuminatis vix caudatis glaberrimis ; staminibus
corollae ore insertis ; ovario 5-loculari, stylo brevi globo mediano
hispidulo ; drupa magna globosa.

Oban ; n. 247.

Leaves 11-18 em. long, 4:5-5 cm. broad; petiole 3 mm. long.
Stipular sheath 1'5 mm.; acumen 6 mm. long. Peduncle 6 mm.

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long; pedicels 4 mm. Mature umbels 2-3 cm. in diameter. Calyx-
lobes 6 mm. long, 5 mm. wide; corolla-tube 3 mm., lobes 5-6 mm.
long. Berry over 3 cm. in diameter.

Distinguishable at once from the previous species by the quite
glabrous and smaller flowers, and the very short petioles.

Craterispermum aristatum Wernham sp. nov. Frutex
glaberrimus ramulis flavicantibus ; foliis elliptico-oblongis vel
obovatis brevissime acuminatis apice acuto basi cuneatis, petiolo
validiusculo, rigide coriaceis, vena media infra valde prominente
supra impressa, nervis secundariis paucis reticulo interveniente
supra conspicuo ; stipulis connatis coriaceis mox deciduis deltoideis ;
floribus in cymis capitatis breviter pedicellatis conspicue aristato-
bracteatis sessilibus ; bracteis subconnatis, lineari-subulatis a basi
ovata carinata cymas excedentibus ; calycis dentibus subulatis
tubo multo brevioribus denticulis interjectis ; corolla extus glabra
intus fauce lobisque ovato-lanceolatis subacutis tubo minoribus
villosa; staminum filamentis antheras excedentibus exsertas ;
stylo incluso apice vix incrassato, stigmate bilobato.

Oban ; n. 251.

Leaves 15-23 cm. long, 6-8 em. broad or more; secondary veins
about 5 on each side of the midrib; petiole reaching nearly 2 cm.
Stipules 4-5 mm. long. Peduncles 3 mm. long. Cymes less than
1 cm. broad. Bracís 8 mm. to over 1 em. long. Calyz-tube 1:5 mm.,
teeth less than 1 mm. long. Corolla-tube 6 mm. long; lobes 4 mm.
long and 2 mm. broad at the base. Anthers little more than 1 mm.

long; filaments nearly twice that length. Style 2 mm. long.
Conspicuous for the capitate inflorescences with aristate braets.

Ixora obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaberrimus
ramulis nodosis; foliis obovato-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis
apice obtusiusculo venis secundariis distantibus petiolo brevi
validiusculo ; inflorescentia laxa trichotoma pauciflora nec ampla
breviter pedunculata, bracteis minutiusculis ; floribus tetrameris
inter breviores; calycis limbo brevissime dentato ; corollae lobis
obtusis quam tubi gracilis dimidium manifeste brevioribus.

Oban ; n. 230. '

Leaves 18 cm. x 6'5 cm., with 7-8 pairs of manifest lateral nerves,
and petiole 5-8 mm. long. Inflorescence not more than 5 cm. long,
including peduncle barely 1 cm., and about the same width. Calyz
2 mm. Corolla-tube 13-14 mm; lobes 6 mm. long. Anthers 5 mm.

long; style exserted 5 mm. : i =.
Related to I. riparia Hiern and I. guineensis Benth., differing

from the former in the laxer inflorescence and relatively wider corolla-
limb, and from the latter in the shorter flowers, leaves more narrowed

at the base, etc.

Ixora Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramosus glaber-
rimus ramulis rectis nodosis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subcoriaceis

utrinque angustatis acutis infra discoloribus venis ar
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distantibus nee conspicuis brevissime petiolatis; stipulis minimis
subulato-acuminatis ; inflorescentia laxiuscula sessile trichotoma
nec ampla ; bracteis minutis ; floribus inter minores subsessilibus ;
calycis limbo integerrimo; corollae lobis 4 subobtusis tubi
dimidium vix aequantibus.

Oban; n. 2038.

Leaves 11-12 em. x 3-3°5 cm.; petioles rarely so much as 5 mm.,
secondary lateral veins about 6 pairs manifest. Stipules about
2:5 mm. long. Inflorescence about 3 em. long and 5-6 cm. wide.
Calyx and ovary 29:5 mm. long. Corolla-tube 9 mm.; lobes
3:5-40 long. Anthers 3-4 mm. long.

Near I. riparia Hiern, but distinct in the narrower, thicker leaves,
and looser and larger inflorescence, etc.

Pavetta Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber; foliis
magnis longe petiolatis anguste elliptico-oblongis leniter acuminatis
obtusis basi cuneatis valde obliquis ; stipulis deltoideis validiusculis
asperis; floribus 4-meris parvis in cymis subsessilibus glabris
axillaribus dispositis ; pedicellis brevibus validis ; calycis dentibus
deltoideis acutis patentibus; corollae extus glaberrimae lobis
viridibus oblongis intus obscure puberulis apice rotundato reflexis
tubum albidum aequantibus vel parum excedentibus ; stylo exserto
stigmate clavato puberulo ; disco glaberrimo ; bacca minima.

Oban; n. 1638.

Leaves 32 em. long, 8:5 cm. broad; petiole about 7:5 cm. long;
secondary veins about a dozen pairs. Stipules 4-6 mm. long.
Calyx, including ovary, 2 mm. long. Corolla-tube 8:5-4 mm. long;
lobes the same length, and 2 mm. wide. Anthers 2 mm. long.
Style exserted about 3 mm. Berry barely 2 mm. in diameter.

Notable for the long, rather narrow leaves, and small flowers in
abbreviated axillary cymes.

Coffea Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis gracilibus
pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis longius-
cule acuminatis apice valde obtuso, utrinque nisi infra in vena
media sparsissime puberulis glabris, petiolo brevissimo pubes-
cente; stipulis pubescentibus basi triangularibus insuper setaceo-
acuminatis ; floribus parvis solitariis axillaribus, pedicello pubes-
cente longiusculo supra medium et basi bracteolis in calyculis
connatis superioribus 2 vel pluribus subulatis stipatis; calycis
pubescentis limbo subinfundibulari, lobis 4-5 subulatis erectis
corollae tubum nonnunquam fere aequantibus ; corollae tubo
breviusculo extus glabro, ore villoso, lobis 6 nisi in margine
obscure ciliatis basique pilosis glabris oblongis brevissime acumi-
natis acutis tubum subaequantibus patentibus ; antheris exsertis ;
bacca fusiformi minutiuscule et sparse puberula coccinea a calycis
limbo persistente coronata.

Oban ; n. 1620.

Leaves 7-14 cm. long, 8-4 cm. wide; petiole 8 mm. long.

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Stipules (including seta) 5 mm. long. Pedicel about 5 mm. long,
increasing to nearly 1:5 in the fruit. Calyx-limb about 1 mm. long,
with lobes 2 mm. or more long. Corolla-tube 4-5 mm. long ; lobes
6 mm. long and over 2 mm. broad. Anthers 4 mm. ; filaments over
1 mm. long. Fruit 1:5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide.

A remarkable plant, quite distinct from all other species of Coffea,
especially in the calyx-limb and fruit. The latter characters almost
entitle it to the rank of a separate genus.

Psyehotria alatipes Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
dichotomis levibus glabris; foliis oblanceolatis vel ellipticis
basi in petiolum brevem angustatis apice brevissime acuminatis
obtusis utrinque glaberrimis venis distantibus reticulo tertiario
manifesto; stipulis subcoriaceis apice bifidis ovato-lanceolatis ;
inflorescentia paniculata valde diffusa laxissima pyramidali ebrac-
teata; pedunculo longo ramisque anguste alatis; floribus longe
pedicellatis mediocribus ; bacca pisiformi costata.

Oban ; n. 241.

Leaves 12-20 cm. x 5-7 cm., with petiole not more than 1°5 cm. ;
lateral veins about 10 pairs. Stipules 1 cm. x 5 mm. Peduncle
about 6 cm. long, and 3 mm. broad, including the wings. Pedicels
9-4 mm. long, or more. Inflorescence about 15 cm. long (including.
peduncle) and 9 em. wide.

The nearest affinity seems to be with P. monticola Hiern, but the
points of distinction are numerous and clear.

Psyehotria obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber
ramulis fragilibus cortice tumido indutis; foliis obovatis vel
ellipticis breviter acuminatis basi angustatis petiolo gracili
longiusculo utrinque glaberrimis venosis membranaceis; stipulis
ovatis coriaceis concavis deciduis ; inflorescentia abbreviata
subglobosa simplice vel 2—4-divisa ebracteata pedunculis brevis-
simis; floribus pluribus pro genere majusculis 5-meris pedicellis
conspicuis; calyce campanulato limbo dentibus acutis triangu-
laribus longiusculis ; corollae tubo cylindraceo fauce dense barbato
lobis oblongis apice incurvis.

Oban ; n. 244.

Leaves 95 em. x 8 em. or more; lateral nerves about 15 pairs
with conspicuous tertiary reticulum; petiole 2-4 cm. Stipules
5mm. x 9:5 mm. Peduncles 5-10 mm. at most. Pedicels 2-3 mm.
Calyx 2 mm., teeth up to 1 mm. long. Corolla-tube 4-5 mm. ; lobes
1-1:5 mm. long. The whole inflorescence rarely so much as 4 cm.
broad, each globose cyme about 1*5 em. broad.

Distinct in its large leaves and compact inflorescences of tubular
flowers with toothed calyces. The nearest ally is apparently
P. sciadephora Hiern, which has smaller leaves with short stalks and
much smaller flowers.

Psyehotria Dorotheae Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
validis ; foliis magnis late lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis acutis

54 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

glaberrimis venis paucis petiolo elongato; stipulis inter majores
crassis ovatis fere ad medium bifidis densissime ferrugineo-
pubescentibus ; inflorescentia parva globosa densiuscula breviuscule
pedunculata ebracteata ; floribus brevibus subsessilibus penta-
meris ; calycis limbo subintegro ; corollae lobis demum subreflexis
ore barbato.

Oban ; n. 1561.

Leaves over 20 cm. x 6 cm.; secondary veins 7-8 pairs; petiole
5-7 em. Stipules 1:5 cm. x 1 em. Peduncle 1:5 cm. Cyme
1-2 em. in diameter. Flowers 3-3°5 mm. long.

Near P. recurva K. Schum., but differs in the size, shape and
venation of the leaves, and the denser, many-flowered clusters.

Psyehotria vitieoides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber
ramulis nodosis teretibus levibus ; foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis
glaberrimis venis transversis paucis petiolo longissimo tenero ;
stipulis caducissimis ; inflorescentia parva laxa ebracteata pauciflora
pedunculo gracili longiusculo ; floribus pro genere majusculis
breviter pedicellatis ; calycis limbo subintegro ; corollae anguste
infundibularis lobis parvis ore nec barbato.

Oban ; n. 2080.

Leaves about 16 cm. x 6 em. ; secondary nerves 8 pairs. Petiole
7-8 em. long. Peduncle over 3 cm.long. Pedicels about 1 mm.
Panicle about 2 cm. x 1:5 cm. Flowers 5 mm. long.

Near P. laneifolia K. Schum., but distinet in the long petioles,
larger flowers, etc.

Psychotria potanthera Wernham sp. nov Frutex glaber
ramulis medullosis; foliis elliptico-oblongis utrinque angustatis
venis secundariis distantibus infra prominentibus utrinque glabris -
petiolo longiusculo ; stipulis ovato-oblongis caducis ; inflorescentia
parva laxiuscula paniculata breviter pedunculata ebracteata ;
floribus pentameris anguste infundibularibus brevissime pedicel-
latis; calycis limbo integro ; corollae lobis longiusculis patentibus ;
antheris linearibus longe exsertis ; filamentis tenerrimis.

Oban ; n. 240. :

Leaves 15-21 cm. x 5-7 cm.; secondary nerves, about 12 pairs.
Petiole up to 4 cm. long. Stipules 5 mm. x 8mm. Peduncle barely
l cm. long. Panicle less than 2 cm. across and 1:5 cm. long. Corolla-
tube 3:5 mm.; lobes 2:5 mm. Stamens exserted up to 4 mm.

Near P. refractiloba K. Schum., but distinct in the longer petioles,
looser inflorescences, and more slender flowers.

Psychotria Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramis
striatis teretibus ; foliis crassiuscule pergamaceis lineari-lanceolatis
glaberrimis, basi in petiolum longiusculum leniter angustatis
apice obtuso vel subaeuto, marginibus revolutis, costa media
praesertim subtus prominente, venis secundariis paucis nec
conspicuis ; stipulis brevibus triangularibus apiculatis ; floribus

RUBIACEÆ (H. F. Wernham) 55

glabris pro genere mediocribus pedicellatis in cymis corymbosis
3-5-chotomis dispositis, pedunculis longis; calycis limbo sub-
integro; corollae tubo longiusculo insuper vix ampliato lobis
oblongis brevissime acuminatis subacutis reflexis antheras breviter
elliptico-oblongas omnino exsertas excedentibus ; bacca nitente
glaberrima pisiformi.

Oban ; n. 1054.

A leafy shrub with greenish shoots ; the willow-like leaves measure
from 9 to 15 em. in length and 1 em. to over 2 cm. in width, gradually
narrowing into the slender petiole 1-2 cm. long; there are at most
6 distant secondary nerves on either side of the midrib. Stipules
2-3 mm. long. Peduncles 4-5 cm. long. Cymes barely 4 em. long
and the same in width. Corolla-tube 8 mm. or longer; lobes
lmm. Berry 5-6 mm. in diameter.

Near P. recurva Hiern, but the leaves are thicker, the stipules
entire, and the inflorescence more branched in our species.

Triehostaehys Krausiana Wernham sp. nov. Frutex hu-
millimus ramulis compressis novellis pubescentibus demum glabre-
scentibus ; foliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi cuneatis apice vix
acuminatis subacutis utrinque glabris vel subtus obsolete in venis
minutissime puberulis, petiolo brevi pubescente tenui; stipulis
suborbicularibus reflexis basi nec connatis obtusis ; floribus pilosis
minutis in spica breviuscula interrupta dispositis, pedunculo
pubescente; calycis hirsuti lobis triangularibus acutis tubum vix
aequantibus.

Oban; n. 1045. Marshy places. ;

Leaves 12-20 cm. long, 6-8 cm. broad; petiole 3-16 mm. long.
Stipules 6-8 mm. x 6-8 mm. Peduncle 2:5 cm. long; spike about
the same length. Calyx barely 1 mm. long. Corolla 2 mm. long.

Near T. interrupta K. Schum., but Dr. Krause, who has been so
good as to compare Talbot’s plant with the type of Schumann’s species
at Berlin, informs me that the latter has much longer spikes, flowers
not hairy, and differently-shaped stipules.

Triehostachys Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex caulibus
simplicibus insuper dense pilosis infra glabrescentibus cortice
cinereo; foliis plerumque oblanceolatis, basi angustatis vix
acuminatis, apice acuto, utrinque hispido-pilosis, petiolo tenui
longiusculo piloso; stipulis hirsutis infra in vaginam connatis
supra bifidis fere setaceis ; floribus pentameris in capitulo breviter
pedunculato sessilibus; calycis lobis lanceolatis tubum exce-
dentibus pilosis ; corolla calycem duplo superante ; sfylo incluso
bilobato. |

Oban ; n. 1041. ; :

Leaves 11-18 em. long, 3-5:5 em. broad; petioles reaching nearly
2 cm. long. Stipular sheath 4 mm. long; the sete about the same
length. Pedunele 8 mm.; capitulum about 1:5 cm. in diameter.
Calyx 4 mm. Corolla-tube 6:5 mm.; lobes 2 mm. long.

56 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Near T. aurea Hiern, but distinguished by the shape and
indumentum of the leaves, the long petioles, the stipules, etc.

Lasianthus Mannii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis com-
planatis dense praecipue in nodis hirsutis ; foliis petiolatis obovato-
lanceolatis vel ellipticis breviter acuminatis acutis basi cuneatis
subtus praecipue in nervis et margine supra in vena media sola
sparse hirsutis; stipulis a basi lata triangularibus ut ramuli
indutis; floribus in cymis alaribus 3-4-floris sessilibus inter
minimos 5-meris ; corollae tubo extus glabro lobis lanceolatis
obtusis irregulariter pilosis ; drupa 10-lobata depresso-globosa.

Oban ; n. 266. !

The leaves are from 19 to 24 em. long and 6°5 to 8 cm. broad; the
densely hairy petiole is from 3 to 4 em. long. Leaf-veins well-marked
on both sides of the leaf, divaricate, meeting the midrib perpendicularly
and curving upwards until parallel with the margin; the veins are
closely set, 11-14 pairs with nearly the same number of shorter veins
intervening. Stipules 7 mm. or longer, 5-6 mm. broad at the base.
Flowers barely 5 mm. long. Fruit 4-5 mm. in diameter, with a broad
10-furrowed crown.

Its nearest ally is L. batangensis K. Schum., from which it differs
in the much larger and differently-shaped leaves and longer petioles,
in the leaf-venation, in the arrangement of the flowers, and in the size
of the fruit. Our species is apparently identical with the plant
collected by Mann on the Gaboon River (n. 917), preserved in the
Kew Herbarium, although the latter is not quite so hairy (vide Hiern,
in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 228). ;

COMPOSITZE by Mr. S. Moore.

Contrary to what is usually found in an African collection,
the Composite form quite an inconspicuous element in the one
under notice, and indeed the Composite flora of Upper Guinea
is a poor one at best. One sees the same relative poverty when
comparison is drawn between Eastern Brazil and Amazonia,
India and the Malay Peninsula, and the interior of Australia
and its northern coasts. In these cases the country more open
in character and drier in climate is the richer in Composite, a
fact of high antecedent probability, seeing that the fruit is edis-
persed chiefly by means of the pappus, and in a moist, densely
afforested district this dispersal would be restricted not only by.
liability of the pappus to collapse, but because the thickly
growing vegetation would form an obstacle to the achenes in
their flight.

Vernonia frondosa Oliver & Hiern (n. 494) is a fine species
hitherto unrepresented in the National Herbarium.

Sphaeranthus ($ Pauciflori) Talbotii S. Moore (in Macleod
“Chiefs and Cities of Central Africa,” 303). Herba veri-
similiter humilis; ramis subsparsim foliosis anguste alatis cito

COMPOSITE (S. Moore) or

glabris ; foliis parvis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis apice mucronu-
latis basi longe decurrentibus integris vel obscure denticulatis
primo puberulis dein glabris, capitulorum glomerulis pro rata
parvis breviter subsphaeroideis pedunculatis ; bracteis exterioribus
6 ovatis acutis vel brevissime spinuloso-acuminatis éxtus scabridule
pubescentibus ; bracteis capitula stipantibus lineari-oblongis apice
subito dilatatis truncatis necnon margine ciliolatis ipso mucronu-
latis ; involucri phyllis 4-5 lineari-oblongis apice truncatis ipso
saepe acutis; flosculis fem. 4-5 hermaph. 1, horum corollis
paullulum supra basin constrictis ceterum cylindricis.

North Cameroons, Garua to Golombe ; n. 1005.

Branches slender, white, with narrow herbaceous wings barely
1 mm. wide. Leaves up to 25 x 4 mm., those on the branchlets.
usually reduced to about 10 x 2mm. Glomerules about 10 mm. in
diameter, composed of a large number of capitula. Peduncles at
most 5 mm. long. ‘Outer bracts 8-4 mm. long, 2 mm. at the widest
part, firm in texture, greyish-green when dry. Bracts of the capitula
8:5 mm. long, "75 mm. broad, somewhat cymbiform, provided with
short stiff hairs near the apex on the outer side. Involucral leaves
3 mm. long, like the bracts scarious. Corollas of the hermaphrodite
florets pale purple, 1'5 mm. long, the same length as those of the
filiform female florets, which stand on exceedingly slender pedicels
1-1:5 mm. in length. Young achenes 2 mm. long, papillose. Achenes
of the female florets 1 mm. long, covered with spreading hairs.

This might be mistaken on a first view for S. peduncularis DC.
which inter alia has 6-leaved involucres. Its position in the genus is
near S. Steetzii Oliver & Hiern.

Centaurea Perrottetii DC. is referred in the Flora of Tropical
Africa to C. Calcitrapa—wrongly, I think. The single specimen
-in the collection (n. 1007) agrees fairly well with C. Perrottetii,
' and still better with some Nigerian specimens in the Kew
herbarium.

EBENACEZ.

Diospyros Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor ramulis sub-
virgatis foliosis ; foliis glaberrimis alternis oblongis mediocribus
breviter acuminatis acutis, petiolo brevi valido lignoso, venis
paucis supra impressis subtus prominentibus ; floribus femineis
in cymis ferrugineo-lanatis compositis cymulis 2-3-floris, pedicellis
validis rufo-lanuginosis longiuseulis ; calyce ferrugineo campanulato
5-dentato dentibus crassis triangularibus subacutis ; corolla carnosa
extus glabrescente lobis oblongis obtusis; staminodiis 6-7-rufo-
strigosis ; ovario densissime pilis ferrugineis: patentibus induto;
stigmatibus 5 lanceolatis crassis extus dense rufo-pilosis intus
glabris.

Oban ; n. 1560.

Leaves to about 13 em. x 5°5cm., subcoriaceous, with stalk barely
6-7 mm. long; lateral nerves 5-6 pairs. Flower-stalk (9) 1-1:5 em.

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long, 3-4. mm. or more thick. Calyx-tube about 5 mm.; teeth
5-6 mm. long and about the same width at base. Corolla-tube 1 em.
wide at base and 1:2 em. long; lobes about the same length and
6 mm. broad.
Not far removed from D. Gilgiana Gürke, but distinct in the
9 flowers; and near D. mamiacensis Gürke, from which it may be
separated by the characters of the leaves, calyx and corolla.

Jasminum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
gracilibus fulvo-pubescentibus ; foliis suboppositis simplicibus
oblongis vel ovatis vel suborbicularibus basi plerumque cordatis
leniter acuminatis acutis obscure nisi infra super venas irregu-
lariter ferrugineo-tomentosis puberulis, petiolo pubescente brevi ;
floribus pedicellatis 7—8-meris in cymis ramosis plus minus
elongatis laxis dispositis ; calycis lobis setaceis tubum plus quam
duplo excedentibus ; corollae glabrae lobis anguste lanceolatis
quam tubus haud multo brevioribus vel tubum subaequantibus.

Oban ; n. 336. ;

Leaves variable in shape and size, from about 3 cm. x 2 cm. to
7 x 4 cm.; petiole to 1-3 cm. long. Floral pedicels to 2 cm. long.
Calyz-tube barely exceeding 2 mm. in length; the setaceous lobes
7 mm. long. Corolla-tube to 1:9 em. long; lobes 1:7 cm. long and
barely 2 mm. wide at the base.

Near the East African J. tomentosum Knobl., differing in the

indumentum of the leaves and calyx-lobes and in the shape of the
corolla-lobes.

APOCYNACEE.

This family is well represented in the collection, which includes
the twelve following novelties.
The specimen of Carpodinus violacea K. Schum. (n. 1445) has

ROLE tendrils, hitherto unknown (see Fl. Trop. Afr. iv.
pt. 1, 80).

Vahadenia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex subscandens
glaberrimus ; foliis ellipticis nitentibus coriaceis vix acuminatis
obtusissimis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, venis secundariis
paucis utrinque valde conspicuis, petiolo brevi; floribus breviter
pedicellatis inter magnos in eymis compositis longe peduneulatis
paucifloris, pedunculo axillari in cirrho plerumque commutato ;
calycis segmentis subliberis latissime ovatis saepe sparse ciliatis
involutis, basis glandulis ovatis vel lanceolatis multiseriatis A
corollae tubo longo lobis latiuscule oblongis obtusis.

Oban ; n. 1634.

Leaves 10-13 cm. long, 5-6°5 cm. broad ; petiole about 5 mm. long ;
secondary veins 5-7 pairs. JPeduncles about 10 cm. long. Pedicels

9:5 mm. long. Calyz-segments about 4 mm. x 4 mm. Corolla-tube
2 cm. or more long ; lobes 1:5 em. long, 5 mm. broad.
Distinet in the shape and venation of the leaves and their very

APOCYNACEÆ (H. F. Wernham) 59

short petioles, in the short ciliate calyx-segments, and in the long
tube of the corolla with its broad lobes.

Landolphia Stapfiana Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens
nisi flores glaberrimus ; foliis oblongis acuminatis apice obtuso
basi subacutis subcoriaceis, venis praecipue subtus conspicuis
secundariis rectis intra marginem in arcubus anastomosantibus,
petiolo valido; panieulis subglobosis brevissime pedunculatis
multifloris fulvo-tomentosis ; bracteis parvis rotundatis similiter
indutis plus minus persistentibus ; calyce parvo fulvo-tomentoso
lobis brevibus subtriangularibus ; corollae tubo extus fulvo-
pubescente, in medio latissimo sub lobis constricto, lobis oblongis
obtusis dorso pubescentibus ore villoso.

Oban; n. 1617.

Leaves 13-15 em. long, 4-5 cm. broad ; petioles about 1 em. long;
lateral veins 12-16 pairs. Inflorescences about 4:5 em. wide. Calyx
barely 3 mm. long. Corolla-tube 7 mm. long; lobes about the same.

Near L. owariensis Beauv., but differs in the more compact sessile
inflorescences, the shape of the calyx-segments, and the longer corolla-
lobes with rounded apices.

Landolphia ($ Ancylobotrys) stipulosa S. Moore sp. nov.
Planta scandens caule valido subtereti fulvo-hirsuto ; foliis
breviter petiolatis obovato-oblongis apice cuspidato-caudatis ipso
longissime ae tenuissime acuminatis basi cordatis tenuiter coriaceis
supra costa media puberula exempta fere omnino glabris necnon
nitentibus subtus in nervis hispide pubescentibus costis lateralibus
"utrinque 8-10 patentibus marginem versus arcuatis ut costa
media pag. sup. planis leviterve impressis pag. inf. eminentibus
reticulo undique prominente ; glandulis axillaribus in setas longis-
simas piloso-hispidas transformatis ; panicula elongata pedun-
culata hispide pubescente ramulos plures fere suboppositos
patentes apice multifloros in axillis setiferos hispide pubescentes
emittente; calyce ultra medium diviso hispido segmentis oblongo-
ovatis obtusis; corollae tubo paullo supra basin inflato inde
contracto extus puberulo lobis tubo circa sequilongis lineari-lanceo-
latis; antheris lanceolatis basin versus tubo insertis; ovario
ovoideo glabro; stylo columnari stigma semiaequante; bacca
magnitudine et vultu Citri Aurantü L.

Oban ; n. 846.

Leaves about 15 em. long, 6:5-7 em. broad, drying a chestnut-
' brown, somewhat paler on the lower side, the acumen 2-5 em. long,
filiform near the top; petiole 1 cm. long, hispid-pubescent.
sete several together, reaching almost 4 cm. in length, but oftener
about 9:5 cm., dark when dry. Panicle almost 40 cm. long, its
lower branches at most 4:5 em. long, the upper about 2:5 em.
Bracís setiform, + 3 mm. long. Pedicels usually 2:5-8 mm. long.
Flowers white. Calyx 3 mm. long. Tube of corolla nearly 1'5 cm.
long, at the base 1*5 mm. wide, suddenly enlarging to 2-5 mm., in its
upper part 2 mm. wide; lobes not quite 1:5 em. long. Ovary

*

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1:25 mm., style 1 mm. long; basal part of stigma 1 mm. long, and
lobes the same length. Berry almost 1 dem. in diameter.

A remarkable plant, recognised at once by the stipule-like trans-
formed axillary glands. The flowers having become dry in a manner
rendering dissection very difficult, recourse has been had to Mrs.
Talbot's excellent coloured drawing for details of thecorolla. (S. Moore.)

Landolphia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens
ramulis ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis nisi super venam mediam
subtus sparsiuscule pilosis glabris, elliptico-oblongis breviter
acuminatis apiee obtuso basi acutis vel subrotundatis, venis
secundariis densiuscule approximatis, petiolo brevi dense piloso-
tomentoso ; floribus parvis sessilibus in eymulis laxiusculis
multifloris pseudo-alaribus ramulis rigidulis sparse tomentosis
nodoso-sinuatis ; bracteis calycem amplectentibus ut sepala late
rotundatis paleaceis ciliolatis glabris; corollae tubo brevi minute `
pubescente infra lobos globoso-dilatato, lobis lanceolatis tubum
subaequantibus, nisi in apice subacuto pilosis glabris, marginibus
basin versus incurvatis canalem brevem constrictum formantibus å
ovario strigoso-tomentoso, stylo glabro calycem excedente.

Oban; n. 1088. :

Leaves 6-8:5 em. x 2°5-3 em.; petiole 2-4 mm. long. Secondary
veins many, not usually well-marked throughout the leaf. Cymes
approximately spherical, about 2:5 cm. in diameter. Flowers about

6 mm. long. Calyx barely 8 mm. long. Corolla-tube 8:5 mm. ; lobes
3 mm. long.

A very distinct species, with the general habit of a Clitandra, at
once recognisable by the very small flowers, the chaffy bracts and
sepals, and the close-veined leaves.

Clitandra longituba Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens
nisi bracteis sepalisque minute ciliolatis glaberrimus ; foliis
coriaceis plerumque oblongis basi obtusis vel rotundatis apice
breviter subito acuminatis obtusissimis breviter petiolatis, venis
secundariis dense approximatis rectis nec valde conspicuis ; cymis
multifloris sessilibus alaribus, bracteis parvis ovato-lanceolatis
subacutis patentibus ; florum pedicellatorum sepalis ovatis obtusis ;
corollae tubo gracili lobos lanceolatos acuminatos obtusiusculos
saltem duplo excedente.

Oban ; n. 1577.

Leaves 10-16 em. long (including acumen about 1*3 em. long) and
5-6 em. broad; petiole-barely 1 cm. long. Sepals 1 mm. long.
Corolla-tube 1-1:4 cm., the cream-coloured lobes 6-9 mm.

Related, apparently, to C. eirrhosa Radlk., but at once distinguish-
able by the shape of the corolla-lobes.

Clitandra Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramulis
gracilibus ; foliis nitentibus petiolatis glaberrimis ellipticis non-
nunquam fere obovatis basi acutiusculis vel subrotundatis apice
in acumen longiusculum lineari-oblongum obtusum producto, nervis

APOCYNACEJE (H. F. Wernham) 61

secundariis pro rata distantibus; cymis densiusculis sessilibus
alaribus; floribus inter parvos, bracteis minutis deltoideis ut
calycis brevis dentes scariosis; corollae tubo pro rata valido
supra medium constricto deinde infra lobos lanceolatos obtusos
ampliato ; ovario pubescente stylo filiformi.

Oban ; n. 1039.

Leaves 5-7 em. long, with acumen 1-1°5 em. long, and 3-3°5 em.
wide. Cymes rarely much more than 1 em. broad. Flowers 5 mm.
long. Calyx about 1 mm. long. Corolla-tube 8-4 mm.; lobes
1:5 mm. long.

Near C. parvifolia Stapt, but differs chiefly in the calyx and pistil.

Carpodinus oxyanthoides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber,
cirrhis flagelliformibus scandens, ramulis cortice cinereo squamato
indutis gracilibus ; foliis oblongis vel ellipticis cuspidato-acuminatis
obtusis basi acutis interdum vix rotundatis glaberrimis, venis infra
prominentibus secundariis paucis in arcubus gracilibus a margine
distantibus anastomosantibus, petiolo brevi validiusculo ; floribus
alaribus solitariis, alabastris longis tenuissimis; calycis segmentis
late ovatis dorso carinatis obtusis ciliolatis aliter glaberrimis ;
corollae tubo gracillimo infra lobos glabros obtusos lineares quam
tubus multo minores ampliato intus infra stamina sparse piloso ;
antheris lanceolatis ; ovario styloque incluso villosis.

Oban ; 1443.

Leaves 7-11 em. long, 4:5-5:5 cm. broad, with acumen about
1 em. long, 2:5 mm. broad; 4-5 prominent secondary veins on
either side of the midrib as viewed from below; above, these veins
are much less well-defined and, like the midrib, depressed; petiole
up to 1 cm. long. Corolla-tube 2*5 cm. long, and scarcely more than
1:5 mm. broad in the upper dilated part; lobes 175 cm. long at most.
Anthers 1: 5 mm. long. :

Nearly related to C. congolensis Stapf, but differs in the longer
and broader leaf-acumen with obtuse apex, and in the longer and
more slender flowers with relatively shorter lobes. |

Carpodinus Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens
glaberrimus ramulis gracilibus basi tumidis; foliis ellipticis basi
rotundatis abrupte acuminatis apice obtusissimo breviter petio-
latis, venis secundariis horizontalibus demum curvatis ascenden-
tibus infra marginem in arcubus latis anastomosantibus distantibus
ut vena media supra parum conspicuis impressis canaliculatis
infra prominentibus, reticulo tertio plerumque horizontale nervis
paucis; floribus glabris subsessilibus alabastris inter longissimos
in cymas axillares paucifloras sessiles aggregatis ; calycis
segmentis oblongo-ovatis obtusis margine minutissime ciliato-
pubescentibus; corollae tubo gracili infra lobos lineares tubum
subaequantes ampliato.

Oban ; n. 1055. Y.

Leaves 9-11 em. long (with acumen nearly 1:5 em. long, 2:5 mm.

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broad), 5:5-6:5 em. broad; petiole 6-15 mm. long, curved, swollen at
the base; secondary nerves 8-11 pairs. Flower-buds up to 3°5 cm.
long or more. Calyx-segments 8 mm. long, 175 mm. broad. Corolla-
tube 9 em. ; lobes about the same length and little more than 1 mm. `
broad.

Related to C. violacea K. Schum. and C. glabra Pierre, from which
it differs in the venation and shape of the leaves and the larger flowers.

Pleiocarpa Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glabra ramulis
nodosis teretiusculis cortice rugoso vel striato ; foliis majusculis
supra olivaceo- infra luteo-viridibus petiolatis anguste elliptico-
oblongis basi angustatis brevissime caudato-acuminatis apice
obtuso, costa et nervis secundariis subtus prominentibus
supra valde impressis; floribus in cymulis alaribus paucifloris
sessilibus; sepalis oblongis obtusis; corollae tubo gracili lobis
obovatis vel oblongis latiusculis ; ovarii carpella quinque 4-5-
ovulatis.

Oban ; n. 1037.

Leaves 15-20 em. long with acumen 2-25 cm. long, and 4:5-6 cm.
broad; petiole rarely much more than 1 cm. long; secondary veins
distant, about 10 on each side of the midrib. Sepals 3 mm. long.
Corolla-tube 9:9 em. long ; lobes 1:3 cm. long x 4-5 mm. broad.

The affinity is with P. mutica Benth., but there are many and
clear points of difference.

Voaeanga magnifolia Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaberrimus
ramulis valde compressis; foliis obovatis vel late oblanceolatis
basin versus angustatis apice subito angustato sessilibus vel
brevissime petiolatis basi nonnunquam cordatis plerumque tamen
acutis, venis secundariis infra prominentibus approximatis ;
cymis ad apicem pedunculi dichotomis a foliis multo excessis ;
bracteis caducis; floribus longiuscule pedicellatis ; calyce inter
breviores in lobos oblongos apice rotundatos fere ad medium
diviso ; corollae tubo contorto ad medium et infra lobos constricto
in calyce incluso lobis ovalibus apice obtuso tubum longitudine
excedentibus.

Oban ; n. 1053. $

Adult leaves 22:5 em. long, 11:5 em. broad; petioles rarely as
much as 3 mm. long; secondary veins 16-20 pairs. Peduncles about
10 cm. long. Cymes 6-7 em. long, 7-8 em. wide. Pedicels to nearly
2:5 cm. long. Calyx nearly 8 mm. long; lobes 3°5 mm. broad.
Corolla-tube 8 mm. ; lobes 173 cm. long, 7-8 mm. broad.

Voaeanga obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber
ramulis teretibus novellis compressis cortice dilute cinereo indutis ;
foliis glaberrimis majusculis plerumque oblanceolatis acuminatis
basi cuneatis petiolatis, venis distantibus ; floribus pedicellatis
majusculis in cymis glabris paucifloris longiuscule pedunculatis
folia tamen vix excedentibus dispositis; bracteis late ovatis

APOCYNACEJE (H. F. Wernham) 63

concavis acutis persistentibus majusculis ; calyce late campanulato
extus glabro lobis ovatis subacutis tubum vix aequantibus ;
corollae tubo contorto extus glabro infra medium et iterum infra
lobos valde constricto lobis oblongo-lanceolatis glabris acutiusculis
tubum excedentibus.

Oban ; n. 2071.

Leaves 17-22 cm. long, 5-5°5 em. broad; petioles 1:7 cm. long;
lateral veins 8-10 pairs, Peduncles to 17 em. long, about 4-flowered.
Bracts about 1 em. long, and the same width in the broadest part.
Calyz-tube T mm. long and rather more in width ; lobes variable, the
average about 5 mm. x 4mm. Corolla-tube 1*8 cm. long, the lower
constriction 5 mm. above the base, 4 mm. wide in the median dilated
part; lobes 1*6 em. or more long, and about 2*5 mm. broad.

The nearest affinity seems to be with V. Zenkeri Stapf, but the
difference is clearly seen in the larger leaves and longer petioles, and
in the shape and size of the corolla-lobes and longer tube of the
new species.

Voaeanga Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
novellis valde compressis demum teretibus foliosis nodosis ;
foliis plerumque parviusculis oblanceolatis brevissime acuminatis
utrinque acutis glabris petiolo tenui compresso; floribus pro
genere inter minimos in cymis solitariis vel geminis umbellatis
glabriusculis pedunculatis dispositis, pedicellis longiusculis ; brac-
teis ovatis obtusis concavis tardiuscule deciduis; calyce late
campanulato extus glaberrimo vix ad medium in lobos fere albidos
late triangulares vel oblongos acutiusculos demum recurvatos
diviso; corollae glabrate tubo brevi lobos excedente circa
medium staminifero, limbi demum valde reflexi lobis oblongis
subacutis ; antherarum apicibus fere exsertis.

Oban ; n. 1624.

The leaves vary a good deal in size; theaverage for the adult leaves
is about 9 em. long, 3:5 cm. wide, the largest being 15 em. x 5*5 cm.
Secondary veins 10-12 pairs. Petiole 6-8 mm. long. Inflorescence
3-4 cm. wide. Peduncles 2-8: 5 em. long at first, at length attaining
6-7 cm. Bracts 8 mm. long, boat-shaped. Floral pedicels 7 mm.
long. Calyx-tube 3-4 mm. long; lobes about the same length, and
as much as 3 mm. wide at the base. Corolla-tube cream-coloured,
7 mm. long, the pale primrose lobes as much as 4 mm. long.

Related to V. diplochlamys K. Schum., from which it differs in its
more complete glabrousness, the longer floral pedicels, the smaller
calyx and much smaller corolla, with lobes considerably shorter than
the tube.

ASCLEPIADACEE by Mr. S. Moore.

Batesanthus Talbotii S. Moore sp.nov. Planta scandens caule
distanter folioso hac atque illac verruculoso glabro ; foliis breviter
petiolatis ovatis vel late ovato-oblongis apicem versus attenuatis
apice acuminatis basi cordatis membranaceis utrinque scabridis ;

64 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

stipulis interpetiolaribus perspicuis argute dentatis reflexis ; pani-
culis axilaribus folis paullo brevioribus; bracteis parvis ovatis
mox deciduis; pedicellis floribus circiter aequilongis glabris;
calycis segmentis ovatis obtusissimis puberulis; corollae glabrae
lobis tubum multo excedentibus obovato-oblongis obtusis ; coronae
lobis emarginatis; staminum filamentis coronae lobis aequilongis
crassiusculis compressis; antheris late oblongis quam filamenta
longioribus ; stylo staminibus breviore ; folliculis ovoideo-oblongis
obtusis superne paullo angustatis glabris.

Oban ; nn. 2091, 2074.

Twining by means of a rather slender chocolate-coloured, when
dry prominently striated, somewhat verruculose stem. Leaves drying
brown-green, covered with very short scabrous emergences and
provided with a vast number of minute glands pellucid in transmitted
light, mostly 10-13 x 6-8 cm., though occasionally only 7-8 x 4 em.,
the terminal cusp about 1 cm. long; lateral nerves about 7 pairs,
inserted upon the midrib nearly at a right angle; petioles + 2 cm.
long. Stipules rigid, chocolate-coloured, about 3 mm. long. Panicles
7-11 em. long and about 8:5 em. across. Peduncles 3 cm. long;
pedicels 5-8 mm., and bracts barely 2 mm. Segments of calyx
1-5 x 1-1'25 mm. Corolla bright purple inside, paler within; tube
scarcely 2 mm. long; lobes 7 x 8:5 mm. Corona '3 mm. long, its
lobes erecto-patent, ‘75 mm. long. Free part of filaments *5 mm.
long; anthers 115 mm. long. Pollinia rhombic, including the stalk
1:25 mm. in length. Obtusely conical apex of style about "5 mm.
long. follicles dark brown, 8-8:5 ‘em. long, about 2 cm. broad.
Seeds 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate unilaterally keeled,
except for the 2:5 em. long (pale brown) coma glabrous.

Easily distinguished from B. purpurea N.E. Br., hitherto the only
known species, by the scabrid leaves drying brown, the short in-
florescences and the much smaller flowers. :

Var. grandifolia var. nov. A typo discrepans ob folia
majora, sicca fusca, necnon corollas majores.
Oban ; n. 68. :

Stems purplish, warted. Leaves 15 x 9 em. Corolla-lobes
10 x 4:5-5 mm.

This looks very different from the type, and should possibly be
regarded as a distinct species.

Seeamone eonostyla S. Moore sp. nov. Planta caule volubili
subdistanter folioso glabro ; foliis petiolatis ovatis apice breviter
cuspidulatis ipso acuminatis basi breviter cordatis tenuiter
membranaceis utrinsecus glabris; cymis ex axillis omnibus
superioribus oriundis simplicibus dichotomeve paniculatis paten-
tibus paucifloris; bracteis minimis lanceolatis; pedicellis ut
pedunculi filiformibus glabris ; floribus quam pedicelli manifeste
brevioribus ; calycis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis acutis; corollae
rotato-campanulatae ultra medium divisae lobis ovatis obtusis-
simis margine crispulis ; coronae phyllis quam columna staminea

ASCLEPIADACE& (S. Moore) 65

brevioribus subulatis patentibus carnosulis fuscis; stylo columnam
stamineam bene excedente anguste conico integro.

Oban ; n. 1030.

A slender-stemmed twining plant. Leaves when full grown 4-5 x
2:5-3 cm., exceedingly thin in texture, drying green and markedly
paler beneath, provided with a large number of minute immersed
pellueid glands; petioles 1-2 cm. long, sometimes of unequal length
in the pairs, scabridulous. Cymes short or elongated, sometimes
1 cm., more often 5-6 em. long; in the latter case 7 cm. more or less
in diameter. Common peduncle very short or absent; partial pedun-
cles at most 4 em. long. Pedicels usually 5-8 mm. long. Bracts
about 1 mm.in length. Flowers green. Segments of calyx 1:95 mm.
long. Hapanded corolla 6 mm. in diameter; tube 1:25 mm. long;
lobes 2:5 x 2:5 mm. — Staminal column, including the appendages
to the anthers, about 1 mm. long. Coronal leaves about "4 mm. long,
blackish. Style exserted beyond the staminal column to a length of
nearly 1 mm.

Differs from S. leonense N. E. Br., chiefly in the cordate (not
cuneate) leaves, the glabrous cymes and the conical entire style.

Ceropegia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule volubili
superne frequenter folioso glabro; foliis sat longe petiolatis
ovatis longiuscule caudato-acuminatis basi cordatis membranaceis
pag. sup. fere omnino glabris pag. inf. in nervis sparsissime
puberulis glabrisve; floribus majusculis solitariis vel in cymis
umbellatis perpaucifloris dispositis pedunculis glabris calycem
excedentibus insidentibus ; calycis segmentis elongatis linearibus
sursum longe attenuatis glabris; corollae extus et intus fere
glabrae tubo basi inflato inde subito contracto paullo infra
medium indeque usque ad fauces optime dilatatas amplificato
lobis tubo multo brevioribus apice connatis oblongis obtusis fere
glabris ; coronae phyllis exterioribus in cupulam brevem connatis
late ovatis apice bilobis lobis caudato-acuminatis intus pilis longis
obsitis margine sparsissime ciliatis phyllis interioribus exteriora
circa duplo excedentibus lineari-oblongis apice dilatatis ipso
obtusis.

Oban ; n. 116.

Leaves mostly 6 em. long, 3 em. broad, the narrowed portion at
most 2 cm. long; petioles somewhat twisted at the base, about 3 em.
long. Peduncles also twisted at the base, usually 1:5-3 em. long.
Segments of the calyz becoming patent, 1-2 cm. long. Corolla a
dirty white with purple blotching, the tube almost 4 em. long, 4-5 mm.
wide at the base, then contracted to 2 mm. and expanding at the
mouth to 9-12 mm.; lobes 1:5 em. long, 5 mm. broad. Cupule of
the outer corona "4 mm. deep, its leaves about 1:2 x 1 mm.; leaves
of the inner corona 2 x "2 mm.

To be inserted in the genus next C. Johnsoni N.E. Br., which has
smaller, less deeply cordate leaves, a much shorter calyx and a
Shorter corolla less swollen both at base and throat.

Judging from material to hand, the corolla -varies somewhat in

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shape; this may be due to drying; Mrs. Talbot’s excellent coloured
drawing gives but slight evidence of such variation.

Ceropegia anceps S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule volubili
ancipiti folioso glabro; foliis oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato-
obovatis breviter caudato-acuminatis apice acutis basi in petiolum
gracilem quam sese breviorem cuneatim angustatis membranaceis
vel potius levissime crassiusculis utrobique glabris vel summum
in nervis microscopice puberulis ; cymis umbellatis pedunculatis
pauci- necnon mediocri-floris bracteis parvis subulatis stipatis ;
calycis segmentis subulatis puberulis; corollae extus fere glabrae
tubo basi inflato inde usque ad fauces iterum dilatatas tenui lobis
tubo manifeste brevioribus oblongis replicatis apice cohaerentibus ;
coronae phyllis exterioribus ima basi connatis subquadratis sursum
in cornua duo filiformia pilis sparsis longis donata exeuntibus
phyllis interioribus ut exteriora columnam stamineam facile
superantibus erectis lineari-oblongis obtusis.

Oban; n. 174.

Stem at most 2 mm. wide, marked with sparse longitudinal
striation. Leaves 4-5 cm. long in the blade and 15-20 mm. broad,
when dry darkish above, paler beneath, the acuminate end 7-9 mm.
long; petioles 10-13 mm. long, glabrous. Cymes usually 4-6-flowered,
but sometimes less, their peduncles 6-15 mm. long. Bracts about
1:5 mm. long. Flowers creamy-white, with dark brown blotches.
Calyx barely 3 mm. long. Tube of corolla 19-22 mm. long, at the very
bottom 1:5 mm. wide, the inflated base 4-5 mm. wide, the narrow
part 1:5 mm. and the throat suddenly expanded to 6 mm.; corolla
lobes 7 mm. long. Leaves of the outer corona 2 mm. long, the two
horns or lobes proceeding from the right and left corner respectively
1 mm. long; leaves of inner corona 2:25 mm. long. Staminal column
2 mm. long. : à :

This also is near C. Johnsoni N.E. Br., but its stem, leaves and
corona are different.

LOGANIACEJE by Mr. S. Moore & Mr. H. F. Wernham.

Mostuea angustifolia Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
gracilibus virgatis; foliis glabris subsessilibus lanceolatis non-
nunquam obliquis utrinque acuminatis apice subobtuso in ramulis
lateralibus brevibus florescentibus confertis ; floribus parvulis in
cymis subumbellatis glabris paucifloris tenuiter pedunculatis
dispositis, bracteis et bracteolis minutis vel obsoletis pedicellis
longiusculis glabris ; calyce brevissimo dentibus lanceolatis tubum
excedentibus ; corollae tubo anguste infundibulari lobis rotundatis ;
capsulae lobis divaricatis oblongis rotundatis. :

Oban ; n. 1085.

The leaves are 4-5°5 cm. long by 1:2-1:5 em. broad. The pedun-
cles of the mature inflorescences may be as much as 1:8 cm. long.
Floral pedicels 1-2 mm. or more, increasing to about 1 cm. in the

LOGANIACER (H. F. Wernham) 67

fruiting stage. Calyx1mm.long; corolla-tube 8 mm., lobes 1:5 mm.
long. Fruit 12 mm. broad, septum 5 mm. long.

Differs from most species of the genus in its narrow lanceolate
leaves. Most nearly related, probably, to M. Dinklagei Gilg. from
which it differs in its glabrous character and in its very small ealyx.

Anthocleista microphylla Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glabra
ramulis inermibus cortice squamoso dilute brunneo transversim
rupto indutis ; foliis subcoriaceis ellipticis pro genere parvis basi
in petiolum brevissimum subito angustatis brevissime acuminatis
apice subacuto ; floribus in cymis umbellatis compositis laxius-
culis dispositis ; calycis lobis suborbicularibus aequalibus ; corollae
tubo calycem duplo excedente nec valde insuper ampliato, lobis
tubi partem exsertam subaequantibus latiuscule oblongis apice
obtuso reflexo; stylo antheras excedente; bracteolis deltoideis
coriaceis carinatis, bracteis similibus.

Oban; n. 304.

Leaves quite small for the genus, about 7 cm. long and 3°5 cm.
broad. The very short petioles have a very broad, almost sheathing
base, and an interpetiolar line is clearly observable at the node.
There are 5-6 secondary veins on either side of the midrib, but these
are usually only faintly discernible on the lower side of the leaf. The
inflorescence just exceeds theleaves. The calyz is barely 6 mm. long ;

the corolla-tube 19 to 14 mm. long, and the lobes about 1 em. long
| and 4 mm. broad. Anthers 6-7 mm. long.

The nearest affinity among the species hitherto described is A.
pulcherrima Gilg, but the present species is at once distinguished
by the shape, size and venation of the leaves, and by the much
smaller flowers.

Anthoeleista obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glabra
ramulis inermibus ; foliis coriaceis parviusculis oblanceolatis basi
cuneatis in petiolum brevem angustatis petiolo incrassato et
ampliato caulem amplectente apice brevissime acuminato sub-
acuto venis secundariis valde utrinque obscuris vel evanidis;
jloribus in cymis paucifloris umbellatis compositis, bracteis
bracteolisque coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis; calycis lobis
inter maximos oblongis apice rotundato interioribus latioribus ;
corollae tubo supra calycem ampliato breviter campanulato lobis
elliptico-oblongis latiusculis apice rotundato.

Oban, Obarekkai; n. 305.

Leaves small for the genus, 12-15 em. long, 3-6 cm. broad, petiole
5-10 mm. long. A pair of small leaves, 3:5 em. long and 1:8 cm.
broad, usually subtends the inflorescence, which exceeds the foliage-
leaves. Calyx about 1:5 cm. long, outer lobes 6 mm., inner 8 mm.,
broad, strongly concave. Corolla-tube 2 cm. long altogether, of
which the campanulate part exserted beyond the calyx measures
5 mm. Corolla-lobes 1:1 em. long and 5-6 mm. broad.

This species approaches A. laxiflora Baker, from which it differs
in the shape and size of the leaves and calyx-lobes.

F

68 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Anthoeleista Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glaberrima
ramulis spinis geminis validis armatis ; foliis in apice ramulorum
confertis oblanceolatis sessilibus basi auriculatis apice subacuto
apicem versus nec acuminatis venis praecipue subtus conspicuis ;
Jloribus ymbellatis in cymis compositis ; calycis lobis exterioribus
suborbicularibus ; corollae tubo infra cylindraceo supra calycem
ampliato lobis oblongo-lanceolatis vix acutis 16-18; bracteis
bracteolisque induratis brevissimis truncatis latissimis ; bacca
ellipsoidea majuscula. :

Oban ; nn. 177, 1448, 2027.

Leaves very large, the uppermost attaining 35 em. in length and
13 cm. in breadth, considerably exceeding the inflorescences; the
lower, to judge from n. 1448, may be 150-200 cm. long. Calyx
nearly 15 mm. long. Corolla over 2'5 cm. long; lobes 13 mm. long
and 6-7 mm. broad. Berry 3:5 cm. long, and about 3 cm. broad.

The affinities of this species are with A. lanceolata Gilg, but it is
A distinguished by the character of the corolla and the shape of
the leaves.

Strychnos ($ Intermediae) pansa S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex
ramulis subteretibus patentissimis pubescentibus cirriferis cirris
simplicibus antrorsum curvatis neenon incrassatis ; foliis pro rata
mediocribus vel parvis breviter petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis
apiee obtusissimis sed saepius cuspidato-attenuatis ipso acutis vel
obtusis basi rotundatis vel truncatis nonnunquam leviter cordatis
tenuiter coriaceis utrinque costa centrali puberula exempta
glabris fere a basi 3-nervibus adjecta costa marginali parum
perspicua ac revera quam reticulum haud magis aspectabili ;
cymis axillaribus brevibus paucifloris glabris; floribus parvulis
tetrameris pedicellis quam sese plerumque longioribus insidentibus ;
calyce parvo segmentis deltoideis obtusis vel obtusiusculis margine
ciliatis; corollae parvulae campanulatae tubo calycem sub-
aequante comparate lato intus glabro lobis ovatis obtuse acutis
extus puberulis intus prope medium pilorum linea onustis ;
ME antheris aequilongis ; orario globoso ut stylus inclusus
glabro.

Oban ; n. 1661.

A climbing shrub with slender leafy branches giving off spreading
branchlets at a right angle or nearly so; tendrils 8 to nearly 4 cm.
long, pubescent. Leaves various in size and shape, now 9 x 3:5 cm.,
often 6: 5-8 x 2°7-3 cm., sometimes reduced to 2°5-4 x 2-2°5 em. or
even less, drying bright green, paler below; pair of lateral nerves
ascending, arcuate-anfractuose in the upper half or rather more of
their course, running for the most part at 3-5 mm. distance from the
margin; ordinary lateral nerves about 6 pairs, inserted on the midrib
almost at a right angle, together with interpolated secondary nerves
and the rather lax reticulum prominent on both sides of the leaf;
petioles stout, 2-3 mm. long, pubescent. Cymes about 5 mm. long.
Bracts cymbiform, 1-2 mm. long; pedicels + 2 mm. long. Flowers

LOGANIACER (S. Moore) | 69

bright orange. Calyz not quite 1 mm. in length. Tube of corolla
1 mm. long, scarcely 2 mm. wide at the throat ; lobes 1°25 mm. long,
its hairs villous, white. Filaments and anthers each "75 mm. long.
Ovary "75 mm. in diameter. Style "3 mm. long.

Closely allied to S. malacoclados C. H. Wright, but somewhat
different in foliage and markedly so in the lax glabrous cymes and
larger calyces.

Stryehnos ($ Intermediae) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex
erectus ramulis ecirrosis teretibus crebro foliosis primo fusco-
purpureis dein cinereis glabris; foliis petiolatis ovatis prope
apicem subito cuspidato-attenuatis apice obtusis basi rotundatis
vel subito subcuneatis utrobique nitentibus coriaceis glabris
D-nervibus jugo proximali basali a jugo distali aliquantum remoto
ambobus usque ad apicem margini parallelis parum anfractuosis ;
cymis axillaribus sessilibus brevibus satis densifloris; bracteis
parvulis ovatis obtusis dorso puberulis margine ciliolatis ; floribus
pentameris ; calycis segmentis late ovatis obtusis puberulis margine
ciliolatis; corollae campanulatae extus subtiliter sericeo-pubescentis
lobis quam tubus intus ad fauces pilorum annulo instructus
paullo longioribus triangularibus obtusiusculis ; filamentis quam
antherae brevioribus villosulis; ovario subgloboso glabro stylo
incluso crasso piloso aequilongo ; bacca subglobosa magnitudine
cerasum grande paullo excedente exocarpio dense coriaceo leviter
nitente obducta.

Oban ; n. 2077.

Leaves 7-12 x 4-8 cm., drying grey or greyish-brown, somewhut
paler on the lower side; nerves slightly impressed on the upper side,
prominent on the lower, midrib more prominent than the lateral
pairs, basal pair of the latter usually somewhat the less prominent ;
nervelets numerous, inserted on the midrib at varying angles, dividing
to form an open reticulum easily visible on the lower side, with some
difficulty on the upper; petioles stout, channelled above, 5-7 mm.
long. Cymes 2-2°5 x 2°5-3 em. ; branches several, minutely hairy,
the ultimate ones ending in three flowers of which the central is
sessile and the lateral supported by pedicels about 1 mm. in length.
Bracts as long as and closely apposed to the pedicels. Segments of
calyx 1 mm. long. Corolla 3:25 mm. long, of which 1:25 belongs to
the tube. Filaments flattened and fleshy, ‘75 mm. long; anthers
broadly oblong-ovate, very obtuse, 1 mm. long. Ovary and style
each 1 mm. long. Berry 20-25 x 18-20 mm., with a brown exocarp
in the dry state. Seeds not seen.

S. Siaudtii Gilg, to which this seems nearest, has narrower
leaves with the basal pair of lateral nerves not nearly so prominent,
larger flowers with a double ring of hairs in the tube of the corolla,
exserted style, etc.

Stryehnos ($ Intermediae) memeeyloides S. Moore sp. nov.
Frutex erectus ramis copiose foliosis ramulos patentes emittentibus
scabriuseule pubescentibus tandem glabrescentibus ; foliis breviter

70 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

petiolatis oblongo-ovatis apice cuspidulatis ipso obtusis basi
obtusissimis rotundatisve tenuiter coriaceis nervis puberulis
pubescentibusve pag. inf. exemptis glabris utrinsecus nitidis
5-nervibus jugo proximali submarginali satis obscuro apicem
versus evanescente jugo distali paullulum supra basin exeunte
optime aspectabili dimidio superiori arcuato-anfractuoso ut costa
centralis et jugum proximale et reticulum sublaxum supra plano
vel brevissime elevato subtus prominente; cymis axillaribus nisi
terminalibus abbreviatis densifloris ; bracteis obovatis obtusis
dorso puberulis margine ciliolatis; floribus pentameris; calycis
segmentis suborbicularibus puberulis ciliolatis ; corollae puberulae
paullulum ultra medium divisae tubo calyci subaequilongo intus
in faucibus pilorum annulo instructo lobis triangularibus obtu-
siuseulis: filamentis antheris brevioribus villosulis ; ovario late
ovoideo ut stylus crassiusculus se ipsum paullulum excedens
piloso.

Oban ; n. 2078.

Leaves usually 12-17 em. long, 5-6°5 em. broad, olive-green when
dry, brighter on the underside ; petioles stout, shallowly channelled
on the upper side, pubescent, 5 mm. long. Cymes 1-2 x 1-2°5 cm.,
the branches short and pubescent. Bracts mostly 2-4 mm. long.
Pedicels + 1:5 mm. long, pubescent. Calyz-segments scarcely 2 mm.
long. Tube of corolla broadening upwards, 1:75 mm. long, 1:25 mm.
wide at the base, nearly 2 mm. at the throat; lobes 2:25 mm. long.
Filaments *5 mm. long; anthers oblong-ovoid, 1 mm. long. Ovary
1:25 mm. in length, narrowing upwards into the fleshy style, which is
1:75 mm. in length and like it pilose.

Allied to the last from which it differs in foliage, calyx, &c.

Var. effusior. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, pleraque 14-17 X
4-6 em. Cymae satis laxae, 2-2:5 x 2:5-3 em. Corollae lobi
ovato-oblongi.

Oban ; n. 2079.

Stryehnos ($ Intermediae) pusilliflora S. Moore sp. nov.
Frutex scandens espinosus? ecirrosus? ramulis angulis rectis vel fere
rectis abeuntibus teretibus glabris cortice cinereo vel sordide albo
circumdatis vetustioribus lenticellis eminentibus profuse donatis ;
foliis majuseulis petiolatis oblongo-ovatis cuspidato-acuminatis
apice obtusis basi cuneatis tenuiter coriaceis glabris trinervibus
(addito jugo basali intramarginali mediocriter perspicuo) jugi
lateralis nervis "5-1 em. a basi costae centrali conjunctis folii
margini stricte parallelis ut costa centralis pag. inf. optime
eminentibus ordinis inf. nervis numerosis jugo laterali angulis
rectis insertis; eymis axillaribus tenuibus erebro ramosis pluri-
necnon laxi-floris glabris; bracteis parvis lanceolatis pedicellis
brevioribus; calycis parvuli glabri segmentis ovato-deltoideis
obtusissimis; corollae parvae tetramerae triente inf. gamopetalae

LOGANIACER (S. Moore) 71

tubo calycem excedente a basi amplificato intus glabro lobis
oblongis obtusis intus praesertim dimidio proximali pubescentibus ;
staminibus faucibus affixis breviter exsertis; ovario subgloboso
quam stylus longiore.

Oban ; n. 1256.

A copiously branching seandent shrub. Leaves + 10 x 5 em.,
the largest 15 x 6:5 cm., grey-green in the dry state, palely shining
on both surfaces; midrib somewhat prominent on the upper side,
excavated down the middle; lateral nerves and the reticulum pro-
minent on both sides; petioles + 1 cm. in length, concave on the
upper side. Cymes very slender, 2-4:5 cm. long and about the same
in diameter. Bracts +1 mm. long; pedicels mostly 1-3 mm.
Calyx "5 m. long, its lobes 4 mm. Corolla 2:5 mm. long, the tube
-75 mm., the lobes 1:75 mm. Filaments ‘4 mm. long; anthers as
long, broadly ovate. Ovary "75 mm; style ‘5 mm. long. Fruit
unknown.

The very slender open cymes, the small flowers and relatively
large leaves with the two lateral nerves running parallel to the margin
without any interrupting curves, are the chief characteristies of this
species.

SCYPHOSTRYCHNOS S. Moore, gen. nov.

Calyx 5-partitus; segmenta lata, imbricata. Corolla hypo-
craterimorpha ; fauces squamis in tubum exsertum alte connatis
coronam referentibus onustae ; lobi 5, aestivatione valvati.
Stamina 5, ad basin coronae inserta, corollae lobis alternantia ;
filamenta brevia ; antherae dorsifixae, 2-loculares. Discus brevis-
simus, cupuliformis, ore denticulato. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus
filiformis ; stigma capitatum ; ovula quove in loculo co, pluriseriata.

Frutex alte scandens. Folia opposita, paullo supra basin
trinervia. Flores in cymas axillares pedunculatas trichotome
panieulatas plurifloras nonnunquam in cirros validos uncinatos
mutatas digesti. Bracteae parvae.

Seyphostryehnos Talbotii S. Moore sp. unica. Planta glabra
ramis validis teretibus cortice cinereo obductis; foliis breviter
petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis apice cuspidulatis ipso obtusis
basi truncato-rotundatis coriaceis supra nitidis prominenterque
reticulato-nervosis subtus nervis paucis lateralibus eminentibus
exemptis subobseure reticulatis; cymis foliis multo brevioribus
pedunculis validis nitentibus insidentibus ; bracteis cymbiformibus
calyci arcte applicatis ; calycis segmentis rotundato-deltoideis
obtusis vel obtusissimis fulvo-ciliolatis; corollae tubo calycem
duplo superante lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis tubo subaequilongis ;
antheris oblongis corona fere omnino inclusis ; ovario ovoideo in
stylum se ipsum excedentem angustato. (Pl. 10.)

Oban ; n. 1664.

Leaves very coriaceous, mostly 14-20 cm. long and 8-11:5 em.
broad, but sometimes markedly smaller, e.g., 7-9 x 5°5-7 cm., brown

"a SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

when dry, somewhat paler and not at all shining on the underside ;
lateral pair of nerves arising from the midrib at from less than 1 cm.
to nearly 2 em. from the base of the leaf, each nerve traversing about
one-half of the leaf in an arch of no great curvature which never
approaches the leaf-margin, and at length anastomoses with the
lowest of the three other lateral nerves; the nerves are flat above and
prominent below; petioles about 12 mm. long, channelled above,
stout. Tendril-bearing branch 9 cm. long, with two pairs of tendrils
6 cm. apart; tendrils woody, 4:5-6 cm. long, much curved and
swollen in the upper part. Cymes + 6 cm. long, 8-4 em. in diameter.
Peduncles 2 cm. long; central flower of each cymule usually sessile
or subsessile, lateral flowers on pedicels up to 8 mm. in length.
Bracts 1:5-2mm.long. Calyz92:5mm.long. Corolla palest yellow,
tube quite glabrous inside, 5 mm. long, 3-8:5 mm. broad; lobes
6 mm. long, like the tube somewhat fleshy. “ Corona." 2:5 mm. long,
its lobes about "5 mm. long. Filaments 1 mm., anthers 2 mm. long.
Ovary 3 mm. long, style 4 mm.

The genus has all the characters of Strychnos, with the addition
of the so-called ** corona."

CONVOLVULACEE by Dr. A. B. Rendle.

The collection includes thirty-four species, sixteen of which
belong to the genus Ipomoea. The majority are more or less
widely spread in Tropical Africa or tropical countries generally.
Eight are restricted to West Tropical Africa, including Lepi-
&temon parviflorus Pilger and Ipomoea Hierniana Rendle, previously
known only from the Cameroons, I. velutipes Welw. from S.
Cameroons and Angola, and I. micrantha Hallier f. from the
Cameroons and. Ashanti. :

Prevostea nigeriea Rendle sp. nov. Planta scandens caule
tenui; foliis ... ; floribus apice et sub apice pedunculorum
axillarium aggregatis ; bracteis minutis lineari-oblongis vel
-oblanceolatis dorso ferrugine hirsutulis; sepalis 2 exterioribus
ovato-cordatis obtusis veluti pedicello tenui dorso praecipue
superne ferrugine hirsutulis, sepalis interioribus parvis late ovatis
acutis; corolla urceolata alba parva segmentis brevibus rotundatis
demum recurvis sub ore ferrugine pubescente ; antheris ante
anthesin reversis ; stylo paene ad basin diviso, brachiis inaequali-
bus stigmatibus late ellipsoideis ; fructu indehiscente ovoideo styli
basi persistente coronato monospermo, sepalis accrescentibus
rotunde ovatis vel suborbicularibus cordatis.

Oban ; n. 1484.

Said to be leafless in the flowering and fruiting stage. Peduncles
apparently short, stiff, bearing a large number of crowded flowers;
pedicels 6-7 mm. long. Outer sepals 5-8 mm. long, the outermost in
the fruiting stage to 4'5 cm. long and as broad, the inner about
2-5 cm. Corolla 1*4 em. long by 8 mm. in diameter ; segments 1 mm.
long. Fruit (unripe) about 1 cm. long without the beak.

CONVOLVULACE (A. B. Rendle) 73

A distinct species characterised by its small urceolate flowers
densely crowded towards the top of the short axillary peduncles.

Merremia pes-draconis Hallier f. var. nigeriea var. nov.
A typo differt foliis magis evolutis, calyce breviore glabro et
corolla minore.

River Benue; n. 832.

Leaf-stalks *5 to 3 em. long (8 mm. in the species); blades to
9:5 cm. long (6 cm. in the species); deeply palmately-pinnately
7-lobed (5-lobed in the species). Calyx glabrous, 2 em. long (the
outer sepals are hairy and 12 mm. long in the species). Corolla
2 cm. long (2:7 mm. in the species).

M. pes-draconis is represented only by a specimen “en état
plutot mauvais" in the Brussels Herbarium, collected by Descamps
in the Congo Free State (Kasai distriet). Dr. De Wildeman has kindly
compared a Nigerian specimen with the type; he says, “ It is certainly
near M. pes-draconis, but is distinguished by longer-stalked leaves,
with a more developed limb, more numerous lobes and a more hairy
lower surface, by a more glabrous and shorter calyx and a relatively
reduced corolla." The Nigerian plant may represent a distinct but
closely allied species, but in view of the unsatisfactory character of
the material of M. pes-draconis I prefer to regard the differences at
present as merely of varietal value.

PEDALINEE.

Sesamum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Herba suffrutescens
erecta pubescens caule tereti striato inferne glabrescente ; foliis
simplicibus inferioribus ellipticis pro genere latis basi angustatis
apice acuminato vel rotundato margine subintegro utrinque sparsi-
uscule pilesis, petiolis pro rata longis, superioribus angustioribus
lineari-oblongis distincte tamen petiolatis apice acuto utrinque
pilosis margine minute et irregulariter serratis ; floribus majusculis ;
calycis lobis lineari-lanceolatis ; capsula majuscula rostrata late

oblonga pilosa.
; Oban ; n. 1036.

Lower leaves 6-9 cm. long x 2-2°4 cm. broad; petiole 2-2°5 em.
long; upper leaves about 4 cm. long x 8 mm. broad. Calyx 6-7 mm.
long. Corolla-tube 8 cm. long, largest lobe 1 cm. long and 1:3 cm.
broad. Fruit 8-8:5 cm. long, and 8-9 mm. broad. Seeds 2:8
mm. long, 2:1 mm. in broadest part, with radiating wrinkles.

Notable for the broad leaves and large capsules.

ACANTHACEJ by Mr. S. Moore.

A few genera of Acanthacex, such as Dischistocalyx, Whitfieldia,
Physacanthus, Lankesteria and Thomandersia, are exclusively or
largely West African. Mr. and Mrs. Talbot's discovery of a new
genus (Talbotia) is therefore no matter for surprise.

74 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Crossandrella Dusenii S. Moore comb. nov, Syn. Pseudo-
blepharis Dusenii Lindau, Acanthus Dusenii Clarke, Crossandrella
lawispicata Clarke. The Uganda plant which served as the type
of Clarke's Crossandrella laxispicata is identical in every respect
with the plant from the Cameroons.

Adhatoda Buchholzii S. Moore comb. nov. (Duvernoia Buch-
holzii Lindau). Some of the specimens agree with Lindau’s
description, which, the species being unrepresented in this
country, is all one has to go upon. Clarke’s (Flora Trop. Afr.
v. 223) reference of D. Buchholzii to Adhatoda maculata Clarke
(Justicia maculata T. And.) is obviously a mistake, for, to take
only one point, A. maculata has, as Clarke says correctly, lanceo-
late bracts, while Lindau describes the bracts of his plant as
ovate. Moreover in general appearance the two are quite unlike.
The matter has become further confused by Zenker's n. 2229, a
plant with large ovate bracteoles, having been distributed as
* Duvernoia Buchholzii Lindau," whereas Lindau says his D.
Buchholzii has the bracteoles minute (winzig). Furthermore, as
if this were not enough, Zenker n. 2755, a plant with large sub-
orbicular bracts, has been sent out as “Duvernoia maculata
(T. And.) Lindau.”

Speeimens named as above show much variety in their foliage
and braets. Some agree perfectly in these respects with Lindau's
description; others have short and broad leaves rotundate at base and
short stalks, and from these leaves there may be a passage into sessile
sometimes amplexicaul leaves 2:5-5 cm. in length, the uppermost
forming a transition to the oldest bracts. The largest of these latter
organs may be as much as 2 cm. in breadth, thus greatly exceeding
the dimension (7 mm.) given by Lindau. But as these variations may
occur on one and the same individual, there can be no question of
specifie divergence here. The plant is thrown into rivers with the
object of poisoning fish. —

Afromendoneia iodioides S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex scandens
ramis distanter foliosis pilis fulvis subsparsim hispidis; foliis
amplis petiolatis late ovatis apice subito cuspidulato-attenuatis ipso
obtusis coriaceis supra glabris subtus presertim in nervis sub-
sparsim fulvo-hispidis ; floribus in axillis paucis pedicellis bracteolas
circiter aequantibus insidentibus ; bracteolis cymbiformibus
obtusis triente inferiori connatis ut pedicelli dense fulvo-hirsutis ;
ealycis brevissimi glabri ore undulato ; corollae tubo ex bracteolis
vix eminentibus superne gradatim amplificato glabro lobis late
obovatis obtusissimis tubo brevioribus; staminwm superiorum
antheris obtusis inferiorum apice appendice brevi curvato onustis ;
disco maxime prominente crassissimo ; ovario subsphaeroideo glabro
1-loculo ; stylo piloso ; ovulis binis.

Oban; n. 388.

Leaves 9-12 cm. long, 6:5-9 cm. broad, when dry greyish and

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wrinkled upon the upper side; lateral ribs on each side 3, the basal,
coursing close to the margin, sometimes obscure, prominent on the
lower side, openly arching, the reticulum well seen especially on the
underside. Pedicels + 1:5 em. long. Bracteoles 15 mm. long,
puberulous within. Calyx 1 mm. long, or rather more. Tube of
corolla 16 mm. long, 8 mm. wide below and 8 mm. at the throat;
lobes about 8 x 8 mm. Smaller anthers 5 mm. long, larger 7 mm.
Disc 2 x 3 mm. Style about 1:5 mm. long.

Allied to A. phytocrenoides Gilg, but with quite different bracteoles
among other features; these latter organs are more like those of
A. madagascariensis S. Moore.

Brillantaisia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule ascen-
dente cito glabro; foliis lanceolatis acutis breviterve acuminatis
basi in petiolum longum haud alatum extenuatis (summis etiam
petiolatis etsi valde imminutis) margine undulatis papyraceis
glabris : panicula folia paullo excedente laxa pauciflora glanduloso-
pubescente ; pedicellis calyce brevioribus ambobus glanduloso-
pubescentibus ; calycis segmentis anguste linearibus obtusis seg-
mento postico quam cetera paullo longiori; corollae pro rata
parvae tubo calycem manifeste excedente extus glabro limbum
circiter semiaequante; staminibus subexsertis ; ovario circa 12-
ovulato ; stylo exserto glabro; capsula parva calycem vix duplo
superante attenuata glanduloso-pubescente.

Oban ; n. 2000.

Stem soon turning woody, somewhat tumid at the nodes, 2-3 mm.
in diameter. Limb of leaf about 8 x 2:5 cm., paler on the under-
side, on both sides copiously provided with eystoliths; petioles
1:5-8 em. long; uppermost leaves 15 x 5 mm. on petioles of about
2mm. Panicle 12 x 10cm. Bracteoles narrowly linear, 8 mm. or
more long. Segments of calyx 5-8 mm. long, '15-'25 mm. broad,
hinder segment 8-10 mm. long. Corolla 2 cm. long, blue; the tube
7 mm. long, 9:5 mm. below and 5 mm. at the throat; upper lip
13 mm. long; its lobes 4 x 2 mm.; lower lip 11 mm. long, with lobes
2x1.9mm. Filaments 13 mm. long, pubescent at one side of the
base, otherwise glabrous. Anthers 4"5 mm., long. Staminodes pilose,
8 mm. long, their rudimentary anther rather more than 1 mm. in
length. Ovary 8 mm., style 19 mm. long, the latter pubescent
below. Capsule ending in & very short and blunt point, 16-18 mm.
long, 1-2 mm. broad. :

The corolla’ of this plant is that of B. Lamium Benth., but its
calyx has longer, obtuse, unequal segments, and the leaves are very
dissimilar. i

Physacanthus Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba infraspitha-
mea caule simplici inferne ad nodos radicante pubescente ; foliis
parvis ovatis vel suborbicularibus utrinque obtusissimis margine
undulatis vel undulato-denticulatis membranaceis supra ‚strigose
pilosulis subtus in nervis minute pubescentibus petiolis limbo
brevioribus pubescentibus ; floribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis ;
calyee oblongo herbaceo puberulo lobis deltoideis acutis ; corollae

76 . SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

tubo calycem longe excedente sub limbo levissime amplificato
puberulo ore dense pubescente lobis obovatis obtusissimis ; ovario
oblongo glabro; stylo incluso piloso.

Oban; n. 972.

Leaves 2:5-3 x 1'7-2'2 cm., when dry olive-green above, grey
below, nerves conspieuous on the underside, the reticulum very open ;
petioles usually 8-15 mm. long. Peduncles about 5 mm. long,
pubescent. Flowers violet-blue. Calyx + 2 em. long, 6 mm. broad
in the dry state, bright green; lobes 3 mm.long. Tube of corolla
4:5 cm. long, 1 mm. broad below, at the mouth scarcely 2 mm.;
lobes 8 x 6 mm. Fertile anther-cell linear-oblong, 1:8 cm. long.
Ovary about 5 mm., style 8:5 cm. long.

Recognised by the oblong calyx together with the very short leaves.

The ovary of the flower examined having been partially destroyed
by insects, the description of that organ may have to be corrected.
There is a coloured drawing of this plant.

Disehistoealyx ruellioides S. Moore sp. nov. Fruticulus
ramulis tetragonis foliosis pubescentibus; foliis petiolatis ovatis
obovatisve apice obtusissimis vel acuminatis basi acutis vel acumi-
natis margine crenulato-undulatis membranaceis glabris ; floribus
approximatis (inferioribus subdistantibus) breviter pedicellatis in
racemum brevem pauciflorum digestis ; bracteis linearibus calyci
saepe fere aequilongis ut calycis segmenta cystolithis albidis
copiosissime praeditis ; bracteolis parvulis subulatis ; calycis
segmentis posticis fere usque basin liberis omnibus elongatis
linearibus acutis ; corollae majusculae glabrae tubo dimidio
inferiore satis angusto superne dilatato lobis late obovatis rotund-
atis tubo multo brevioribus ; staminibus inclusis antheris oblongis
basi nequaquam divergentibus muticis connectivo breviter ex-
currente; capsula cylindrica obtusa basi haud angustata circa
24-sperma glabra.

Oban ; nn. 885, 1527.

Lamina of leaf up to 16 x 7 em., but usually less (youngest
leaves 5 x 3-4 cm.), faintly shining, on either side thickly strewn
with cystoliths; petioles 1-3 em. long. Inflorescences (corollas not
included) 6-10 cm. long. Pedicels 2-3 mm. long. Bract mostly
1-2 cm., bracteoles only 2 mm. long. Flowers blue-mauve. Calyx
2*5 cm. long, the segments 1-1'5 mm. wide, posticous ones united only
for 1 mm. Corolla 4-5 em. long; tube 3-4 mm. wide below, and
8-11 mm. above; lobes about 12 mm. long. Filaments puberulous,
5-7 mm. long. Anthers 4x 1 mm. Capsule t 2 cm. long, brown,
faintly shining. Seeds suborbicular, dark, 1*5 mm. in diameter.

A very distinct species, known at once by its narrow bracts and
calyx-segments. D. togoensis Lindau has the segments of its calyx
still narrower, but is in many other respects quite different.

A North Cameroons specimen (imperfect) in the British Museum
(Conran, sine no.), communicated from Berlin under the name of
Dischistocalyx Buchholzii Lindau, appears to come very close to
this. The Cameroons plant does not agree with the description of

ACANTHACER (S. Moore) 77

D. Buchholzii, a species referred by Clarke to Acanthopale on account
of its having but 2 ovules in each cell of the ovary.

Disehistoealyx obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Fruticulus
ramulis subteretibus glabrescentibus ; foliis longipetiolatis amplis
ellipticis apice acutis breviterve cuspidulato-caudatis basi acutis
membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute fulvo-pubes-
centibus pag. utraque cystolithis minutis creberrime indutis ; flori-
bus spicatis spicis axillaribus terminalibusve oppositis vel alternis
plerisque breviter pedunculatis quam folia multo brevioribus ;
bracteis amplis late obovatis obtusissimis glanduloso-puberulis,
bracteolis minutis subulatis ; calycis puberuli segmentis oblongis
obtusis anticis quam postica 3 alte connata majoribus ; corollae
majusculae tubo triente inferiori cylindrico superne gradatim
dilatato glabro lobis suborbicularibus tubo plane brevioribus ;
staminibus inclusis antherarum loculis apice mucronulatis ; ovario
cylindrico glabro ; stylo puberulo superne incrassato necnon glabro,
ovulis quove in loculo circa 10.

Oban ; nn. 73, 1485.

Leaves at most 17 x 6°5-7 cm., usually + 10 x 6 cm., becoming
dark in drying, very faintly shining; petioles 2—4*5 em, long. Spikes
4-7 x 1'5 cm., their peduncles from nearly nothing to 15 mm. in
length. Bracts about 18 x 18 mm.; bracteoles about 1 mm. long.
Front segments of calyx obtuse, 14 x 3-4 mm. ; hind segments acute,
14 x 2-2:25 mm., the free part only 3 mm. long. Corolla pale violet,
4:5 cm. long; tube 2-3 mm. in diameter below, 15 mm. at the
throat; lobes about 1 cm. long. Anthers 4mm. long. Ovary 3 mm.
Style 24 mm. long; stigmatic branch 4 mm. long. Capsule 11 mm.
long. Seeds dark, 1:5 x 1 mm.

This differs from D. grandifolius Clarke chiefly in the bracts and
the smaller calyx with lobes united nearly to the top.

Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex caule
erecto subdistanter folioso fulvo-pubescente ; foliis breviter petio-
latis obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ad medium usque gradatim
amplificatis basi obtusis tenuiter membranaceis supra glabris
subtus ad nervos pubescentibus ; floribus albis vel dilute lavandu-
laceis in panicula anguste thyrsoidea piloso-hirsuta dispositis ;
bracteis anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis ut calycis
segmenta linearia superne longe extenuata piloso-hirtis; corollae
tubo filiformi calycem excedente extus puberulo lobis aliquan-
tulum obliquis obovatis obtusissimis nonnunquam emarginatis ;
antherarum loculis basi mucronulatis; ovulis quove in loculo
solitariis.

Oban ; nn. 434, 1471, 1646. [Also in the Kew Herbarium, Southern
Nigeria ; Holland, 180, 229.]

Leaves up to 19:5 x 4:5 cm., often about 10 x 4 em.; petioles
+1 em. long, densely pubescent. Panicles t 6 x 3 cm. Bracts
+1 em. long, at most 2 mm. broad. Calyz 17 mm. long, the

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segments with glandular hairs at the apex and simple ones elsewhere.
Tube of corolla 22 mm. long, barely "5 mm. in diameter; limb about
19 mm. in diameter. Cells of the anthers 1:8 mm. long. Ovary
oblong, glabrous, 1 mm. long.

Easily distinguished from L. parviflora Lindl., with which it is
liable to be confused, by the thyrsoid inflorescence and the smaller
white or pale mauve corollas.

Mrs. Talbot tells me the flowers are also sometimes pink. Ono of
the Holland labels at Kew gives the flowers as ** white," the other as
“ pink, yellow centre."

Phaylopsis Talbotii S. Mooresp. nov. Planta herbacea erecta
ramosa ramis gracilibus paucifoliosis glanduloso-pubescentibus cito
glabrescentibus ; foliis parvis longipetiolatis ellipticis obtusis basi
longiuseule extenuatis necnon obliquis tenuiter membranaceis
supra sparsim strigilloso-pilosis subtus in nervis puberulis ceterum
glabris; cymis mox sparsis tandem distantibus prima juventute
solummodo strobilum referentibus; foliis floralibus subor-
bicularibus basi rotundato-truncatis apice obtusissimis dorso
glanduloso-puberulis margine pilis longis simplieibus glandulosis
intermixtis hirsuto-ciliatis ; calycis segmento postico ovato acuto
eleganter reticulato-nervoso decolori ut segmenta cetera anguste
lineari-lanceolata obtuse acuta glanduloso-pubescente ; corollae
parvulae tubo cylindrico limbo bilabiato quam tubus breviore ;
antheris inclusis, loculis basi obscure mucronulatis ; ovario anguste
ovoideo apice ipso ut stylus omnino piloso.

Oban ; n. 977.

Branches up to nearly 40 em. in length, throwing out at intervals
shorter branchlets, bearing leaves in the axils of many of which are
cymes. Blade of leaf usually 8:5-5:0 em. long, 15 mm. broad, or
somewhat less in the widest part, the uppermost few reduced in size ;
petioles slender, indeed almost filiform, up to 2 cm. in length, though
mostly shorter. Cymes soon separated by distances of 8-4 mm. or
more, the oldest ultimately some 2 cm. apart. Floral leaves about
8 x 7 mm., pale greenish-yellow, the nervation prominent upon the
back. Hind segment of calyx 6:5 x 38:5 mm.; front segments
5 mm., lateral pair 4:5 mm. long. Corolla barely 5 mm. long, the
tube rather more than 75 mm. broad; upper lip 1 mm. long, divided
to the middle into two broadly oblong obtuse lobes; lower lip
1:5 mm. long, the mid lobe "75 x "75 mm., lateral lobes as long but
a little narrower. Anthers "5 mm. long. Ovary 1 mm. long, style
scarcely 2:5 mm. Capsule acute or acuminate, 5 mm. long, attenuated
base 1 mm. long.

Near P. obliqua T. And., but at once distinguished from it by its
broad floral leaves.

Crossandra Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Verisimiliter suffrutex
caule erecto valido pallide fulvo-tomentoso ; foliis petiolatis anguste
obovato-oblongis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi cordatis mem-
branaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis pubescentibus; spicis
cylindricis folia subaequantibus multifloris ; bracteis ovato-oblongis

ACANTHACEX (S. Moore) 19

apice truncatis vel emarginatis ipso mucronatis apicem versus
margine spinuloso-denticulatis vel integris papyraceis glabris;
bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis calyce brevioribus ; calycis
segmentis inter se subaequalibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis
integris anticis vero (an semper?) sparsissime spinuloso-denticulatis
omnibus nervo unico percursis ; corollae tubo ex bracteis eminente
faucibus levissime ampliato lobis tubo multo brevioribus inter se
subsimilibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis; staminibus faucibus affixis
antheris apice mucronulatis; pollinis granis subsphaeroideis
subtilissime punctatis ; ovario ellipsoideo glabro.

Oban ; n. 1026.

Leaves 7-10 x 8:0—4:5 cm., drying brown-green above and
greyish below ; petioles 1 to nearly 3 em. long, stout, covered with the
same pale fulvous tomentum as the stem. Spikes 5-9 cm. long,
about 1:5 em. broad, the lowest bracts generally entire, 10-13 mm.
long, the upper ones 20 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, all traversed by
several rather prominent longitudinal nerves, with transverse con-
necting nervules. Bracteoles 6 mm. long, like the calyx subscarious
and glabrous. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long, 1 mm. broad about
half way up; midrib prominent, especially at the base, each with
several closely packed longitudinal nerves on either side of the
midrib. Tube of corolla 18 mm. long, nearly 2 mm. wide at the
throat, elsewhere 1 mm. ; lobes about 11:0 x 4:5 mm. Filaments
rather more than 1 mm. long, bearded above. Anthers slightly
curved, 2 lines long. Ovary 2:5 mm. long. Style thickened towards
. the apex, slightly hairy, 2 em. long. Stigma 2-lobed, rather more
than 1 mm. in length.

Readily known from C. puberula Klotzsch and C. guineensis
Nees by the truneate braets and the calyx. The spheroidal pollen
is abnormal, though it should not be forgotten that two quite different
kinds of pollen are found in the neighbouring genus Stenandrium.

Apparently referable to the above, and differing from it only in
the larger and longer-stalked leaves and the larger bracts, are specimens
of Bates, nn. 490 and 546 from Batanga. At Kew the specimens
have affixed to them a MS. name of Pierre, who considered them to
belong to a new genus.

Crossandra elatior S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex metralis caule
erecto valido folioso griseo-tomentoso ; foliis petiolatis majusculis
ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi
cordatis pergamaceis supra glabris subtus griseo-pubescentibus dein
glabrescentibus ; spica subsessili foliis circiter aequilonga ; bracteis
lanceolatis apice spinuloso-acuminatis margine argute spinuloso-
dentatis papyraceis puberulis; bracteolis lanceolato-oblongis
spinuloso-acuminatis calycem facile superantibus; calycis seg-
mentis oblongo-lanceolatis spinuloso-acuminatis integris vel infra
apicem subevanide denticulatis papyraceis exterioribus quam
interiora majoribus segmento quoque nervo centrali percurso
additis utrinque nervis minus conspicuis; corollae tubo exserto
superne leviter amplificato lobis quam tubus multo brevioribus

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obovatis posticis quam ceteri minoribus; staminibus paullulum
infra fauces insertis antheris oblongis apice incurvo-extenuatis
barbatis ; pollinis granis normalibus.

Oban ; n. 101.

A handsome plant about 3 feet high. Leaves up to 16 x 9 cm.,
often about 12 x 6 em., sometimes markedly narrowed at some
distance from the base, i.e., somewhat panduriform, when dry olive-
green above and grey below; petioles 1-2 cm. long, greyish tomentose.
Spike when fully grown about 16 cm. long, the axis covered with a
grey pubescence. Bracts 22-25 mm. long, usually with several
spinulose teeth upon each edge, purple in the living state. Bracteoles
13 mm. long. Larger segments of calyx 9:0 x 1:75 mm., smaller
segments 8:0 x 1°5 mm. Corolla white, with a purple spot at the
base of each posticous lobe; tube barely 80 mm. long, 1:5 mm. broad,
widening to 2 mm. near the top; antieous lobes about 20 x 19 mm.,
posticous 12 x 8mm. Anthers 2:5 mm. long.

This also is near C. guineensis Nees, differing from it in habit, in
the spine-toothed bracts and the calyx. The acuminate bracts serve
to distinguish it on sight from C. Talbotii; but there are other
points, including the pollen, in which the two are diverse.

TALBOTIA S. Moore, Justiciearum gen. nov.

Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis inter se fere aequalibus. Corollae
tubus cylindraceus, faucibus haud dilatatus; limbus bilabiatus,
labio postico erecto bidentato antico aestivatione exteriore 3-lobo.
Stamina 4, didynama, corollae faucibus inserta, filamentis ima
basi per paria connatis ; antherae staminum anticorum 2-loculares,
staminum posticorum l-loculares, loculis angustis parallelis
muticis, staminum anticorum altero altero altius affixo. Pollinis
grana pileiformia spinis brevibus copiose obsita verisimiliter facie
interiori fissura lineari praedita. Discus cupularis. Stylus
filiformis; stigma bilamellatum. Ovula quove in loculo 2.
Herba humilis, caule radicante. Folia comparate lata, inte-
gerrima. Flores inter minores, in spicas strobiliformes axillares
vel pseudoterminales late bracteatas digesti. Bracteolae calycem
multo excedentes.

Talbotia radieans S. Moore sp. unica. Herba caule gracili
repente ad nodos omnes radicante sparsim folioso ; ramis adscen-
dentibus pubescentibus ; foliis ovatis apice rotundatis ipso nonnun-
quam obtusis basi rotundatis chartaceis supra glabris necnon eysto-
lithis perspieuis copiosissime inspersis subtus in nervis eleganter
reticulatis dense pubescentibus petiolis quam sese plane brevi-
oribus dense pubescentibus insidentibus ; spicis folia aequantibus
vel quam ea brevioribus pedunculo suffuleiente pubescente saepius
longioribus; floribus in axillis bractearum sessilibus; bracteis
obovatis apice rotundatis basi attenuatis dorso puberulis margine
pilis simplicibus glandulosisque ciliatis herbaceis ; bracteolis quam

ACANTHACEA (S. Moore) 8l

bracteae saepius paullo brevioribus spathulato-oblongis obtusis
margine ciliatis ; calycis parvuli segmentis lineari-lanceolatis apice
in appendicem filiformem exeuntibus glandulis parvis inspersis ;
corollae tubo glabro calycem multo excedente aliquantulum torto
limbi extus puberuli labio postico late oblongo quam anticum
paullo longiore labii antici lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis lobo
intermedio ovato-oblongo obtuso :equilongis ; staminibus anticis
longiuscule exsertis; ovario oblongo-ovoideo sursum piloso ; stylo
exserto glabro. (Pl. 11, figs. 1—6.)

Oban, Ako-Aking Road; n. 971.

A prostrate rooting herb, the ascending flower-bearing branches
eventually rooting in their turn. Bladeof leaf usually 3-5 x 2:5-3:5cm.,
grey-green when dry, paler below and with an open network of pro-
minent hairy nerves; petioles 1-1:5 (rarely up to 9:5) cm. long.
Bracts about 10 x 7 mm. Bracteoles 8-10 mm. long, 1:75 mm. wide
at the broadest part. Spikes usually 2-4 cm. long, on peduncles of
1-2 em. Calyx about 29:5 mm. long. Tube of corolla 9 mm. long,
3 mm. broad. Upper lip 7:5 x 8 mm.; lower lip 7 mm. long, the
lateral lobes 4:5 x 2 mm., the middle lobe 4:5 x 8 mm. Filaments
of front pair of stamens 4 mm. long, of hind pair 2mm. Anthers
2 mm. long. Pollen-grains about 70 p in diameter (55-80 u). Ovary
1:5 mm. long. Style 12 mm. long. Capsule not seen.

The position of this very distinet genus is somewhat uncertain,
but in view of all circumstances the neighbourhood of Lepidagathis
would seem to be its proper location. It should be observed that the
supposed slit on the inner face of the pollen-grains was not clearly
made out.

Justieia ($ Gendarussa) nigeriea S. Moore sp.nov. Fruticulus
rariramosus ramis elongatis distanter foliosis minute puberulis
dein glabris; foliis petiolatis amplis ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-
obovatis apice caudato-acuminatis ipso obtusis basi saepe obliqua
itaque obtusis margine crenulato-undulatis tenuiter coriaceis nitidis
costis pag. inf. minute puberulis exemptis glabris; panieulis spici-
formibus elongatis multifloris minute puberulis ; foliis floralibus
saepissime parvis lineari-oblongis ut bracteae bracteolaeque parvae
necnon subulatae minute puberulis ; floribus subsessilibus ; calycis
puberuli segmentis 5 lanceolatis obtuse acutis; corollae tubo ex
calyce paullo eminente superne levissime amplificato palato
intruso limbi extus minute pubescentis labio postico late ovato
bidentato quam anticum usque ad medium 3-lobum paullulum
breviore; antherarum loculo sup. breviter calcarato inf. calcari
valido ineurvo onusto ; orario pubescente ; stylo pilosulo.

Oban ; nn. 995, 2008.

Apparently a shrub with stoutish sparingly leafy branches. Blade
of leaf 8-14 x 4-6 cm., drying brownish, the ribbing rather prominent,
especially on the underside; petioles 1-3 cm. long, with the same
clothing of very minute brown hairs found upon branches, leaves, &e.
Spikes simple or very sparingly branched below, reaching almost

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30 em. in length, though usually shorter, at most 12 mm. broad, but
usually much less, the internodes between the partial inflorescences
diminishing from 2 em. at the bottom of well-grown spikes to 2 mm.
or less at the top. Peduncles + 4 cm. long. Floral leaves at most
(and then very oecasionally) up to 15 mm. in length, usually only
3-5 mm. Bracts and bracteoles about 2 mm. long. Calyx 8:5 mm.
long, the segments each with 3 longitudinal nerves. Corolla-tube
4:5 long, 2 mm. wide at bottom, at the throat 3 mm.; upper lip
4:0 x 8-5. mm.; lower lip 4:5 mm. long; its middle lobe
2:5 x 2'0 mm., side lobes 2:5 x 1:5 mm. Upper cell of anthers
1:5 mm. long, lower cell 2 mm. Ovary subcylindric, a trifle narrowed
at the top, barely 2 mm. long. Style 6 mm. long.

Near J. pyramidata Clarke, but with marked differences in shape
of leaves, inflorescence and flowers.

It is said to stupefy fish, like other species of this genus and of
Adhatoda.

Justieia ($ Gendarussa) tenuipes S. Moore sp. nov. Herba
caule abbreviato plerumque simplici paucifolioso dense pubescente ;
foliis satis approximatis (haud rosulatis) ovatis vel ovato-
oblongis utrinque rotundatis vel apice obtusissimis membranaceis
supra cito fere glabris subtus in nervis pubescentibus nisi fere
glabris margine ciliatis petiolis brevibus dense pubescentibus
insidentibus ; eymis paniculatis terminalibus vel ex axillis summis
oriundis folia paullo excedentibus laxe paucifloris tenuissimis
glanduloso-piloso-pubescentibus ; bracteis parvis linearibus acutis
bracteolas aequantibus ; calyce bracteas longe excedente 5-partito
segmentis linearibus acuminatis ut bracteae bracteolaeque glandu-
loso-puberulis ; corollae mediocris tubo calyce longiore cylindrico
labio antico tubo breviore obovato breviter lobato lobo inter-
medio quam laterales latiore lobo postico quam anticus plane
breviore ovato bidentato ; antheris subinclusis harum loculo inf.
breviter debiliterque calcarato; ovario ovoideo-oblongo minu-
tissime pubescente ; stylo pilosulo; capsula basi longe stipitata
acuta pubescente 4-sperma.

Oban ; n. 1483. ;

A small plant with the habit of Jerdonia indica Wight, and
other lowly Gesneraceae. Lower part of stem creeping and rooting
at the nodes, upper part ascending, usually simple, but occasionally
throwing out a weak side-branch. Leaves three or four pairs, younger
at» intervals of 5-7 mm., the lower more distant; blade up to
' 6 or 7 em. long and 3:5-8:7 em. broad, but often much smaller,
e.g., 9:0 x 1'5 cm., the nervation very prominent on the underside,
especially in the case of larger leaves; petioles stout, 3-8 mm. long.
Inflorescence of very small specimens reduced to a single lengthily
pedunculate flower, but usually of cymes, which may reach
10 x 6 em., of which 3:5 em. belongs to the filiform peduncle, the
main axis giving off usually 2 pairs of lateral branches, whieh may
themselves braneh again, each branch at the top producing &
cymule of 2-8 subsessile or peduncled flowers, the branches and
- peduncles filiform and pilose-pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles |

ACANTHACER (S. Moore) 83

2:5-9:0 mm. long. Flowers pale mauve. Calyx 8 mm. long, with
somewhat unequal segments. Corolla-tube 10 mm. long, 2 mm.
wide; upper lip 5 mm. long, 3:5 mm. broad, rounded distally and
topped with a small 2-toothed cusp less than 1 mm. long; lower lip
6:5 x 3°75 mm. Anther-cells linear, the upper 1-2 mm. long, the -
lower (including the spur) 1°75 mm. Ovary 1:5 mm. ; style 12 mm.
long. Capsule 18-14 mm. long, the stipe 6:5-8:5 mm. long and
about 1 mm. wide, the seed-bearing part 2mm. wide. Seeds brown,
minutely warted, the lower 1:5 mm. in diameter, the upper smaller
and perhaps not functional.

A remarkable plant, unlike any African Justicia known to me.
It should be inserted in the genus at the end of $ Gendarussa after
J. glabra Roxb. :

Justieia ($ Gendarussa) Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti-
culus ramis foliosis ad nodos aliquantulum tumidis minute fulvo-
pubescentibus deinde glabrescentibus ; foliis satis longe breviusve
petiolatis ovatis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso obtusis basi obtusis
membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute pubescentibus ;
foliis floralibus paucis senioribus lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis
exemptis parvis lineari-lanceolatis subulatisve minute pubescen-
tibus; floribus submediocribus breviter pedicellatis in paniculam
elongatam apertam crebro ramosam minute pubescentem digestis ;
bracteis bracteolisque parvis lanceolato-oblongis obtuse acutis;
calycis segmentis 5 lanceolato-oblongis obtusis acutisve minute
pubescentibus; corollae extus puberulae tubo calycem excedente
satis lato faucibus haud dilatato labio antico late rotundato-
obovato ultra medium diviso labium posticum ovato-deltoideum
apice retusum aequante ; antherarum loc. inf. incurvo-calcarato ;
ovario minute pubescente ; stylo incluso puberulo ; capsula inferne
compressa.

Oban; n. 1425, .

Blade of leaf at most 14 x 6:5 cm., usually 8-9 x 4-4:5 em.,
green when dry, somewhat paler below; petioles of the largest leaves
3 em. long, of the smaller 1 cm. or less, channelled above, minutely
pubescent. Panicle 16-29 x 5-9 cm., the main axis straight, the
lateral branches springing from it at about a right angle and mostly
2-4 cm. long. Oldest floral. leaves 2:5-8 cm. long, 8-10 mm. broad,
the rest 2-10 mm. long. Flowers unilateral upon the partial inflor-
escences, cream-white with dark crimson lines. Pedicels 1-5 mm.
long. Bracts and bracteoles about 1 mm. Calyz 5 mm. long. Tube
of corolla 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; lips 5 mm. long, the upper
nearly 5 mm. wide at the base, the lower about 4 mm. wide, with
lobes 3 mm. in length; palate very intrusive. Filaments 3 mm. long.
Upper cell of anthers 1'2 mm. long, lower cell narrower, 1-75 mm.
long, including the strongly curved spur. Ovary 2 mm. long. Style
6'5 mm. long. Capsule 18 mm. long, the compressed basal part 10 mm.
broad, the fertile part 3:5 mm. Seeds with a brown finely warted
testa, about 2 mm. in diameter; retinacula truncate. ;

Near the last, but with different inflorescence and flowers. This
is one of the plants used by the natives to stupefy fish. -

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84 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Justieia ($ Gendarussa) thyrsiflora S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti-
culus ramis prolixis distanter foliosis fulvo-pubescentibus deinde
glabrescentibus; foliis ellipticis apicem versus attenuatis apice
obtusis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis raro rotundatis firme

membranaceis glabris ; foliis floralibus parvis linearibus pubescenti-

bus ; floribus pro rata parvis in paniculam thyrsoideam peduncu-
latam multiflorem dense fulvo-pubescentem dispositis ; bracteis
bracteolisque parvulis subulatis pubescentibus; pedicellis brevis-
simis; calycis pubescentis segmentis 5 lanceolatis acutis ; corollae
extus puberulae tubo calycem duplo superante superne vix aucto
labio postico anticum .breviter excedente late ovato bilobo labio
antico adusque medium trilobo lobo intermedio quam laterales
majori; antherarum loculo inf. valide calcarato ; ovario glabro;
stylo piloso. , :

Oban ; n. 976.

A low shrub with lengthy branches sparsely leafy. Leaves usually
7-10 x 3°5-5 cm., but sometimes smaller, e.g., 5 x 9:5 cm., those of
& pair often unequal in size, olive-green when dried; petioles about
5 mm. long, pubescent. Peduncle of thyrsus 7 cm. long. Inflorescence
itself at most 9 cm. long and 3:5 em. in breadth below, narrowing
upwards. Flowers subsessile, produced on one side of the partial
inflorescences. Floral leaves about 5 mm. long. Bracts and bracteoles
1'5 mm. long. Calyx 8 5-4 mm.inlength. Corolla-tube 4 mm. long,
1:5 mm. wide at the base, and but little exceeding 2 mm. at the
throat. Upper lip 4'5 x 2:5 mm.; lobes very obtuse, barely 1 mm.
long; lower lip 4 x 3 mm., its middle lobe 2 x 1:5 mm., the side
lobes 2 x 1mm. Anthers exserted, the upper of either pair of cells
scarcely more than 1 mm. long, the lower including the strong, nearly
straight obtuse white spur almost 2 mm.in length. Ovary 1:5 mm. long.

This has much the appearance of J. laza T. And. and its allies;
its characteristic features are, in association with the thyrsoid fulvous-
pubescent inflorescence, the linear floral leaves and the small flowers.

Siphonoglossa Maeleodiae S. Moore in Macleod ** Chiefs and
Cities of Central Africa," 304. Herba caule ascendente ali-
quanto geniculato satis distanter folioso piloso vel sparsim
piloso-puberulo ; foliis brevipetiolatis lineari- rarius oblongo-lanceo-
latis obtusis membranaceis praesertim juxta basin piloso-puberulis
mox fere glabris margine ciliolatis ; floribus in axillis superioribus
2-3 sessilibus subsessilibusve; bractea calyci circa aequilonga
anguste lineari-lanceolata obtuse acuta margine pilis piloso-
hispidulis ciliata; bracteolis parvulis anguste lineari-oblongis
glabris ; calyeis segmentis 5 inter se inaequalibus lineari-lanceo-
latis longe acuminatis margine ciliolatis ; corollae tubo calycem
manifeste excedente anguste cylindrico faucibus leviter ampli-
ficato dimidio superiori puberulo ceterum glabro labio antico
elongato adusque medium diviso lobis lateralibus ovato-oblongis

. intermedio ovato aequilongis omnibus obtusissimis labio postico

abbreviato quadrato-ovato apice retuso; staminibus breviter

ACANTHACEAX (S. Moore) 85

exsertis antherarum loculis linearibus loc. inf. solum calcarato ;
stylo apice 2-dentato puberulo ; capsula anguste obovoidea acuta
superne puberula alibi glabra 4-sperma.

North Nigeria, R. Benue.

Leaves 8-5 cm. long, 4-8 mm. broad, drying green; petioles
2-4 mm. long. Bracts in flowering stage 10 mm., in fruiting stage
12 mm. long; bracteoles 2-2°5 mm. long. Limb of corolla purple.
Segments of calyx in flower 6-8 mm., in fruit 8-10 mm. long. Corolla
when moistened 28 mm. long; tube 17 mm. long, + 1:5 mm. broad,
at the throat 2 mm. broad; lower lip 11 mm. long, its lobes 5*5 mm.
long; upper lip 7 mm. long. Upper cell of anther 1:6 mm. long,
lower (including the slightly eurved spur) 2 mm. Pollen-grains
usually with 4 rows of tubercles on either side of each pore. Style
2 cm. long. Capsule 11 mm. long, compressed below. Seeds
tubercled, brown, rather more than 1 mm. across.

At first sight this looks rather like Justicia Galeopsis T. And.,
but the narrower leaves and of course the long corolla-tube are easy
distinguishing features. According to Lindau's views this is an
Aulojusticia, but I agree with Bentham & Clarke in placing the allies
of the plant just described in the genus Siphonoglossa.

Barleria ($ Acanthoidea) bornuensis S. Moore in Macleod
* Chiefs and Cities of Central Africa," 304. Frutex vel
fruticulus ramosus ramis crebro foliosis aliquantulum flexuosis
ad nodos leviter tumidis juventute pubescentibus dein glabris ;
foliis parvis subsessilibus oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis breviter
spinoso-acuminatis integris raro sparsissime spinuloso-denticulatis
coriaceis pagina utravis pilis strigillosis appressis onustis ; spinis
inter-petiolaribus binis patentibus vel ascendenti-patentibus sim-
plicibus vel juxta basin 1-3-denticulatis ventre planis dorso
convexis apice pungentibus sordide albis glabris; bracteis spinis
interpetiolaribus similibus ; floribus in axillis superioribus soli-
tariis subsessilibus ; calycis parvuli puberuli segmento antico
ovato-oblongo apice bidentato margine integro segmento postico
antico subsimili apice obtuso segmentis lateralibus oblongis obtusis
quam reliqua paullo longioribus omnibus herbaceis; corollae
violaceae tubo calycem excedente triente superiori ampliato lobis
omnibus inter se subsimilibus late rotundato-obovatis lobo antico
altius soluto ; staminibus 2 subinclusis ; staminodiis 2 antheris
parvis gaudientibus tertium anthera orbum haud vel paullulum
superantibus; ovario ovoideo glabro; ovulis quove in loculo 2;
capsula anguste ovoideo-oblonga basi apiceque angustata.

Lake Chad District ; n. 1009.

Leaves 8-18 x 4-7 mm., the terminal spinelet about 1:5 mm. long,
drying a darkish grey-green; petioles at most not much exceeding
1 mm. in length. Interpetiolar spines + 1 cm. long, not very strong
but sharply pointed. Outer segments of calyx 6 mm. long, 3-3°2 mm.
broad ; inner segments 7 mm. long, all the segments ciliolate at the
margin. Corolla 84 mm. long; tube in front 15 mm., behind 22 mm.

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long, 8:5 mm. wide below, increasing to double that width at the
throat; lobes 19 mm. long (front one 18 mm.) and 8-10 mm. broad.
Staminal filaments 15 mm. long. Anthers ovate-oblong, 4:5 mm.
long. Staminodes 5-6 mm. long. Ovary 9:5 mm. long. Style
glabrous except for the pilose base, 25 mm.long. Capsule 12 mm.
long, 6 mm. wide at the widest part, apparently 4-seeded, but seeds
not seen.

Much like B. triacantha Hochst. in habit, but different from it in
several respects, notably in the calyx. For the lateral segments of
the calyx to exceed the outer segments, as they do here, is very
unusual in the genus.

Barleria ($ Eu-Barleria) Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex
espinosus ramulis tetragonis frequenter foliosis ad nodos aliquan-
tulum tumidos piloso-puberulis tandem glabris; foliis petiolatis
oblongo-ovatis apicem versus subito attenuatis apice mucronulatis
papyraceis pagina utravis glabris leviterque nitentibus ; floribus
pluribus ex axillis superioribus approximatis ortis inflorescentiam
densam ovoideam constituentibus breviter pedicellatis ; bracteis
calyce brevioribus linearibus puberulis; calycis extus sparsim
puberuli intus pubescentis segmentis exterioribus late ovatis
margine undulatis vel rarissime dentatis ciliatis segmento postico
apice acuto segmentis anticis fere ad apicem usque connatis
segmentis lateralibus quam exteriora multo brevioribus lanceolatis
acutis ; corollae cyaneae extus puberulae tubo calyci subaequilongo
cylindrico lobis anguste oblongo-obovatis posticis paullo minoribus
antico altius soluto; staminibus longe exsertis staminodiis 3
abbreviatis inter se subaequalibus 2 antheram parvam fulcientibus ;
ovario late ovoideo acuto glabro ; stylo exserto glabro. .

Oban; n. 1396.

A shrub with smooth trailing leafy branchlets. Leaves 7-9 x
2'5-5 cm., the uppermost about 4*5 x 2 cm., drying a dark olive-green,
the underside sparsely studded with pale straw-coloured cystoliths,
nervation to the naked eye rather obscure; petioles from 2 mm. in
the uppermost leaves to 1:5-2:5 em. in the lower, channelled and
puberulous above. Inflorescences (omitting the corollas) 4-5 x 8:5 em.
Bracts 8 mm. long, scarcely 1 mm. broad. Pedicels 8 mm. long.
Flowers white with faint mauve shading. Posticous segment of calyx
20 x 14 mm.; anticous 15 x 12 mm., its two terminal teeth 1-2 mm.
long; lateral segments 7 mm. long, densely ciliated. Tube of corolla
17 x 4 mm.; front segment 28 mm. long, other segments 22 mm., the
front segment 12 mm., the lateral 10 mm., and the hinder pair 7 mm. :
broad. Filaments thick and fleshy, 4:7 cm. long. Anthers 8 mm.
long; staminodes, like the filaments dilated at the base, 3 mm. long,
their anthers 1*5 mm. in length. Ovary2mm.long. Style 6 cm. long.

The affinity is with B. Brownti S. Moore, a Uganda plant which
it much resembles in leaf and inflorescence. That species, however,
has much smaller and differently-shaped ealyx-segments and corollas,
ete., different in several respects. I am indebted to Mr. Turrill, of
the Kew Herbarium, for directing my attention to this as a new
. Species of Barleria. :

ACANTHACER (S. Moore) 87

Asystasia dryadum 8. Moore sp. nov. Herba ramis ramu-
lisque gracilibus sparsim foliosis cito glabris ; foliis petiolatis ovatis
apicem versus angustatis apice obtusis basi rotundatis obtusisve
membranaceis glabris; floribus pro rata mediocribus in racemis
terminalibus abbreviatis paucifloris dispositis ; bracteis bracteolisque
parvulis subulatis acutis; calycis segmentis anguste oblongo-
lanceolatis acutis intus mieroscopice puberulis ceterum glabris
vel fere glabris; corollae tubo ex calyce eminente a basi usque ad
fauces gradatim dilatato glabro lobis quam tubus plane brevioribus
inter se subaequalibus late obovatis obtusissimis ; staminibus infra
medium tubum insertis antherarum loculo altero paullulum altius
affixo loculis omnibus basi obtusis muticis ; ovario fulvo-tomentoso ;
stylo apice brevissime bilobo.

Oban; n. 991.

Slender, divaricate, somewhat anfractuose, trailing branches sub- —
distantly leaf-bearing. Blade of leaf usually 2:5-4 x 1:8-1:7 em.,
at most (and that rarely) 6 x 2'5 cm., brownish-green when dry;
petioles 5-12 mm. long, usually with a few short hairs upon them.
‘Racemes 3-flowered (exclusive of the corollas), 2-5' 5 em. long, including
the 5-25 mm. long pedunele. Pedicels 1-2 mm. long. Bracts and
bracteoles about 1°5 mm. long. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long,
1-8-2 mm. wide in the widest part, often with a few microscopical
hairs on the outer side and with faint traces of ciliation on the margin.
Corolla-tube 20-22 mm. long, when moistened 3 mm. wide near the
base, expanding to 9 mm. at the throat. Lobes 7 x 5-6 mm. Fila-
ments inserted at 7 mm. from base of corolla, the longer pair 5 mm.
long, the shorter scarcely 9 mm. Anthers 1:25 mm. long. Ovary
ovoid, narrowed above and passing into the style, 8 mm. long. Style
glabrous, about 1 em. long.

The affinity of this is with 4. Buettneri Lindau, which is different
in leaf, calyx, anthers, and a few other points of minor importance.

No. 9914, also from Oban, is probably to be referred here, though
its longer petioles, greater number of flowers to the raceme, and strongly
ciliate calyx-segments, are special features.

Adhatoda aurieulata S. Moore sp. nov. Suffrutex ramis quad-
rangularibus juventute fulvo-pubescentibus dein glabrescentibus ;
foliis amplis oblongo obovatis obtusis basi biauriculatis papyraceis
supra pilis sparsis strigillosis appressis exemptis fere glabris subtus -
in nervis fulvo-pubescentibus petiolis brevibus validis dense pube-

scentibus; spicis ex axilla foliorum paris summi sub alabastro
apicali oriundis simplicibus pedunculatis foliis brevioribus sparsim
pubescentibus ; bracteis calycibus brevioribus lanceolatis obtuse-
acutis ut calyx bracteolaeque sibi ipsis subsimiles sparsim
pubescentibus ; calycis segmentis 5 lineari-lanceolatis acutis ;
corollae extus pubescentis tubo calyce breviore ad fauces subito
contracto limbo tubo subaequilongo labio antico alte tripartito
postico emarginato; antherarum loculis inaequialtis loc. inf.
breviter obtuseque calcarato ; ovario fulvo-villoso ; stylo deorsum

88 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

puberulo; capsula inferne compressa superne ovoidea acuta
fulvo-pubescente 4-sperma. .

Oban; n. 2011. Also Cameroons; Zenker, n. 4395.

Blade of leaf 20-28 cm. long, 7-11 em. broad, spreading in the
dried state and greyish-green, the basal auricles deltoid, acute, about
5 x 7 mm.; petioles 8-20 mm. long. Spikes solitary or one from
each axil immediately beneath the apical bud, erect, 15-18 cm. long
(of which a length of 5-6 cm. belongs to the peduncle) and about 1 cm.
broad. Bracts and bracteoles 5-6 mm. long, those of the upper flowers
somewhat smaller. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long, with faint longi-
tudinal nervation. Corolla-tube 4:5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, at the
throat contracted to 2 mm. ; upper lip galeate, oblong-ovate, 5*5 mm.
long; lower lip 5:5 mm. long, its lobes oblong, obtuse, and 4:5 mm.
long. Stamens ascending beneath the galea. Filaments fleshy, puber-
ulous, about 5 mm. long; anther-cells broadly oblong, rather more
than 2 mm. in length. Ovary 2 mm. and style 8:5 mm. long. Capsule
27 mm. long, the barren part l7 x 2-3 mm., the seed-bearing part
10 x 6 mm. Seeds oval-oblong, with a dark nearly smooth testa,
about 4 mm. long, the curved retinacula ending in a sharp point.

The shape of the leaves and the small flowers with deeply tripartite
lower lip and puberulous filaments are the chief points separating this
from A. tristis Nees.

Hypoestes ($ Apolyton) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov. Herba
caule inferne radicante superne ascendente sparsim ramoso quad-
rangulari glabro ramulos tenues minute puberulos emittente ; foliis
oblongo- rarius ovato-lanceolatis acutis in petiolum brevem angus-
tatis utrinque glabris ; involucris bifloris (flore secundo verisimiliter
haud maturante) inter se satis distantibus in paniculas racemosas
laxas elongatas minute puberulas digestis ; bracteolis exterioribus
liberis inter se subaequalibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis
minute pubescentibus margine ciliolatis ; bracteolis interioribus
exterioribus similibus nisi paullo minoribus; calyce bracteolas
exteriores semiaequante circa adusque medium divisis segmentis
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis ; corollae extus piloso-puberu-
lae tubo involucrum aequante sursum levissime ampliato limbi
tubum excedentis labio antico obovato labio postico anguste
lanceolato-oblongo integro ; filamentis pubescentibus ; stylo glabro ;
ovulis in loculis 2.

Oban, station garden ; n. 2005.

A lowly plant, the stem reaching two spans' height above its
decumbent rooting portion. Leaves usually 4-6 x 1°5-2°5 cm., but
the largest up to 12 x 4 cm., dark on the upper side when dry and
paler below; petioles of the smaller leaves 5 mm. long or less, of the
largest 1:5-2 mm. Panicle about 8-10 cm. long and 6 cm. in
diameter, slender and very lax, its lower branches 6 em. or more in
length, the uppermost 2-5 cm.; intervals between the involucres
+ 10 mm.,the youngest closer together. Floral leaves, all except
the lowest, subulate, acute, 2-3 mm. long. Outer involucral leaves
9-10 mm. long, inner 8 mm. Calyz 4:5 mm. long. Flowers bright

ACANTHACEJE (S. Moore) 89

magenta. Corolla 23 mm. long;.tube barely 10 mm. long, 1 mm. or
slightly more wide in its lower part, and only 2 mm. at the throat;
lower lip 13 mm. long, 6:5 mm. at the widest part, its lobes deltoid-
rotundate, and 1:25 mm. long, the mid-lobe 2:25 mm. broad.
Filaments stout, 10 mm. in length. Anther-cells 2 mm. long. Ovary
1:5 mm. Style 17 mm. long.

Quite unlike any African species known to me. In habit it
resembles H. phyllostachys Bak. from Madagascar, but to mention
one point only, the involucres of the two are different. -

Rungia dimorpha S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule erecto
distanter folioso bifariatim pubescente mox glabro ; foliis ovatis
(summis lanceolato-ovatis) apicem versus acuminatis apice ipso
obtusis vel emarginatis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis
papyraceis utrinsecus (nervis puberulis nisi pubescentibus exclusis)
glabris ; spicis elongatis breviter pedunculatis terminalibus axilla-
ribusve solitariis vel 2-3-nis quam folia brevioribus ; bracteis arcte
imbricatis dimorphis sc. sterilibus ovatis sursum gradatim angus-
tatis apice obtusis vel obtuse acutis basi breviter amplexicaulibus
quam fertiles obovatae obtusissimae subito brevissime cuspidulatae
basi leviter cordatae longioribus bracteis omnibus papyraceis laete
viridibus margine angustissime decoloribus ut spicarum axis
glandulo-pubescentibus ; bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis quam
bractea stipans paullulum brevioribus ; calycis segmentis 5 angus-
tissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis bracteolas aequantibus glanduloso-
pubescentibus ; corollae tubo calycem breviter excedente superne
gradatim ampliato labio antico suborbieulari breviter 3-lobo lobis
lateralibus quam intermedius latioribus labio postico deltoideo-
triangulari apice integro; antherarum loc. sup. basi appendice
lata obtusissima onusto loc. inf. basi incurvo-calcarato ; capsula
oblonga puberula 4-sperma.

Oban; n. 1528.

Branches somewhat wiry, swollen at the nodes, drying blackish.
Leaves usually about 12 x 5:5 cm., a few 7-10 x 2:5-4 cm., deep
green when dry and palely shining ; petioles + 1 cm. long, pubescent
above. Spikes (ineluding the 1 em. long peduncle) generally 8-12 cm.
long, 1°5-2 em. broad. Sterile bracts mostly 11-15 x 6-8 mm.;
fertile bracts about 10 x 6 mm. Bracteoles 6 x 1°75 mm., glandular
pubescent. Segments of calyx somewhat unequal, 6-7 x ‘5 mm.
Tube of nearly glabrous pale greenish corolla 9 mm. long, 2 mm.
wide below, at the throat 4 mm.; lower lip 5 x 6:5 mm., the lobes
scarcely 1 mm. long; upper lip purple-dotted, 4:5 mm. long and
4 mm. wide at the base. Filaments exserted to a length of 2:5 mm. ;
upper cell of anther 1:5 mm. long, lower cell 1°75 mm. Pollen
ellipsoidal with a narrow and a broader finely tuberculate band
between each of the six pores. Ovary 1'5 mm. long; style 9 mm.
Capsule 7 mm. long, flattened base as long as the fertile part. Seeds
suborbieular with brown, finely tubercled testa, "5 mm. in diameter.

Allied to R. obcordata Lindau, which has uniform bracts and
different flowers.

90 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Dicliptera obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Herba spithamea vel
paullo ultra caule inferne decumbente radicante superne ascen-
dente simplici (anne semper?) gracili puberulo cito fere glabro;
foliis petiolatis elliptieis apice saepissime acuminatis ipso obtusis
basi acuminatis acutisve utrinque glabris ; involucris 2-floris (flore
altero valde imminuto) inter se satis distantibus oppositis vel
alternis in paniculis racemiformibus plerumque terminalibus quam
folia brevioribus dispositis; foliis floralibus parvulis lineari-
subulatis patentibus recurvisve; bracteolis exterioribus parum
inaequalibus ovatis acutis fere glabris laete viridibus ; bracteolis
interioribus quam exteriores multo minoribus lineari-lanceolatis
acuminatis decoloribus margine ciliolatis ; calycis bracteolas int.
longe excedentis segmentis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis
subdistanter granduloso-ciliatis ; corolla a bracteolis ext. leviter
superata ejus tubo labium excedente sursum leviter amplificato
labiis ovatis lab. sup. apice retuso lab. inf. tridentato ; staminibus
exsertis ; capsula late obovoidea acuta basi longiuscule stipitata
sparsim pubescente 4-sperma.

Oban ; n. 1363.

Leaves 6-18 em. long, 2°5-5 em. broad, bright green when dry,
paler on the lower side, those of opposite pairs sometimes unequal in
size; petioles up to 3 cm. in length, but usually about 1 cm. and in
the case of the uppermost leaves sometimes even shorter. Inflores-
cences at most 7 cm. long, the axis slender and sometimes anfractuose,
the interspaces between the involucres 5-10 mm. long, but the upper-
most closer together. Floral leaves rather rigid, about 4 mm. long.
Peduncles up to 3 mm. long, puberulous. The larger of the outer
bracteoles 14-16 x 7'5-8°5 mm., the smaller about 13 x 6 mm.;
inner bracteoles 275 mm. long. Calyx nearly 6 mm. long. Corolla-
tube 8:5 mm. long, 1*5 mm. wide, increased at the throat to 2:5 mm.;
upper lip 4 x 2:75 mm., lower lip 4:5 x 2°25 mm. Filaments 2 mm.
long; anther cells 1 mm. Ovary 1:5 mm. long; glabrous style
10mm. Capsule mm. long, the seed-bearing portion 4:5 mm. long.
peaks rather more than 1 mm. in diameter, very minutely tubercled, `

rown.

To be inserted in the genus next D. alternans Lindau, which has

somewhat different leaves and much smaller bracteoles, corollas and
capsule,

VERBENACEA,

Clerodendron Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
patule et sparsiuscule pilis articulatis longiusculis indutis ; foliis
elliptieis papyraceis utrinque sparse pilosis supra nitentibus
breviter acuminatis acutis basi rotundatis margine integro
petiolo breviuseulo parte inferiore demum uncam validam
lignosam nonnunquam formante ; floribus capitatis bracteatis
breviter pedicellatis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis; calyce cam-
panulato fere ad medium in lobos ovatos membranaceos articulato-

VERBENACER (H. F. Wernham) 91

pilosos acutissimos diviso; corolla longe tubulosa extus pilis
glandulosis sparsim pubescente, tubo tenui vix incurvo apice
vix ampliato, lobis subaequalibus ; staminibus cum stylo longissime
exsertis.

Oban ; n. 341.

Leaves up to 20 cm. x 11 em., with stalk 8:5 em. long. Flower-
heads 2*5-8 cm. in diameter, sessile or nearly so. Bracts up to
lem. x 8 mm. Calyz-segments about 1:9 em. x 7 mm. Corolla-
tube exserted 2-5 cm. beyond calyx, lobes 7 mm. long.

Near C. capitatum Schum. & Thonn., but flowers much shorter.

Clerodendron obanense Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis
subteretibus levibus fistulosis fragilibus; foliis obovato-lanceolatis
breviter subito acuminatis apice obtusiusculo, margine integro,
utrinque glaberrimis basi subrotundis longiuscule petiolatis,
petioli parte inferiore indurante persistente ; /loribus capitatis
lateralibus, pedicellis tenuibus; calyce membranaceo fere ad
basin in lobos ovatos breviter setaceo-acuminatos acutissimos sparse
praecipue in margine articulato-pilosos diviso ; corollae tubo tenui
recto elongato apice parum ampliato, pilis glandulis paucis con-
spersis, lobis subglabris subaequalibus patentibus ; genitalibus nec
longissime exsertis.

Oban ; n. 2081.

Leaves 25 cm. long, including acumen 2 cm., 11-12 cm. broad;
petiole 5 cm., including persistent lower part 1:5 cm. long. Inflores-
cence, without the corollas, about 4:5 cm. in diameter. Calyz-
segments about 12 mm. x 5 mm. Corolla-tube exserted 4 cm. beyond
the calyx; lobes 12-14 mm. long.

Similar to the preceding, but distinct in the want of hairs, complete
in the vegetative parts, and almost complete in the flowers; also in
the size of the leaves and flowers.

Vitex bogalensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex parvus ramulis
nisi novellis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus glabris, cortice cinereo-
cano indutis; foliis palmate compositis 3—5-foliolatis, petiolo
longiuseulo ramulorum modo indutis, foliolis plerumque sessilibus
obovatis parvis basi cuneatis brevissime acuminatis obtusisutrinque
praesertim iu venis subtus prominentibus supra impressis pubes-
centibus, glandulus minutissimis pellucidis; floribus in cymis
axillaribus plus minus paucifloris laxiusculis pedunculo petiolum
subaequante necnon ei simili; bracteis lineari-setaceis ; calyce
campanulato villosissimo lobis triangularibus subacutis tubum
aequantibus; corolla extus praecipue in lobis pubescente tubo
calycem multo excedente; staminibus exsertis; fructu globoso
nisi apice flavo-tomentoso glabrato.

North Cameroons, Bogalo Peak, near summit, n. 1046.

Middle leaflet 4 cm. long, 1*7 cm. broad; lateral leaflets 3 cm.
long, 1*2 em. broad; petiole 2:7 cm. long. Peduneles 2 em. Bracts
to 4 mm. long. Calyx about 3 mm. long, including lobes 1:5 mm.

92 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

long. Corolla-tube about 5 mm. long; lobes 2 mm. Fruit about
1 cm. in diameter.

Vitex obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex subglaber
ramulis fistulosis; foliis digitatim compositis longe petiolatis
petiolo minutissime puberulo ; foliolis plerumque obovatis subito
breviter acuminatis utrinque acutis supra scabridiusculis infra
nisi in venis minute pubescentibus glabratis glandulosis, petiolulis
mediorum trium longiusculis lateralium brevissimis ; inflorescentia |
laxissima cymorum 3—4-florum pedunculatorum panicula terminali
minutissime ferrugineo-pubescente ebracteata ; florum parvorum
pedicellis pubescentibus bracteolis minutis ; calycis limbo integro ;
corollae multiglandulosae tubo valde curvato multo e calyce
exserto, lobis superioribus brevibus latissimis labio inferiore
ovato longo marginibus reflexis.

Oban ; n. 1044, :

Terminal and lateral leaflets about equal, 12 cm. long, with
acumen 1:5-2 cm., and nearly 6 cm. broad; basal lateral leaflets
6°5-8°5 cm. long with acumen 1-1:3 cm., and 8-4:5 cm. broad.
Terminal petiolule 1:8 em. long; petiole 10-15 cm. long, Main
rachis of inflorescence over 20 em. long, lateral branches 10 em. or
more long. Pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx 2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at the
gaping mouth. Corolla-tube about 5 mm. long, bent almost at right
angles at the middle, lower lip over 2 mm. long.

Near V. thyrsiflora Baker, differing in the shape of the leaflets
and characters of the inflorescence.

MONOCHLAMYDE.
By SPENCER MOORE, F.L.S.

ARISTOLOCHIACER.

Aristolochia tribrachiata S. Moore sp. nov. Planta caule
volubili distanter folioso cortice griseo maxime rimoso obducto ;
foliis petiolatis amplis oblongo-ovatis basi rotundatis levissimeve
cordatis trinervibus nitidulis coriaceis glabris ; cymis subsessilibus
paucifloris; pedicellis (cum ovario) floribus brevioribus ; bracteis
parvulis ovato-lanceolatis; perianthii extus glabri utriculo oblique
ovoideo tubo anguste infundibulari utriculum paullo excedente
intus sparsim piloso limbo inequaliter 3-lobo lobis ovato-lanceolatis
acuminatis quam tubus longioribus; gynostemio breviter stipitato;
staminibus stylisque 9. i

Oban; n. 1542, ;
Thick twining stem twisted and somewhat compressed. Leaves

ARISTOLOCHIACER (S. Moore) 93

{extremity not seen) 15 x 8'5 cm., when dry green and shining;
lateral nerves 4 pairs (including the basal pair), distant, inserted upon
the midrib at about a right angle, strongly arcuate and anfractuose
towards the margin, together with the reticulum flat or nearly so on
the upper side and very prominent on the lower; petioles stout,
nearly 8 em. long. Thick woody base of inflorescence about 5 mm.
in length. Bracts about 3 mm. long. Pedicels (with ovary) 2°5-4 em.
long. Perianth, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, yellowish-white
on the outside, the lobes reddish-purple with white streaks; utricle
23-25 mm. long, 15-17 nim. broad; tube 27 mm. long, at bottom
6-8 mm., at top 10-12 mm. broad ; longer lobes 48 mm. long, smaller
third lobe 40 mm. Stalk of gynostemium 1:5 mm. long. Anthers
oblong, 2:25 mm. long, the same length as the erect branches of the
stigma. ;

To be inserted in the genus next A. Staudtii Engl., a species
known to me by description only, which has smaller and narrower
leaves and shorter stalks, differently coloured flowers with a longer
and broader utricle, a longer tube and a longer stalk to the much
larger gynostemium. The leaves serve to distinguish the plant
at sight from A. triactina Hook. fil.

No. 213 with somewhat larger dull yellow purple-streaked
perianth-lobes may be a form of this, but its leaves are unknown.

Aristolochia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Planta scandens caule
florescentis tempore nudo; foliis ignotis; floribus in fasciculis
subsessilibus paucifloris ex ramis foliis destitutis oriundis; pedi- —
cellis (cum ovario) quam flores brevioribus puberulis; perianthii
extus glabri utriculo obliquo ovoideo quam tubus deorsum cylin-
dricus sursum infundibularis paullo breviore limbo brevi uno
latere in caudam attenuatam perianthium ipsum excedentem
exeunte; gynostemio breviter stipitato ; staminibus necnon
stylis 9. (Pl. 11, fig. 7.) E

Oban; nn. 128, 2310.

Stem, according to Mrs. Talbot's drawing, about 1 cm. in diameter,
here and there nodose, surrounded by a spirally twisted cortex.
Peduncles about 5 mm. long and 3 mm. in diameter. Pedicels
3-4 cm. long. Perianth pale yellowish-green, with several dark
longitudinal unbranched or rarely branching nerves, when dry dark
brown or almost black; utricle 20-22 x 11-13 mm.; tube 38 mm.
long, in its lower half 10-12 mm. wide, expanding above to 26 mm.,
clothed inside with numerous reflexed black bulbous-based hairs and
a row of ordinary hairs separating it from the utricle; limb emarginate
at the side opposite to that from which the tail is given off, otherwise
entire, 25 x 15 mm.; tail + 10 em. long, nearly 9 mm. wide at its
point of origin, immediately narrowing to ‘5 mm., and towards the
tip expanding to 1 mm. or somewhat more. Stalk of the gynostemium
1:5 mm. long. Anthers oblong, 2 mm. long or a little more.
Branches of the stigma incurved just below the acute tip, 1:5 mm.
long.
, on sight by its remarkable perianth, somewhat in the
style of though abundantly diverse from that of A. foetens Lindl., and
markedly smaller than that of A. flagellata Stapf.

94 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Var. longissima. Cauda maxime elongata, saepe ternatim
divisa, 20-25 cm. long, triente superiore usque ad 2-3 mm. diam.
dilatata.

Oban ; n. 1642. : :

The upper part of the perianth-tube of this supposed variety is
more curved than that of type specimens, otherwise except for the
very long tails there seems no difference. As with the type, no leaves
of this are to hand. The perianth is very pale green in colour with
dark purple spots, and the hairs in the throat are pure white. The
single fruit sent consists of two oblong portions (apparently the two
halves, though the ends do not quite match), each 10 em. long and
3 em. in diameter, deeply 6-suleate and in colour a dark brown; the
seeds are cordate, palely shining and 1 cm. long.

Aristolochia tenuicauda S. Moore sp. nov. Planta perianthii
extus mieroscopice puberuli utriculo obliquo late ovoideo tubo
inferne cylindrico superne curvato-infundibulari quam utriculus
plane longiore limbo abbreviato uno latere tridentato dente
utroque in caudam elongatam tenuissimam exeunte; gynostemio
stipitato ; staminibus 9 ; stylis 9.

Oban ; n. 2318. i i
|... Stem and leaves not seen, but certainly a twiner. Perianth dark-
coloured and leathery when dry, traversed by several longitudinal
nerves, reticulum not very plainly seen; utricle 2:5 cm. long,
1:5 em. broad, projecting beyond the narrower lowest part of the
tube; tube arching above, inside pilose with white hairs, 4:5 cm.
long, 10 mm. broad at the base, i4 mm. at the middle, and 30 mm.
immediately below the limb, mouth emarginate at the end opposite
to that bearing the tails, its three teeth about 2 mm. long, tails very
slender up to 20 cm. long, about "3 mm. wide, but distally widening
to about 1 mm. Stalk of gynostemium 2 mm. long. Anthers
narrowly oblong, 3 mm. long. Branches of stigma with short
incurved tails, nearly 3 mm. long.

Nearly allied to the last, but the perianth of A. tenwicauda is
larger, the utricle more prominent, the upper part of the tube more
curved, the mouth wider, the place of the single tail is always taken
by the three slender tails, and the anthers and styles are longer.

LAURINEAE.

Tylostemon ($ Ennearrhena) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov.
Frutex elatus ramis subteretibus glabris cortice cinereo cireumda-
tis ; foliis amplis oblongo-ellipticis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso
obtusis basi in petiolum brevem crassum canaliculatam angustatis |
glandulis immersis creberrime inspersis pergamaceis utrinsecus
glabris vel fere glabris; panieulis extra-axillaribus subtermina-
libusve effusis minute subfulvo-pubescentibus ramulis pluribus —

oppositis alternisve ascendentibus vel patulis pedicellis ut ramuli
filiformibus satis elongatis ; perianthio pro rata majuseuloturbinato ——

LAURINE& (S. Moore) 95

extus minute pubescente intus villoso quam lobi subrotundati
obtusiusculi plane longiore; staminum serr. 1 & 2 filamentis
antheris fere aequilatis basi vix angustatis utrobique pubescentibus

staminum ser. 3 filamentis quam antherae aequilongae paullo

angustioribus villosis basi biglandulosis; staminodiis minutis
linearibus villosis ; ovario ut stylus glabro.

Oban; n. 1539.

Leaves at most 18-20 x 6-7 cm., sometimes 12-14 x 4-5 cm.,
greyish-green when dry below, brownish above; lateral nerves about
Son each side of the midrib, with numerous interposed nerves of
lower order all, together with the reticulum, prominent on both sides ;
petioles about 1 cm. long. Panicles at most 15 em. long and 9 cm.
broad, the peduncle frequently 3-5 em. long, the branches anfrac-
tuose and usually 2-4 cm. long. Bracts subfugacious, lanceolate.
minutely tawny-tomentose, 4 mm. long. Pedicels 2-6 (or even 7) mm.
in length. Perianth green, 3 mm. long, of which 2 mm. belong to
the tube; lobes 1 mm. long, 1:3 mm. broad. Stamens of the two
outer whorls 1 mm. broad and rather more than that in length;
extrorse stamens 1:5 mm. long, with filaments 1 mm. wide and
somewhat broader anthers, the pale green glands nearly ‘5 mm. in
diameter. Staminodes difficult to find among the hairs of the inner
side of the perianth, less than 1 mm. long. Ovary broadly ovoid,
1 mm. long. Style half as long again as the ovary, swollen in its
lower part.

Near T. longipes Stapf, which has smaller leaves, a glabrous
perianth, different stamens and staminodes and ovary as long as
the style.

Tylostemon ($ Ennearrhena) myreiaefolius S. Moore sp. nov.

Frutex ramis subteretibus glabris cortice cinereo obductis ; foliis
petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis apice cuspidato- vel caudato-attenuatis
ipso obtusis ima basi cuneatis tenuiter coriaceis utrinque glabris
neenon nitentibus; paniculis extra-axillaribus quam folia ple-
rumque brevioribus pedunculo brevi ramulis alternis nisi sub-
oppositis patulis ut pedicelli alabastra aequantes vel breviter
superantes glabris vel summum sparsissime puberulis; bracteis
persistentibus ; perianthio mediocri campanulato glabro lobis sub-
orbicularibus subaequilongo ; staminum serr. 1 & 2 filamentis late
oblongis quam antherae longioribus dorso pubescentibus ; staminum
ser. 3 his subsimilibus basi biglandulosis ; staminodiis cordatis

apice acutis dorso-pubescentibus ; ovario subgloboso quam stylus - 2

manifeste breviore glabro.
Oban; n. 2334,

Leaves usually 8-12 em. long and 8:5-5:0 cm. broad, but

occasionally as small as 5 x 2°5 cm., drying brownish or olive-green; _
lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, with numerous ~
intervening nervelets almost as prominent as themselves, widely

arching towards the leaf-margin, together with the reticulum

prominent on both faces; petioles widely excavated on the upper
side, 4 mm. long. Panicles about 7 cm. long and 5 em. broad, with s

96 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

peduncles 1 cm. or so long, and very slender branches of thrice that
length. Bracts 2-3 mm. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse,
minutely silky pubescent on the back. Pedicels usually 1-2 mm.
long. -Perianth-tube 1:25 mm. long; lobes 1:5 mm. ciliolate.
Stamens of the two outer whorls 1:15 x 0:8 mm., of the extrorse
whorl 1:15 mm. long, the glands at the*base of these obovoid and
nearly 1 mm. in length. Staminodia barely 1 mm. long. Ovary
"5 mm. Style nearly 1 mm. long.

Allied to the last. It differs from T. longipes Stapf, inter alia,
in the more shortly petioled shining conspicuously nerved leaves, the
persistent braets, the smaller flowers on shorter pedicels and the
diverse stamens.

Tylostemon ($ Ennearrhena) foliosus S. Moore sp. nov.
Frutex ramis subteretibus glabris cortice badio obductis ; foliis
mediocribus breviter petiolatis ellipticis utrinque obtusis coriaceis
glabris; paniculis terminalibus nisi ex axillis summis oriundis
quam folia multoties brevioribus e ramulis paucis patentibus
sistentibus subtiliter fulvo-pubescentibus ; bracteis satis perspicuis
ovato-cymbiformibus acutis dorso minute fulvo-tomentosis ;
pedicellis flores plerumque aequantibus vel excedentibus ; peri-
anthii turbinati extus minute pubescentis intus fere glabri lobis
quam tubus brevioribus suborbicularibus margine ciliolatis ;
staminum serr. 1 & 2 filamentis brevibus quam antherae sub-
orbiculares deorsum necnon dorso villosae angustioribus ; staminum
ser. 3 filamentis latis villosis antheras conoideas glabras circa
aequantibus biglandulosis ; staminodiis triangularibus acutis
villosis; ovario subgloboso glabro quam stylus glaber crassus
apicem versus attenuatus paullulum breviore. `

- Oban; n. 2342.

A bushy shrub. Leaves 12-18 x 3-4 cm., drying olive-green above
and brown below; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, dividing and inarching at
some little distance from the midrib, together with the reticulum
prominent on both sides of the leaf; petioles about 1 cm. long, stout,
channelled above, drying black. Panicles 1-3 cm. long, from less
than 1 em. to nearly 4 em. across, the latter measurement referring
to the terminal inflorescence. Bracts 3-4 mm. long. Pedicels often
8-4 mm. in length, those of flowers at the top of the branchlets often
reduced to 1 mm. Flowers 2 mm. long, and the same in diameter;
tube 1:25 mm., lobes '75 mm. long. Stamens of whorls I. and II.
not quite 1 mm. long, of the third whorl 1 mm.; glands of the latter
small, about "2 mm. in diameter. Staminodes "8 mm. long. Ovary
about :75 in diameter. Style 1 mm. long.

In foliage this is very like T. obscurus Stapf, but that has
markedly smaller flowers, besides belonging to the $ Hexarrhena,
Its position in the genus seems to be next T. cinnamomeus Stapf.

EUPHORBIACEJ (S. Moore) 97

EUPHORBIACEE.

Drypetes obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis
. gracilibus subteretibus crebro foliosis minute pubescentibus ; foliis
breviter petiolatis ovato-oblongis vel lanceolato-ovatis apice cuspi-
dato-acuminatis ipso obtusis basi obliquis obtusis raro rotundatis
margine dimidio superiori distanter serrulato-denticulatis tenuiter
coriaceis glabris nitidulis costis lateralibus utrinque 4—6 (raro 7)
aperte arcuatis costulis intermediis satis prominulis pluribus ;
forum fasciculis ramulis vetustioribus insidentibus floribus masc.
solummodo cognitis pedicellis abbreviatis suffultis ; sepalis 5 late
imbricatis suborbicularibus margine ciliolatis ceteroquin glabris ;
staminibus circa 14 filamentis quam antherae longioribus ; disco
rugoso.

Oban ; nn. 677, 2310.

A small tree. Branchlets patent or erecto-patent, 1-2 mm. in
diameter. Leaves mostly 6-10 cm. long. 2:5-4-0 cm. broad,
occasionally reaching 11:0 x 5:5 cm., or reduced to 5:0 x 1:5 em or
even less, greenish-grey when dried, the midrib very prominent on the
underside and flat or almost so above; petioles about 5 mm. long,
like their supporting branchlets covered with a brown pubescence.
Fascicles of flowers about 1 cm. in diameter. Pedicels stoutish, at
most barely 3 mm. long. Sepals 8:5 x8 mm. Filaments 2 mm.
long, anthers 1 mm. Disk 8 mm. in diameter.

- So far as clavis characters go, this comes near D. spinoso-dentata
Hutchins. and D. minor Hutchins., of which both have leaves diverse
in size, shape and toothing, as well as much larger flowers.

Drypetes Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Arbor ramulis subtere-
tibus crebro foliosis cortice fusco longitrorsum rimoso mox circum-
datis; foliis breviter petiolatis elongatis late oblongis apice
cuspidato-acuminatis ipso obtusis obtusiusculisve basin versus
aliquanto angustatis basi obtusissimis levissimeve cordatis
margine integris coriaceis glabris costis lateralibus utrinque ultra
20 additis costulis numerosis sibi ipsis fere aeque aspectabilibus
costa centrali pag. sup. impressa pag. inf. optime prominente ;
Jloribus ad nodos ramorum defoliatorum fasciculatis; pedicellis
filiformibus quam flores longioribus ; florum masc. sepalis 5 aesti-
vatione late imbricatis rotundato-ovatis obtusissimis ; staminibus
11-13 filamentis sepalis fere aequilongis ; antheris ovato-oblongis
quam filamenta manifeste brevioribus; disco plano; floribus
fem. haud visis.

Oban; n. 8.

Leafy branches about 4 mm. in diameter. Leaves 18-93 cm.
long, 5-6 cm. broad, grey-green, somewhat shining; petioles stout,
5 mm. long. Pedicels 8 mm. long. Sepals 8:5-4 x 2:5-83 mm. Fila-
ments 8 mm. long. Anthers scarcely 1:5 mm. Dise 2 mm. in
diameter.

To be inserted next to D. Afzelii Hutchins., a species of which the
male flowers are unknown. The leaves of the two are manifestly
different. :

ü

98 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

MONOCOTYLEDONS.

By Dr. A. B. RENDLE, F.R.S. (excepting Zingiberaceae
by H. N. Ribrey, C.M.G. F.R.S.).

ORCHIDACEE.

The collection contains seventy species, of which twenty are
new. Their affinity is almost exclusively West Tropical African,
and as might be expected a large proportion occur also in the
Cameroons, seventeen species being hitherto known only from
that area. Among these is the genus Auxopus recently described
by Dr. Schlechter from a single locality. Nineteen species have
a wider distribution through the region bordering on the Gulf of
Guinea from Sierra Leone to Gaboon, including Prince's Island
and the Island of St. Thomas; Habenaria barrina Ridl. has
hitherto been known only from St. Thomas. A smaller number,
seven, are more generally West Tropical African, extending
southwards to the French Congo or Angola.
Platanthera helleborina Rolfe and Habenaria procera Lindl.
are interesting additions, being previously recorded only from
Sierra Leone, the latter known apparently only from Lindley’s
figure (Bot. Reg. t. 1858), with which the Nigerian specimen
agrees. Two of the new species belonging respectively to
Bulbophyllum and Habenaria have also been sent from Liberia
by Mr. R. H. Bunting.
It is with much regret that I have felt compelled to quote
the species of Listrostachys and Mystacidium under Angraecum.
Dr. Schlechter has recently given repeated instances of cases
where the affinity deduced from general characters is at variance
with that deduced from the single character of the pollinia and
their appendages; species obviously closely allied must be
artificially separated on this criterion. The multiplicity of names
borne by many of the species is an indication of the unsatisfactory
nature of the system which continues to maintain this distinction.
An example is afforded by the species which I originally described
as Listrostachys clavata; the pollinia were attached by their
caudicles to a single gland, which, however, being easily separable
into two parts, was on this account referred by Mr. Rolfe to
Mystacidium. More recently Dr. Schlechter, in describing a new
species, Angraecum affine (in which the two pollen-stalks are

attached to a common gland), mentions as its nearest ally the -

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species in question, which he calls A. clavatum. Unfortunately
the trivial is already occupied in Angraecum, so a new one must
be found for my original plant. I have suggested multinominatum.

Bulbophyllum Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. Planta pseudo-
bulbis rhizomate lignoso tereti repente inter se distantibus com-
presso-ovoideis triangulatis monophyllis; foliis oblongis super
basin angustatis valde obtusis; scapo folia valde excedente
pro majore parte florifero internodiis inferioribus (5) bracteis
scariosis ocreiformibus vaginatis; bracteis florentibus scariosis
ascendentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis ovarium excedentibus ;
floribus albis breviter pedicellatis; sepalis subaequalibus lanceo-
latis acuminatis, lateralibus basi in mentum breve obtusum pro-
tractis ; petalis parvulis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis ; labello parvo
crasso elliptico, lateribus super basin latam usque ad partem
anteriorem ovatam acuminatam reversis, disco callis geminis
obtusis medio instructo; columna dentibus 2 erectis ipsi
subaequalibus instructa. (Pl. 12, figs. 1-3.)

Oban; n. 935. Liberia, Begwai; R. H. Bunting; in flower
Oet. 25.

Rhizome tough, 2 to nearly 8 mm. thick, bearing the pseudobulbs
at somewhat regular intervals of about 2 cm. Pseudobulbs 1:5-2 cm.
long, 1°5 or less in thickness. Leaves to 7 cm. long, 1:5-1:8 cm.
broad. Scape 15-22 cm. long, sheathing bracts about 1 em. long.
Raceme 13-20 cm. long. Flowering bracts 4&5 mm. long. Sepals
5 mm. long. Petals 9:5 mm.; lip barely exceeding 2 mm., the
recurved margin flattened anteriorly and folded downwards posteriorly
to join the subquadrate base, which narrows abruptly into a short
stalk. Column "5 mm. long.

Near B. flavidum Lindl., but distinguished by its somewhat
remarkable lip-structure.

Bulbophyllum nigritianum Rendle sp. nov. Herba epiphytica
pseudobulbis anguste-ovoideis approximatis monophyllis siccis
flavidis ; radicibus tenuibus intertextis ; foliis linearibus apice
obtusiusculis basi attenuatis scapum excedentibus; scapo tenui
super basin brevem vaginatam florifero flexuoso vel arcuato;
bracteis membranaceis siccis albidis ovato-lanceolatis subacutis
ovario cum pedicello subaequilongis; floribus parvis siccis
stramineis; sepalis subaequalibus triangulari-lanceolatis acumi-
natis, lateralibus latioribus; petalis parvulis elliptico-oblongis
obtusis ; labello parvulo recurvato oblongo obtuso, lobis lateralibus
suberectis obtusis basi instructo ; columna breve dentibus binis
acuminatis erectis instructa. (Pl. 12, figs. 4, 5.)

Oban ; n. 933.

Rhizome hidden by the crowded pseudobulbs and the mass of
slender roots. Pseudobulbs 2-2°5 cm. long, 1 cm. or less in diameter.
Leaves to 19:5 em. long, :5—:6 cm. broad. Scape to 10 cm. long,
bracts 2:5-3 mm. long. Sepals 4-4°5 mm. long, ew mm.

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broad, lateral 1:25 mm. Petals 1:2 mm. long; lip 1 mm. long.
Column barely 1 mm. long, teeth barely ‘5 mm. long. Ovary and
pedicel subequal, together 2-2°5 mm. long.

Near B. flavidum Lindl. from Sierra Leone, but distinguished by
the long narrow leaves, characters of the lip, &c.

Bulbophyllum Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Planta epiphytica
rhizomate tereti super radices tenues dense intertextas divaricate
ramoso ; pseudobulbis frequentibus vivis fusiformibus siecis tenuibus
rugosis diphyllis; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis; scapo saepe
tenue cum spica dense et distiche florifera folia excedente,
internodiis e. 10 bracteis pro maxima parte arcte vaginatis;
bracteis floriferis magnis cymbiformibus acutis purpureo-tinctis
flores primum celantibus demum flore aperto explicatis ; floribus
parvis; sepalis roseis lanceolato-acuminatis 3-nerviis subaequalibus ;
petalis linearibus minutis; labello atrate-roseo mobili e basi
anguste cordata lineari subacuto margine dense ciliato ; columna
brevi crassa processubus aequilongis erectis apice instructa.
(PI. 12, figs. 6, 7.)

Oban; n. 981; in flower Dec. 11.

Rhizome bent sharply at the origin of each pseudobulb, the
segments 1-1:5 cm. long, 2 mm. or more thick, spreading over the
matted slender branching roots; pseudobulbs 8-7-5 cm. long, much
shrivelled and slender when dry. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, '7-1 cm.
broad. Scape 8-13 cm. long to base of spike, from less than 1-1: 5 mm.
thick. Spike 8 to more than 10 cm. long, ultimately reflexed.
Flowering bracts 6-7 mm.long. Sepals 4 mm. long. Petals 1:2mm.
long ; lip 8:3 mm. long, becoming violently agitated when the flower

is touched. Column "3 mm. long, narrow pointed processes from the
upper angles 8 mm. long.

Allied to B. Manni Hook. fil (Cameroon Mts.), of which it
suggests a small edition, being smaller in all its parts. Also near
B. gravidum Lindl. (Fernando Po), but differs in its longer, narrower
spike, smaller flowers, linear lip, &c.

. Bulbophyllum Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. "Herba semipedalis
pseudobulbis compresso-ovoideis 3-angulatis flavidis aggregatis
monophyllis; foliis oblongis basi breviter angustatis obtusis;
scapo gracili curvulo pro majore parte (2) bracteis ocreiformibus
acutis laxe vestito, racemo haud densifloro ; bracteis oblongis vel -
ellipticis obtusis ovarium cum pedicello paullo excedentibus haud
reflexis ; floribus subsessilibus atrate roseis (e spec. sicco) ; sepalo
dorsali oblongo-lanceolato obtuso, sepp. lateralibus triangulari-
faleatis angustiore; petalis oblongo-spathulatis ; labello crassius-
culo lanceolato valde recurvato margine quam parte centrali
tenuiore et ciliolato; columna valida brachiis erectis geminis
lineari-subulatis instructa; capsula oblique-ellipsoidea. (Pl. 12,
fig. 8.)

Oban ; n. 934.
Pseudobulbs reaching 2 em. high by 1:2 cm. in diameter, densely

ORCHIDACE& (A. D. Rendle) 101

crowded on the rhizome. Roots dense slender, branching. Leaves
4:5-9 em. long, 1:4-2:2 cin. broad. Scape to 16 cm. long, less than
1 mm. thick, bearing at the five nodes below the inflorescence narrow
‘sheathing bracts 1-'5 cm. long. Raceme 5 em. long. Flowers (in
one specimen) seventeen. Bracts 2-2'5 mm. long. Sepals 8:5 mm.
long, the dorsal 1:5, the lateral 2 mm. broad, the broad united base
of the latter forming a blunt chin; the margin minutely papillose.
Petals 2 mm. long by "6 mm. broad ; lip 1°75 mm. long, barely 1 mm.
broad. Column "5 mm. long, the slender arms *75 mm. long. Stalk
with ovary barely 2 mm. long. Fruit 8 mm. long.

Evidently near the Congo species B. nanum De Wild. (from the
description) which it apparently resembles closely in habit, but differs
in absolute and relative sizes of the sepals and petals and in the form
of the lip.

Bulbophyllum obanense Rendle sp. nov. Planta minor
pseudobulbis (in vivo) anguste ellipticis suleatis diphyllis, in
rhizomate valido rubescente distantibus, cataphyllis scariosis
supra medium circumtectis ; foliis lineari-oblongis basi in petiolum
angustatis obtusis ; scapo folia paullo excedente, bracteis brevibus
specimine 5 rubescentibus e basi vaginante ovatis; spicae
rhachide compressa floribus ochroleueis in marginibus tenuibus
distiche ordinatis ; bracteis concavis dorso carinatis mucronulatis
floribus brevioribus ; sepalis triangulari-ovatis acuminatis, dorsali
paullo breviore; petalis linearibus ; labello crasso glabro trilobo,
lobis basalibus rotunde oblongis, lobo medio late oblongo recurvo
margine crispulo, carina obtusa mediana usque ad basin lobi medii
instructo ; columna brevi crassa dentibus 2 obtusis instructa.
(Pl. 12, figs. 9, 10.)

Oban, top of Niaji Peak; n. 932; in flower Oct. 28. i

Described from a single specimen 1:7 cm. high and a coloured
sketch. Distance between pseudobulbs 6-7 cm., rhizome bearing
reddish sheathing scales at the node, woody, 3 mm. thick; a tuft of
slender filiform roots from the base of each pseudobulb. Pseudobulb
3-4°5 em. long, 1:2 cm. thick (when fresh). Leaves 6-11 cm. long,
1:2 to nearly 2 cm. broad. Scape 10-13 cm. long to base of spike.
Bracts 6-7 mm. long. Spike 6 cm. long, rhachis 2-3 mm. broad.
Flowering bracts 4 mm. long. Dorsal sepal barely exceeding 5 mm.
long; lateral 5:75 mm. Petals 8:5 mm.; lip 2:25 mm., greatest
breadth equal to length ; median lobe 1 mm. broad, with a raised line
just within the margin. Column 1:3 mm. long.

Evidently very closely allied to the Congo species, B. platirachis,
described and figured by De Wildeman (Miss. Em. Laurent, 223, t. lv.),
which it ré&embles in habit, but is a larger plant and differs in the
absolute and relative length of the parts of the flower. B. obanense
is characterised by its 3-lobed lip, but the details of the lip of
B. platirachis are not described.

Bulbophyllum Amauryae Rendle sp. nov. Planta parva
epiphytiea pseudobulbis ovoideis dense aggregatis monophyllis ;
folio lineari utrinque attenuato obtusiusculo vel breviter acuto;
scapo filiforme folia duplo excedente parte inferiore bracteis

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4 tubuliformibus distantibus instructo superne flexuoso et
florifero ; bracteis ovato-acuminatis scariosis pedicellum brevem
cum ovario paullo excedentibus; sepalis triangulari-caudato-
acuminatis; petalis ellipticis apiculatis ; labello e basi hastato-
cordata anguste oblongo-triangulari acuminato margine ciliolato,
disco jugis binis superne convergentibus instructo ; columna brevi
processubus binis subulatis instructa. (Pl. 12, figs. 11, 12.)

Oban ; n. 952.

Pseudobulbs "5 cm.—"7 em. long on the nodes of a slender branching
raceme forming a cespitose mass. Leaves 5-8 em. long, 3:5-4 cm.
broad. Scapes to 13 cm. long, with 3-4 distant tubuliform bracts
below and bearing up to about ten flowers on the upper zigzag
portion. Flowering bracts about 2 mm. long. Sepals 8 mm. long;
the lateral 175 mm. broad at the base; the dorsal just over 1 mm.
Petals 2 mm. long by. ‘8 mm. broad ; lip 2:25 mm. long by 1:25 mm.
broad at the base. Column barely 1 mm. long, bearing a pair of long
subulate processes.

Near B. intertextum Lindl. (Niger Delta) and B. viride Rolfe
(Sierra Leone), but distinguished at once by the long narrow linear
leaves, and also by minute floral details.

Polystaehya obanensis Rendle sp. nov. Rhizoma lignosum
flexuosum complanatum ascendens, radicibus numerosis et pseudo-
bulbis marcescentibus seriatim approximatis instructum ; pseudo-
bulbo compresso 4-angulato binodo, quoque folium singulum
anguste oblongum saepissime basin versus angustatum et scapum
terminale gerente; inflorescentia puberula basi bractea mem-
branacea apice subacuta arcte vaginata superne laxe ramosa,
bracteis superioribus e basi ovata longe acuminatis ; floribus siccis
luteis puberulis; sepalo dorsale anguste elliptico acuto 3-nervio,
sepp. lateralibus triangularibus acutis mentum obtuse obconicum
efformantibus ; petalis lineari-oblanceolatis acutis ; labello e basi
unguiculata trilobato, lobis lateralibus brevibus rotundatis, lobo
medio suborbiculari apiculato disco incrassato ; columna brevi
crassa. (Pl. 13, figs. 1, 2.)

Oban ; n. 930. '

Plant 20-25 cm. high. Rhizome 4-5 mm. broad to 12 cm. long
in the specimens collected, internodes 1:5-2 em. long. Pseudobulbs
35-4 em. long, to 1*5 em. broad, enveloped below by the persistent leaf-
sheaths, and bearing its leaf a little below the apex. Leaf 8:5-14 cm.
long, 1:3-2 cm. broad. Peduncle 4*5-5:5 em. long; sheathing bract
2-8 em. Panicle 6-11 em. long, usually with two branches. Fertile
bracts 5-6 mm. long. Dorsal sepal 6:5—1:5 mm. long, 2°5-2°6 mm.
broad; lateral seps. 7°5-8°5 mm. long; chin 4 mm. long. Petals
6-6°5 mm. long, 1:5 mm. broad; lip 7:5 mm. long, 6 mm. broad,

with an upwardly broadening thickening from the base to a little
below the middle, and a central thickening on the apical lobe.
Column 2 mm. long. ;
. Apparently near P. epiphytica De Wild. (from Katanga), but
istinguished by its larger flowers and lip-characters. ; ME

ORCHIDACER (A. B. Rendle) 103

Polystachya Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. Caules subcom-
pressae approximatae basi paullo inflatae et vaginis scariosis
circumdatae ; foliis caulinis 4 e vaginis elongatis tubuliformibus
lineari-oblongis vel lineari-oblanceolatis apice inaequali acutius-
culis; scapo elongato bracteis scariosis parte inferiore tubuli-
formibus arcte vestito superne nudo et puberulo ramoso, ramis
multifloris ; bracteis florentibus ovatis superne acuminatis et
recurvatis; floribus inter mediocres glabri ; sepalo dorsale elliptico-
oblongo obtuso mucronato, sepp. lateralibus triangulari-oblongis
subito et breviter acutis mentum obtusum efformantibus ; petalis
linearibus apice spathulatis; labello trilobo basi cum crista
mediana suffulto, lobis lateralibus late oblongis apice rotundatis
margine integro, lobo mediano lato emarginato crenulato medio
cristato ; capsula subsessili fusiformi. (Pl. 13, figs. 3, 4.)

Oban ; n. 861.

Plant 6 cm. high. Stem leafy below, passing above into the
panicle. Leaves 10-30 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad. Panicle 18 cm.
long, branches (in fruit) to 8°5 cm. long. Flowering bracts 3 mm.
long. Dorsal sepal 4:5 mm. long; lateral sepals, greatest length
7 mm., chin 4:5 mm. Peíals 4:5 mm. long, broadening at the apex
to ‘7 mm.; lip 6 mm. long, greatest breadth 4:5 mm. Column short,
thick, 2 mm. long. Fruit 17-18 mm. long.

A member of the tessellata group of species, and from the descrip-
tion and figure near the Congo species P. Huyghei De Wild., but
distinguished by details of the flower such as blunt dorsal sepal and
lip-lobe, spathulate petals, &c.

Polystaehya nigeriea Rendle sp. nov. Species inter minores
caulibus compressis basi in pseudobulbum fusiformem incrassatis ;
foliis distichis a vagina compressa siccis sejunctis, lamina e basi
plicata ligulata apice inaequali obtusa emarginata; scapo supra
folia bracteis binis compressis spathaeformibus vestito puberulo
densifloro ; bracteis florentibus e basi triangulare setaceis flores
excedentibus saepe reflexis; floribus parvis glabris breviter
pedicellatis ; sepalo dorsali late ovato concavo acuminato, sepp.
lateralibus triangulari-ovatis breviter caudatis, mento late
rotundato ; petalis lineari-acutis ; labello trilobo lobis lateralibus
rhomboideis erectis, lobo mediano ovato-acuminato ; columna
brevi crassa, rostello dentibus binis acutis instructo. (Pl. 13,
figs. 5-9.)

Oban ; n. 929.

Stems 10-17 em. high, surrounded at the base by a mass of
slender roots, and often associated with the persistent remains of
stems of previous seasons. Leaves 4-11 cm. long, 9-18 mm. broad,
separating from the persistent sheaths when dried. Raceme to 7 cm.
long, or more. Flowering bracts to 8 mm. long. Dorsal sepal
2°5-2°75 mm. long; lateral sepals 8:5 mm. long, length of base
2:5 mm. Petals 2:5 mm. long; lip 2:6 mm. long; lateral lobes
1:5 mm. long; mid-lobe 1:75 mm. long. Column 2:5 mm. long.
Ovary with pedicel glabrous, 3 mm. long. ;

104 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

Near P. polychaete Krünzl, but & smaller plant with larger
flowers, which differ in having tailed sepals, linear petals, and in the
characters of the lip.

Polystaehya setieaulis Rendle sp. nov. Herba parvula
caulibus filiformibus pluribus in rhizomate brevi aggregatis,
rhizomate radicibus densis intertextis celato, caule supra basin
vaginis scariosis vestitam foliato ; foliis saepe 3 suberectis e
vagina basi anguste tubuliforme linearibus, apice mucronatis ;
racemo brevi paucifloro valde supra folia eminente; bracteis
approximatis concavis e basi lata triangulari-ovatis acutis;
flore (unus solum exstat) minuto luteo (?) breviter pedicellato ;
sepalo dorsali concavo elliptico acuto, sepp. lateralibus transverse
extensis oblique ovatis acutis carinulatis, basi in mentum latum
rhomboideum obtusum productis; petalis parvulis late ellipticis ;
labello indiviso e basi attenuata rhomboideo obtuso; columna
brevi crassa late alata; anthera superne rotundata antrorsum
rostrata ; capsula ellipsoidea. (Pl. 13, figs. 10-12.)

Oban ; n. 926.

Plants 5-9 cm. high. Leaves jointed with the sheath about 2 cm.
long, 1:5 mm. broad; mid-vein conspicuous on the lower face.
Raceme to 1 cm. long, sometimes with a short branch from the
thread-like basal bract. Flowering bracts 1 mm. long. Dorsal sepal
1 mm. long; lateral 1 mm. long, 29:8 mm. broad; chin equal to
dorsal sepal. Petal -75 mm. long; lip 1°75 mm. long, just over
1 mm. broad. Column "5 mm. long. Capsule 4 mm. long.

A very distinct little species.

Angraecum obanense Rendle sp. nov. Planta caule scandente
internodiis basibus foliorum persistentibus occultis ; foliis anguste
cuneato-oblongis apice inaequaliter bilobis; racemis brevibus
subrigidis axillaribus (interdum geminis) basin folii penetrantibus
multifloris ; bracteis brevibus amplexicaulibus truncatis ; floribus
minutis ; sepalo dorsali elliptico truncato obsolete apiculato, sepp.
lateralibus paullo angustioribus ellipticis obtusis supra medium
carinatis apice incrassatis dorso sparse furfuraceis ; petalis orbi-
cularibus ; labello oblato breviter apieulato, caleare brevi inflato
velut ovario sparse furfuraceo ; polliniorum stipite singulo (7);
rostello lineari inflexo. (Pl. 14, figs. 1, 2.) :

Oban; n. 896. SA

Stem broken off above, 3 mm. thick, fixed by long roots which
pierce the leaf-sheaths ; internodes barely 1 cm. long. Leaves 7:5-9
em. long, 1°5 to nearly 2 cm. broad. Racemes about 2 cm. long.
Bracts barely 1 mm. long. Dorsal sepal 9:2 x 1:85 mm.; lateral
sepals 2:2 x 1-1 mm. Petals 1:6 mm. long and broad ; lip spreading,
1:35 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; spur 2 mm. long, 1 mm. thick. Ovary
with pedicel 2:5 mm. long.

.In habit this species recalls A. lepidotum Reichb. f., but differs
in the more elongated racemes, suggesting rather those of A.

ORCHIDACE® (A, D. Rendle) 105

clavatum Rolfe; the minute flower with the short spur is also
distinctive.

Angraecum murieulatum Rendle sp. nov. Planta pendens (?)
caule elongato ramoso foliato basi radicibus cinerascentibus dense
muriculatis affixo, internodiis vaginis persistentibus occultis ;
foliis brevibus lineari-oblongis apice inaequaliter bilobis ; racemis
probabiliter brevibus vaginas basi penetrantibus; sepalis late
oblongis acutis 4-nerviis, lateralibus basi obliqua sub calcare
connatis; petalis lineari-oblongis acuminatis 3-nerviis ; labello
petalis subaequilongo basi incrassato et lobis minutis lateralibus
dentiformibus instructo, lobo medio anguste triangulari-acuminato ;
calcare longo filiformi ; columna brevi crassa; rostello producto
superne angustato et apice bifido. (Pl. 14, figs. 3-5.)

Oban; n. 904. :

The somewhat stout widely branching stem is attached on the
lower portion by numerous stoutish branching roots, the surface of
which is densely covered with minute whitish papille. Stem and
branches are incomplete in the specimen (a somewhat withered one) ;
the main axis measures 4:5 dm. Internodes barely 1:5 em. long,
about 4 mm. thick. Leaves 5-6:5 cm. long, 7-9 mm. broad. The
flowers are described from a few detached specimens; no trace of the
inflorescence remains except the basal attachment penetrating the
leaf-sheath. Sepals 7 mm. long, barely 8 mm. broad. Petals 6:5 mm.
long, 1'5 mm. broad just above the slightly dilated base; lip 6:5 mm.
long, consisting mainly of the middle lobe, 1:5 mm. broad; spur
3 cm. long. Column 1:75 mm. long. Ovary and pedicel T mm. long.

Closely allied to A. lepidotum Reichb. f. (Liberia, Lagos, Niger
Delta and Congo), but distinguished by its slightly more slender
stems, narrower leaves, and larger flowers with a much longer spur.

Angraecum brunneo-maeulatum Rendle sp. nov. Herba
parva epiphytica caule brevi e rhizomate lignoso oriundo; foliis
confertis distichis coriaceis lineari-angustatis acutis apice bilobo
lobo altero longissimo acuto; floribus parvis externe brunneo-
furfuraceis in racemis brevibus axillaribus congestis; bracteis
conspieuis coriaceis ovatis acutis flores juveniles tegentibus ;
sepalis crassiusculis, sep. dorsali lanceolato acuto, sep. lateralibus
oblique rhomboideis apice triangulari acutis dorso carinatis ;
petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis; labello crassiuseulo trilobo, lobis
lateralibus late obtusis erectis, lobo mediano late rotundato
marginibus crispulatis siccis inflexis, calcare brevi crasso
genieulato; polliniis caudiculae simplici attenuatae affixis, glan-
dula lineari-oblonga ; rostello elongato angusto apice abrupte
inflexo. (Pl. 14, figs. 6-9.) :

Oban, Ekong Ndingane Road; n. 943; in flower May.

Described from a single specimen. The stem, 2:5 cm. long, is
attached to a stout contracted rhizome bearing long sparsely branching
roots, and is quite hidden by the closely overlapping persistent leaf-

106 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

bases, the edge of which is scarious and pale brown. Leaves dark
green to 17 cm. long by "5 em. broad. Racemes about 1 cm. long;
bracts 4-5 mm. long. Flowers white spotted on the outside (backs of
sepals, venter of lip, spur and ovary) with dark brown scale-like hairs.
Dorsal sepal 2:7 mm. long, lateral sepals 89:5 mm. long by 1:7 mm.
Petals of much thinner texture than sepals, 2°75 mm. long; lip 4 mm.
long from the base of the spur, white with a bright green patch on the
tip of the side lobes, spur transparent green, 2:5 mm. long. Column
1°6 m. long; caudicle 1:5 mm. long, gland 1°25 mm.

Near A. clandestinum Lindl., which it resembles in the general
structure of its flowers; the flowers are, however, only about half the
of those of A. clandestinum, which, moreover, has ensiform

eaves,

Angraecum Straussii Schlechter. Oban; n. 940. Previously
collected by A. Strauss near Moliwe in the Cameroons. The
leaves in the Nigerian plants are larger than in the type, reaching
14 cm. long by ‘7 cm. broad. A sketch by Mrs. Talbot shows
them as much as 1*2 cm. broad. The colours of the flowers, as
noted by Mrs. Talbot, are: sepals and petals white, lip cream
with bright green marks at the base of the disc, pedicel and.
ovary pale brown with minute spots of darker brown.

Angraeeum angustipetalum Rendle sp. nov. Planta caule
compresso vaginis foliorum persistentibus vestito ; foliis lanceolatis
vel oblongo-lanceolatis apice bilobo lobo altero longissimo acumi-
nato; pedunculis tenuibus unifloris (?) quoque vaginam folii .
penetrante et basi bractea brevi tubuliforme instructo ; floribus
longius pedicellatis, pedicello filiforme ; sepalis lineari-acuminatis
5-nerviis; petalis e basi latiore angustissime lineari-acuminatis
(siccis filiformibus) ; labello ovato acuto; calcare ab ore lato
gradatim angustato medio filiforme deinde gradatim inflato ;
columna crassa. (Pl. 14, figs. 10-12.)

Oban ; n. 890. ;

The specimen consists of several detached shoots, the longest
14 em. Internodes about 1:29 cm. long, the compressed almost
keeled leaf-sheaths to *6 em. broad; leaves 7:5-9 cm. long, 1:2-2:2
em. broad. Peduncles 1-1:8 cm. long; pedicels with ovary about
2 cm. Sepal about 2 cm. long by 2 mm. broad, the dorsal slightly:
exceeding the lateral; petals as long as the lateral sepals, less than
"5 mm. broad at the middle; lip 1-8 cm. long by 7 mm. broad; spur
2 em. long, 2 mm. in diameter below the mouth; 1-1:25 mm. at the
inflated apex.

A distinet species allied to and recalling in habit Angraecum
astroarche Ridl. from the Island of St. Thomas, but with much
smaller flowers, resembling more in size those of A. verrucosum
Rendle from Mt. Milanji, Nyassaland. The slender almost thread-
like petals are very characteristic. Also closely allied to Mystacidium
zn Rolfe from Old Calabar, which, however, has a differently
shaped lip. j : ir ps P

ORCHIDACER (A. B. Rendle) 107

Angraeeum Egertonii Rendle sp. nov. Planta caulescens
radicibus tenuibus ; caule compresso vaginis foliorum persistentibus
vestito; foliis siccis membranaceis patentibus planis ovatis vel
oblongo-ovatis apice breviter et inaequaliter bilobis; racemis
tenuibus axillaribus 2—3-floris, pedunculo filiformi bracteis 1-2
tubuliformibus brevibus obtusis instructo; bracteis floriferis
ovatis acutis; sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis incomplete 7-nerviis ;
petalis lineari-angustatis acutis subfalcatis ; labello integro ovato
breviter apiculato concavo, carina mediana instructo, inferne in
calcar patens transgrediente ; calcare superne infundibuliforme
medio tenui apice clavato; columna brevi crassa superne late
auriculata. (Pl. 15, figs. 1, 2.)

Oban ; n. 889.

Stems 10-22 em. long; internodes about 8 mm. long, with enve-
loping sheath 2-3 mm. broad. Leaves 2°5-4 em. long, 1:3-1:8 cm.
broad. Racemes about 3 cm. long; lower bracts 2°5-3 mm. long;
Jlowering bracts 3-3:5 mm. Flowers membranous when dry; sepals
9*5 mm. long by barely 2:5 mm. broad. Petals barely 8:5 mm. long
by 1:5 mm. broad; lip as long as the petals, with a low keel running
. for about half the distance from the middle towards the base; spur
6:5 mm. long.

Of the same circle of affinity as the last species (4. angustipetalum),
but differs in its short broad leaves and smaller flowers. Evidently
closely allied (from the description) to A: affine Schlechter from the
Cameroons, which, however, has larger oblong-ligulate leaves. :

Angraecum multinominatum nom. nov. The synonymy of
this species is as follows :—Listrostachys clavata Rendle in Journ.
Bot. xxxiii. 251 (1895); Mystacidium clavatum Rolfe in Flor.
Trop. Afr. vii. 172 (1897); Angraecum clavatum Schlechter in
Engler, Bot. Jahrb. xxxviii. 20 (1905), non Rolfe op. cit. 145.

Angraecum Dorotheae Rendle sp. nov. Planta caule
lignoso radicibus crassiusculis frequentibus scandente ; foliis
coriaceis multinerviis cuneato-oblongis vel cuneato-ligulatis plus
minusve falcatis apice asymmetrice acutis; racemis numerosis
axillaribus (saepe geminis) folia aequantibus vel longioribus paene
ad basin floriferis ; bracteis brevibus truncatis amplexicaulibus ;
Jloribus siccis pallidis inter minores; sepalo dorsali. elliptico- -
lanceolato acuto 3-nervio vix carinato, sepp. lateralibus dorsali
similibus apice crassiusculis minute cucullatis dorso carinatis ;
petalis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis sub medio 3-nerviis ; labello
late ellipsoideo valde apiculato integro margine crispulo, ore
anguste infundibuliforme in calcar curvulum tenue sub medio
leviter incrassatum transeunte; columma crassa, rostello producto
apice bifido. (Pl. 15, figs. 3—5.)

Oban; nn. 914, 915.

Apparently a showy plant; the stout woody stem reaching "5 cm.

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thick is attached by numerous distichously spreading branched roots,
which penetrate the covering of the short persistent sheathing leaf-
- bases. Leaves on the larger specimen (n. 915) 20-22-5 em. long by
4-4:5 cm. broad, narrowing more or less rapidly downwards; on the
smaller specimen (n. 914) 15°5-20 em. long, 2-3 em. broad. Racemes
to 25 em. long, two developing successively in the same leaf-axil.
Bracts 1'5 mm. long, broadly cup-shaped. Sepals 6:5-7 mm. long
by 2-2:3 mm. broad. Petals 5 mm. by 1:8 mm.; lip 6 mm. by
4:5 mm.; spur 7mm.byl'’5mm. Column 2:3 mm. long; rostellum
barely 1 mm. long.
Allied to L. bidens Rolfe, which it resembles in habit, but is
distinguished by its upwardly broadening leaves, larger flowers with
longer non-clavate spur and other details.

Angraeeum Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Herba epiphytica
pusilla caule brevi crasso; foliis ensiformibus obtusis ; scapo
tiliforme folis duplo longiore parte inferiore bracteis scariosis
brunneis quam internodia brevioribus vaginato ; racemo 10-floro ;
bracteis subpatentibus concavis ovatis acutis flore brevioribus ;
floribus siccis pallidis ; sepalo dorsali concavo oblongo subobtuso,
sepp. lateralibus paullo longioribus subacutis ; petalis ellipticis
apiculatis ; labello e basi cordata ovato-triangulare acuto, calcare
inflato paullo longiore ad apicem obtusum angustato ; columna
brevi, rostello producto bifurcato ; polliniis ellipsoideis, caudiculis
(2) supra incrassatis et excavatis. (Pl. 15, figs. 6, 7.)

Oban ; n. 941.

A tiny plant, the single specimen 3:5 em. high, with four shortly
ensiform leaves about 1:5 cm. long and barely *4 mm. broad, crowded
on the very short stem from which springs a tuft of filiform roots.
Sterile portion of scape with five nodes, sheathing bracts 2°2 em.
long, narrowing and acute above the middle. Spike 1*7 cm. long.
Bracts 2 mm. long. Flowers 2 mm. long, exeluding ovary with
pedicel which together are a little over 1 mm. long. Dorsal sepal
1:8 mm. long by "75 mm. broad when flattened ; lateral sepals 2 mm.

by ‘7 mm. Petals 1:6 mm. by '75 mm.; lip 1 6 mm. long; spur
1:7 mm. Column ‘6 mm. long.

Evidently near L. Zenkeri Krünzl. from the Cameroons, a plant
which I have not seen, but which differs (from the description) in its

much longer (4-5 em.) proportionately narrower leaves, the biapicu-
late lateral sepals, and ovate-oblong lip.

Vanilla nigeriea Rendle sp. nov. Planta scandens caule
foliato verruculoso ; foliis petiolatis e basi rotundata lineari-
oblongis acuminatis, petiolo brevi late canaliculato ; racemo
simplici folio multoties breviore circa 6-floro, rhachi crassa ;
bracteis late ovatis subacutis; floribus albidis, sepalis et petalis
ellipticis subobtusis ; labello late saccato basi bigibba columnae
adnato marginibus reflexis crenulatis roseo-striatis, ore inflexo
fimbriis crassis instructo ; rostello late elliptico.

Oban ; n. 776.

Leaves 17-24 em. long, 4-4:5 cm. broad; petiole 1:5 em. long.

ORCHIDACE& (A. D. Rendle) 109

Raceme 6-7 cm. long. Bracts 4 mm. long. Flowers 7:5 cm. long
and broad. Sepals and petals 4 cm. long by 1:5-2 cm. broad; lip
3 em. long, 1:5 cm. broad at base, 2:5 cm. at the mouth. Column
2 em. long, adnate to the lip for 1:2 cm. of its length. Rostellum
4-5 mm. long.

A very distinct species.

Platylepis Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Herba sesquipedalis
caule basi repente in sicco prominente quadrangulari glabro
foliato; foliis e basi vaginante angusta petiolum simulante
inde latioribus ellipticis vel anguste obovatis subacutis 5-7-
nervis glabris; scapo bracteato, bracteis siccis papyraceis
acutis, inferioribus vaginantibus late ovatis, florentibus ellipticis
vel oblongis dorso glanduloso-pilosis ovarium subaequantibus ;
racemo dense multifloro ; floribus in sicco erectis; sepalis ligu-
latis, in vivo superne recurvatis, apice carnosulis et cucullatis,
dorso sparse glanduloso-pilosis ; petalis anguste linearibus superne
spathulatis sepalo dorsali adnatis ; labello basi saccata bigibbo,
parte inferiore columnae adnato, limbo late oblongo, dorso sub
apice semiorbiculari recurvato callis geminis oblongis incrassato,
callis geminis dentiformibus in quoque sacculo instructo ; capsula
anguste ellipsoidea apice angustata. (Pl. 15, figs. 8, 9.)

Oban ; n. 1463. n

Plant about 5 dm. high. Stem 2 mm. thick. Leaves 15-20 cm.
long including the sheath (2-4 cm. long) and the narrow petiole-like
portion (2-5 cm. long), 8:5-5 cm. broad; at the base of the scape is a
much smaller leaf. Scape, including raceme (to 10 cm. long), about
2:5 dm. long, sheathed at the base by the small uppermost leaf.
Lowest bract 3: 5 cm. long, the upper gradually shorter; fertile bracts
‚10-12 mm. long. Flower, excluding ovary, 9 mm. long. Sepals
9 mm. long. Petals 8 mm.; lip 7 mm., adnate for 4 mm. to the
front of the column. Rostellum with two long acuminate lobes
which are level with the top of the lip. Capsule 13 mm. long.

At once distinguished from P. glandulosa Reichb. fil by the
longer and larger leaves, the slightly larger flower, the lip-structure,
and the longer fruit.

There is in Herb. Kew. an apparently identical specimen in fruit,
collected in Uganda (Mawokate, 3900 ft.) by E. Brown (n. 169). -

Habenaria Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. Planta pedalis ad
sesquipedalis rhizomate repente et radicibus dense villosis ; caule
debile basi supra vestigia foliorum vaginis foliorum 2 oblongo-
ellipticorum subacutorum laxe vestito; foliis caulinis parvis
in bracteas amplexicaules acuminatas transeuntibus; spica
sublaxiflora ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nerviis ovarium
subaequantibus vel excedentibus ; sepalo dorsali ovali obtuso
quam sepp. lateralia falcato-ovata paullo breviore; petalis integris
lineari-angustatis sepala lateralia subaequantibus ; labello tripartito
segmentis e basi latiore lineari-filiformibus ; calcare geniculato |

110 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

clavato ovarium aequante ; processubus stigmaticis satis conspicuis
antherae canales subaequantibus; anthera pro flore magna.
(Pl. 15, figs. 10, 11.)

Oban; n. 774. Liberia, Gonyon, Bassa; R. H. Bunting, n. 33;
** flowers white to greenish.”

The Liberian specimens are taller and stouter than the Nigerian,
reaching 4:6 dm. in height with a thickness of 3 mm., the large
radical leaves 15 em. long (including the lax sheathing base) by 3 em.
broad, the spike 9 cm. long. The Nigerian plants range from
17-82 cm. long, with a slender stem 1-1:5 mm. thick, and radical
leaves 6-10 cm. long and a shorter, laxer-flowered spike. Fertile
bracts 12-18 mm. long. Dorsal sepal 5-6 mm. long, 2 mm. broad;
lateral sepals 6-7°5 mm. long by 2:75-3 mm. broad. Petals 7 mm.
long by *5 mm. broad; lip-segments 6-8 mm. long; spur 12 mm.
long; stigmatic processes 1 mm. long. Anther 2 mm. long.

Apparently (from the description) allied to H. physuriformis
Krünzl. from the Cameroons, but a larger plant with larger flowers.
Kränzlin (in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 395) places this in his section Replicatae,
though the petals are deseribed as undivided; it would seem more
fitly placed in the section Tridactylae.

Habenaria barrina Ridl. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 202. Oban :
n. 923. A single specimen which is of interest as the species has
hitherto been known only from the Island of St. Thomas. By
some misunderstanding Rolfe (in Flor. Trop. Afr. viii. 230)
cites the species as a synonym of H. thomana Reichb. f. The
two plants differ remarkably in habit; H. thomana has a tuft of
rather large radical leaves, while the cauline leaves pass rapidly
into bracts ; in H. barrina, on the other hand, there are no radical
leaves, and the lower part of the stem bears reduced leaves which
pass above into the more or less lanceolate foliage-leaves occupying -
the upper part of the stem almost to the base of the inflorescence.
The flowers also differ in the two species: in H. thomana the two
divisions of the petal are strikingly unequal, in H. barrina nearly
equal ; in H. thomana the lateral lobes of the lip are comparatively
broad, falcate and retuse, in H. barrina slender, resembling the

median lobe ; the length of stigmatic processes and anther-canals
is also very different in the two species.

ZINGIBERACE by Mr. H. N. Ridley.

Aframomum seeptrum K. Schum. Oban ; nn. 85, 1594,
1605. The form sent is apparently one-flowered. The picture
sent with the specimens gives the flowers of a beautiful violet,
with white bracts, the lip violet with a paler centre and some
yellow streaks in the mouth. The lip is completely convolute
round the stamen. The plant figured in the Botanical Magazine
(t. 5761) is much paler in colour, only tinted violet. The fruit
is smooth and scarlet.

ZINGIBERACEZE (H. N. Ridley) 183

A. cereum Hook. fil. Oban; n. 83. The flowers are shown
by.a drawing to be pure white.

A. eitratum Pereira. Oban; n. 90. A beautiful drawing
from life gives the large bracts as white-veined and shaded at
the base with violet outside, and darker red-brown within; the
calyx white, with violet shadows; the lip rosy-white, darkening
on the edge and in the throat. The stalk of the leafy stem and
long curling bilobed ligule are purplish ; the lamina of the leaf is
tinted in parts red and purplish.

Costus paueiflorus K. Schum. Represented by a coloured
drawing. The corolla is rose-pink with a central yellow blotch
on the lip.

Costus (Metacostus) Talbotii Ridl. sp. nov. Planta epiphytica
caule gracili ramoso elongato ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis vel longe
acuminatis subcoriaceis glabris, basibus rotundatis vel breviter
angustatis, nervis (in sicco conspicuis) circiter 14, petiolo brevi;
ligulis tubulosis elongatis papyraceis brunneis glabris internodia
in toto vel ultra medium tegentibus; spicis lateralibus extra-
axillaribus ; bracteis ovatis coriaceis obtusis latis primo pubescen-
tibus mox in marginibus solum hirtis, supremis carinis brevibus
obtusis mucroniformibus ; floribus multis in paria digestis ; calyce
cyathiformi superne dilatato rubro aequaliter tridentato ; corollae
tubo calycem aequante, lobis oblongis obtusis roseis ; labello late
obovato marginibus undulatis albo linea mediana pilis brevibus
atrorubentibus tecta ; anthera labello breviore, connectivo (appen-
dice) elongato angustiore, basi lobis 2 brevibus onusta; ovario
obscure trilobo apice minute pubescenti.

Oban; n. 1521. Also Cameroons, Bipinde; Zenker, n. 8893 in
Herb. Kew.

Caulis internodiis 2 cm. longis, 5 mm. in diametro ; foliis
15-17 cm. longis, 3 em. latis, acumine 2 cm. longo, petiolo 4 mm.
longo; spica 2 cm. longa; corolla 2 em. longa, 1 cm. lata ; labello
3 em. longo, 1 em. lato.

This species is allied to C. lateriflorus Baker in its lateral inflor-
escence which is unusualin the genus. It differs from that species
in its narrower elliptic less coriaceous leaves, the presence of large
ovate bracts on the capitulum and smaller flowers. According to
the field-notes the bracts are bright transparent pink, paler, almost
white, at the base; the corolla white, with bright yellow in the
mouth of the lip. z

Halopegia azurea K. Schum. There are a number of
specimens and three sketches of Halopegia which ditfer somewhat
in appearance. We have first the typical form, in which the _
flower-spikes are still enclosed in the sheath of the subtending

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leaf, but emitting their flowers. The drawing of this form gives
the flowers of a pure blue. These resemble closely the types of
the plant as described by Schumann, collected in the Cameroons
by Preuss (n. 352) and in the East Gaboon by Bates (n. 548).

The second drawing (n. 57) shows a plant differing in that
the spikes are freed from the leaf-sheath and spreading sub-
horizontally. The flower here is given as of a lilac colour. The
specimens corresponding to this drawing resemble those of the
typical H. azurea except that the spikes have spread from the
sheath. In other specimens the spikes in two or three fascicles
are quite free and spreading, and elongated to as much as 30 em.
I conclude that these are only a later stage development of the
form which commences to flower before the spikes are actually
free of the petiole-sheath. The flowers are very thin and
fugacious and preserve ill ; the foliage and fruit, however, are the
same in all.

A third form or state has a single spike emitted directly from
the rhizome without any of the basal leaves or sheaths developed
into true leaves. The few specimens are rather poor, and the
drawing is only a pencil sketch. It is quite possible that this is
a distinct species, but it may be an occasional sport of an
inflorescence in which the foliar stem has been suppressed or not
evolved. A similar modification occurs occasionally in Globba,
Costus afer, C. speciosus and other members of the family.

This interesting and charming genus whose distribution—
Africa, Burma and Java—is peculiar, requires further in-
vestigation,

DIOSCOREACEZ.

Dioseorea polyantha Rendle. Oban; n. 781. The specimen
is in male flower ; the flowers correspond with those of the type
specimen from Angola, but the leaves are partly opposite.

The other species collected are generally distributed in Tropical
or West Tropical Africa.

LILIACEZ.

The specimens representing this order are generally more or
less widely distributed in Tropical Africa. Of the eight species
of Dracaena two are Nigerian, namely, D. @odsefiana Sander
(Lagos) and D. cylindrica Hook. f. (Calabar). Two species of
Chlorophytum are from the Cameroons, and one from Sierra Leone.

Dracaena Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Planta foliis infra
spicam aggregatis sessilibus linearibus utrinque angustatis
acuminatis basi vaginantibus, nervo mediano crasso per totum

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LILIACEZE (A. B. Rendle) 113

longitudinem in dorso conspicuo; scapo brevi bracteis paucisfoliaceis
superne deminutis instructo ; inflorescentia densa cylindrica,
floribus in axillis bractearum foliacearum quam spica tota paullo
longiorum agglomeratis; perianthii tubo anguste cylindrico seg-
mentis linearibus siccis recurvis longiore ; staminibus segmenta
subaequantibus.

Oban ; n. 1532.

The stem is not present, the specimens consist of a terminal leaf-
tuft from the centre of which springs a short stout scape bearing a
dense cylindrical bracteate panicle. Leaves to 8 dm. long by 2:5 cm.
broad, narrowing very gradually from above the middle to à breadth
of less than 1 em. above the broadly sheathing base. Scape 3-5 em.
long. Spike 8-12 em. long, 5-6 cm. thick. Perianth-tube 1:5 cm.
long, 1:5 mm. thick; segments 1:3 cm. long.

Apparently near D. Preussii Engl. (from the description), but
distinguished by the much narrower leaves and rather larger flowers.

Chlorophytum Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Herba ut apparet
elata; foliis herbaceis utrinque glabris lanceolatis longe acu-
minatis, basi in petiolum longum ima basi vaginatim dilatatum
angustatis, costa media haud distincta, nervis longitudinalibus
7-10 utrinque subaequaliter prominentibus percursis; inflores-
centia paniculata, ramis tenuibus ascendentibus e bracteis tenuiter
acuminatis oriundis plus minusve laxifloris; floribus pluri-
fascieulatis, braeteis e basi concava angustatis apice tenuiter
acuminatis margine scariosis, pedicellis supra medium articulatis
perianthio longioribus ; perianthii segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis
trinerviis staminibus aequilongis ; capsula suborbiculari vertice
profunde emarginata triloba ; seminibus nigris discoideis margine
incurvis rugulosis.

Oban; n. 781.

Stem and root not known; in the two leaves present the stalk is
17-18 em. long, channelled above, the blade 2:6-2:9 dm. long by
4-7 cm. broad. Inflorescence 6*5 dm. long, the flowers laxly arranged
in fascicles on the widely separated slender branches and the upper
part of the main axis. Fertile bracts 1'4—:4 cm. long. Pedicels.
8-9 mm. long. Perianth-segments 6-6: 5 mm. long by 1-5 mm. broad.
Capsule 7 mm. long by 6 mm. broad. Seeds 2 mm. in diameter.

Apparently near C. Thollonianum Hua (ex descript.) from the
Freneh Congo, but distinguished by the large panicled inflorescence.
Also evidently near another Congo species C. Sereti De Wild. (ex
descript. et fig., but differing in the narrower leaves, paniculate
inflorescence, smaller flowers, &c.

COMMELINACEA,

These comprise species more or less widely distributed in
Tropical Africa, and include a number of well-known tropical
weeds.

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ARACEÆ.

The species collected are mainly restricted to the Gulf of
Guinea area, and are useful in extending our knowledge of the
distribution of the species concerned. Such are Amorphophallus
accrensis N. E. Br., from the Gold Coast, a fine specimen with
an appendix to the spadix nearly 7 dm. long and 6°5 cm. thick
just above the base, Nephthytis Poissonii N. E. Br., Anubias
lanceolata N. E. Br. and Raphidophora pusilla N. E. Br., from the
Cameroons and Gaboon; Anubias Afzelii Schott has hitherto
been recorded only from Sierra Leone. Anchomanes nigritianus
is a new species with a striking inflorescence. Other novelties
are Nephthytis Talbotii and Amauriella, a new genus allied to
Anubias, but distinguished by the character of the andræcium.

Anchomanes nigritianus Rendle sp. nov. Planta ut appa-
ret eximia; spatha ovata crassiuscula atro-purpurea ; spadice
spathae 4 aequante lilacino; inflorescentia feminea masculain
subaequante ; sfaminibus subprismaticis quadrangularibus, thecis
linearibus connectivo crassiusculo truncato superatis; ovario

obovoideo in stilum crassum attenuato, stigmate crasso verrucoso
declivo.

Oban, near Etara; n. 1247. In flower October.

The specimen consists only of the spathe and spadix. The
spathe, which is borne on a broken peduncle 15 em. long, bearing
small thorns, is about 4 dm. long, the spadix 8-10 em. Stamens
4*5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad and 1 mm. thick ; pollen-saes 8:3 mm.
ome Ovary 2-2-5 mm. long, style 1-1:5 mm. long, stigma 2 mm.

r

. Distinguished from the other species of the genus by the similar
length of the male and female portions of the flower-spike.

Mrs. Talbot has also sent a natural-size pencil sketch of the
spathe with the following notes :—‘‘ Great wine-coloured red velvety
arum. Outer sheath pinkish, smooth surface; central pillar almost
white-mauve at top deepening to mauve lower down, covered with
thick yellow stamens. Base of pillar cream ; dark red pistils. Stalk
dull cream with dull red shadings, tiny thorns deep dark red."

Nephthytis Talbotii Rendlesp.nov. Herba glabra rhizomate
crasso ; foliis tripartitis, segmentis subaequalibus oblanceolatis vel
lateralibus anguste obovatis acuminatis, seg. mediano unicostato,
costa in segmentis lateralibus nervis 2 validis ascendentibus
superne convergentibus comitata, nervis lateralibus prominulis
pluribus ascendo-patentibus; pedunculo basi foliis cataphyllis
vaginato petiolo breviore; spatha elliptica apice apiculata basi
decurrente, demum subpatente; spadicis stipite inferne spathae
adnato ; inflorescentia feminea masculam aequante ; pistilla
breviter subquadrangulari-ovoidea apice in stylum brevissimum
stigmate coronatum attenuata ; ovulo anatropo, mieropyle fundum

ARACEÆ (A. D. Rendle) 115

spectante; floribus masculis saepe 4-andris ; stamine prismatico,
thecis longitudinalibus ; baccis subglobosis.

Oban ; n. 766.

Rhizome 8 mm. thick. Leaf 18 em. long, segments about 5:5 cm.
broad; petiole slender 2 dm. long. Peduncle 8:5 cm. long; spathe
8 em. long; spadix, stalk 7 mm. long, flowering portion 1:2 cm. long,
female portion 5 mm. thick, male portion 8:5 mm. Pistil 2 mm.
long; stamen 1°25 mm. long. Berry about 1 cm. in diameter.

Near N. Poissonii N. E. Br. but distinguished by the tripartite
leaf recalling that of Cercestis Afzelii Schott.

AMAURIELLA Rendle gen. nov.

Flores unisexuales nudi. Flores masculi 2-3-andri ; stamina
subcuneata basi connata vertice rotundata et antheris geminis
parallelis rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentibus tecta. Flores
feminei 2-gyni ; ovarium biloculare ; ovulis plurimis hemianatropis
funieulo in longo placenta centrali affixis, micropyle fundum
spectante ; stylus subnullus, stigma discoideum.

Herba folio petiolato trisecto, segmentis unicostatis, venis
primariis frequentibus parallelis prominulis. Pedunculus solitarius
folio brevior; spatha convoluta demum superne aperta; spadix
protrudens ; inflorescentia feminea libera cum mascula contigua,
floribus usque ad apicem dense aggregatis.

A member of the subfamily Philodendroidee near Anubias, but
distinguished by the partially separated stamens with apical anthers
and the trisected leaf.

The genus is named in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. P. Amaury
Talbot; there is already a genus Amauria (Benth.) in Composite.

Amauriella obanensis Rendle sp. unica. Herba glabra folii
segmento mediano late lanceolato, segmentis lateralibus brevioribus
faleate oblanceolatis obtusis; pedunculo petiolo breviore ; spatha
superne aperta flores masculos ostendente ; spadice breviter
stipitata, inflorescentia feminea mascula 4-plo breviore ; ovario
subgloboso. (Pl. 16.)

Oban; n. 1532. :

Leaf, median segment 2:5 dm. long, 9:5 cm. broad, lateral ©
segments 16-17 cm. long, 4:5-5 em. broad, stalk (broken off below)
12 cm. long. Peduncle 10°5 em. long; spathe 2-5 cm. long; spadix
(not including short stalk) 2:5 em., female portion "5 cm. long, male
portion 2 em. long, barely "5 em. thick. Male flowers 1*5 mm. long,
anthers barely 1 mm. long. Ovary 1 jmm. long, emitting copious
mucilage when cut in water.

116 i SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

CYPERACEÆ.

The collection contains only four species, three of which are
distributed in West and Central Tropical Africa; the fourth
Mapania amplivaginata K. Schum. has hitherto been recorded
only from the Cameroons.

GRAMINEÆ.

Comparatively few grasses were collected, and these are
mainly of wide distribution in the tropics. Two of special
interest are Guaduella Ledermannii Pilger and a specimen which
is probably identical with G. Zenkeri Pilger; both these have
been previously recorded only from the Cameroons.

FUNGE

By J. RAMSBOTTOM, B.A.

Lentinus Tuber-regium Fr. The first description and illustra-
tion of this fungus is by Rumphius (Herb. Amboin. vi. lib. xi.
120, t. 57 (1750)). The figure represents what seems to be a
smooth block of earth on which six agarics are growing.
Rumphius calls the former Tuber-regium and the latter Boleti.
He gives a long account of the Tuber: it is very common in
spring and autumn during the rainy seasons, and it is then quite
soft and not durable. When planted and watered with warm
water it produced the Boleti, but perished the next year. In
size it varies from the size of a man’s fist to that of a child’s
head. A list of native names for the Tuber is given and it is
stated that it is quite common in certain islands, under grass on
the mountains and at the roots of tall trees. In spite of this
statement it seems that it has not been again met with in the
East Indies.

Fries in his Systema Mycologicum i. 174 (1821) places the
“ Boletus” in the genus Agaricus and gives a diagnosis drawn up
from Rumphius’ description. He queries whether the * matrix "
is Scleroderma, but later (Syst. Mycol. ii. 243 (1823)) he places it
with Selerotium Cocos in his new genus Pachyma. Afterwards
in the Epicrisis (392 (1836-8)) the fungus becomes Lentinus
Tuber-regium : the statement * non vidi” is added.

The next record of L. Tuber-regium is apparently that of
Hennings, in Engler Bot. Jahrb. xiv. 351 (1891). He records
two specimens, one from Mombassa and one from the Cameroons,
and gives a description of the fungus which has been found
several times since in the latter district.

In the present collection there are eight specimens of
L. Tuber-regium, representing a series from the youngest stages
where the fruit appears as a small cone of tissue (Pl. 17, fig. 1) to
large specimens over 20 cm. across the cap. In only one case is
there a perfect sclerotium, which is an irregular structure
measuring in its greatest dimensions 16 x 15 x 10 cm. This
bears nine fruit bodies, one of which is very much larger than
the others (cf. Rumphius—“ Boletus crescit aliquando simplex,
aliquando duplex, aliquando plures simul, quorum tamen semper
unus maximus est") There seems little doubt that the fungus

118 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

is Rumphius’ Tuber-regium, and also that it is the one described
by Hennings. There are, however, one or two facts which may
be added to Hennings’ description. The squamules which are
present in such quantity on the young pileus do not later
disappear. Owing to the expansion of the pileus they become
widely dispersed and smaller, but in the largest specimen in the
collection with a pileus 24 cm. across the squamules can still be
clearly seen. The gills bifurcate at the base and undergo further
divisions and anastomoses, but the exact procedure has not been
made out. The greatest length of stipe is 13 cm., the greatest
width 2:5 em., and the greatest height of a fungus, excluding
the sclerotium, 28 cm. The felt of the stipes (which has quite
disappeared from the oldest specimens) is usually a dirty fawn
colour. Hennings describes it as “ weiss." In a spirit specimen,
the colour is in places much darker, the upper parts of the stipes
having dark squamule-like patches while the bases are almost
black. The stipe is usually equal but sometimes attenuate
upwards.

In the case of the complete sclerotium, the surface is very
uneven ; on the projecting areas the colour is usually dark brown
or black ; where hollows oecur the surface is clothed with a felt
which is similar in appearance to that on the stipe. On the
upper surface of the sclerotium there are some adhering wood
fibres which may be of significance with regard to the habitat.
In section the sclerotium has a white chalky appearance.

In 1891 Cohn and Schroeter (in Abhandl. Naturw. Verein
Hamburg xi. 4) described a new species of Lentinus, L. Woer-
manni, which they had succeeded in growing from a sclerotium
also obtained from the Cameroons. Their figures of the fungus
resemble greatly the stage of L. Tuber-regium shown in fig. 2.
The only point of distinction is the colour of the stipe which is
almost black, but, as stated above, one of the specimens of the
present collection, preserved in spirit, bears three fruiting bodies
with very dark stipes. The resemblance between the two fungi
extends to the microscopie structure. In neither case have
spores attached to the basidia been demonstrated. The hyphae
of the trama in L. Woermanni were about “2 mm." [2 p] broad
and thick-walled. In the specimens of L. Tuber-regium examined
they are 2-3 u wide; the club-shaped basidia are a little longer
and measure 3-4 u across. The cystidia, as in L. Woermanni,
are usually merely a little longer and wider than the basidia, but
at times they project rather more above the hymenium; the

_ greatest width measured was 7 u. The shape of the cystidia is
however quite characteristic and agrees exactly with Schroeter's
description, “am Scheitel kegelförmig zugespitzte Cystiden, an
deren Scheitel sich kleine, etwa 2 mm. [2 u] breite kugelfórmige
farblose Zellen bildeten, die sich schliesslich abgliederten."

FUNGI (J. Ramsbottom) 119

Moreover the microscopic structure of the sclerotium in
L. Tuber-regium is exactly similar to that described by Schroeter,
and afterwards by Bommer, in L. Woermanni. The internal
tissue is of two kinds: (1) hyphae 2-3 „ wide, undulating,
knotty, geniculate but little ramified ; and (2) globose, elliptical
or elongate structures 10-20 p in diameter. With regard to the
exterior Schroeter recorded one thin layer composed of brown,
strongly interwoven filaments 3-4 u wide, with a very narrow
lumen. Bommer noted a more marked differentiation at the
exterior of the sclerotium: an outer layer 50 p thick of cells
with sclerotised walls, consisting of an inner and outer portion ;
beneath this a second layer about 75 p thick with the hyphal
walls less sclerotised. The same differentiation has been observed
in certain sections of the sclerotium of L. Tuber-regium, but the
layers are not at all so definite as Bommer’s account would
suggest.

The felt in the hollows of the sclerotium, first noticed by
Bommer, is similar to that of the stipe. In both instances it
consists of straight hyphae usually about 2 p wide with very
refringent contents.

In 1901 Massee (in Kew Bull. 163) published a new species,
Lentinus flavidus, from Old Calabar. The pileus is described as
smooth, the stipe as “ densissime velutino-hispidulus, brunneus,”
the spores as elliptical 10 x 44. The fungus grows singly from
a sclerotium. Miss Wakefield (in Kew Bull. 1912) records the
same fungus from Nigeria and suggests that it may possibly be
the same as L. Tuber-regium; she kindly showed me the two
specimens at Kew, and there is not the slightest doubt that both
are young specimens of L. Tuber-regium. In the type-specimen
of L. flavidus the squamules are not very well marked, but they
are distinctly present. :

It is evident that the plant which was described by Rumphius
and so long lost sight of, is fairly common in West Africa, and
it is probable that L. Woermanni Cohn & Schroet. and certainly
that L. flavidus Mass. are merely stages of the same fungus.

Two other species of Lentinus which grow from sclerotia,
L. Cyathus B. & Br. and L. scleroticola Murr., have also been
examined. The types are in the National Herbarium. They
are quite distinct from one another and from L. Tuber-regium.

Polystietus sacer Fr. This specimen shows an interesting
abnormality. A single stipe starts from the sclerotium, which
bifurcates a little above halfway. The main stipe evidently grew
the more quickly and formed a normal pileus. The branch,
though slower in growth, apparently continued to grow some
time longer as it has forced its way through the first formed
pileus, and then produced a second normal one over it.

A20 -~ SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED.
FLOWERING PLANTS.
DICOTYLEDONS.
POLYPETAL.

By Epmunp G. BAKER.

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
RANUNCULACEE.
Clematis grandiflora DC. 1411 Sierra Leone to Congo.
ANONACEJE.
Uvaria connivens Benth. 404 Fernando Po; Ambas Bay.

U. anonoides Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1558
U. obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1579, 1603
Uvariastrum Zenkeri Engl. & 3,1341 Type from Cameroons.

Diels var. nov. nigritanum
Bak. fil.

Alphonseopsis parviflora Bak. 1607
fil. gen. & sp. nov.

Pachypodanthium Staudtii 1494 Cameroons.
Engl. & Diels
Cleistopholis albida Engl. & 1559 Type from Cameroons,
iels var. nov. longipedicel-
lata Bak, fil.
en Manni Engl. & 1477 Cameroons ; Congo.
iels
Unona obanensis Bak. fil. sp. 1246

nov.

U. Millenii Engl. & Diels 199 Lagos.

Popowia Vogelii Baill. 41 Upper Guinea.

P. nigritana Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1550

Piptostigma pilosum Oliver 1336 Old Calabar.

P. latipetalum Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1290

Xylopia oxypetala Oliver . 13583,1486 Upper Guinea; Niamniam

nd; Ituri.
X. Quintasii Engl. & Diels 1302 St. Thomas Is.
forma

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 121

NAME.

Xylopia aethiopica A. Rich.

Dennettia tripetala Bak. fil,
gen. & sp. nov.

Artabotrys Thomsoni Oliver

Monodora Myristica Dunal

M. brevipes Benth.
M. tenuifolia Benth.

M. crispata Engl. & Diels
Tetrastemma Solheidii De Wild.

MENISPERMACER.
Penianthus longifolius Miers

P. Zenkeri Diels
Jateorrhiza strigosa Miers

Stephania laetificata Oliver
Cissampelos Pareira L, var.
owariensis Beauv.

CAPPARIDACER.

Cleome ciliata Schum. & Thonn.
Ritchiea erecta Hook. fil.

VIOLACER,
Ionidium enneaspermum Vent.
Alsodeia caudata Oliver
A. obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov.
A. crassifolia Bak. fil. sp. nov.
A. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.

BIXACEÆ.
Oncoba dentata Oliver

O. glauca Hook.

O. Mannii Oliver

O. spinosa Forsk. var. ango-
lensis Oliver

Dovyalis Zenkeri Gilg

Phyllobotryum spathulatum
Müll. Arg.

Seottellia kamerunensis Gilg

t
POLYGALACEÆ.

Carpolobia alba Don var. parvi-
folia Oliver

Securidaca Welwitschii Oliver

NUMBER,

226^
1496

1407
1388

1433
1362

1499
1516, 1517
1444
1358
163, 449,
1327, 1328

594
1257

595.

441, 1495,
1456
1262

1492
44h

419, 404
dám

DISTRIBUTION.

Upper Guinea.

Cameroons; Gaboon; Upper
Congo; Congo.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Congo.

Princes Island.

Upper Guinea ; Sierra Leone ;
Cameroons ; Nigeria.

Upper Guinea.

Congo.

Fernando Po; Cameroons;
Gaboon; Belgian Congo.
Upper Guinea.
Fernando Po;

Congo.
Upper and Lower Guinea. .
Widely distributed.

Cameroons;

Upper Guinea to Congo.
Fernando Po. :

Widely distributed.
Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea,
Upper Guinea.
Cameroons.

Var. from Angola.

Cameroons,
Gaboon.

Cameroons. —

Upper Guinea.

Angola and Cameroons to
… Uganda.

122 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
HYPERICACER.
Haronga paniculata Lodd. 440,540 Widely distributed.

GUTTIFERE.
Allanblackia floribunda Oliver 1335-1337, Upper Guinea.
1338

Pentadesma grandifolia Bak. fil. 1265
sp. nov. x
P. nigritana Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1742
Symphonia globulifera Linn. fil. 220 Upper and Lower Guinea.
var. africana Vesque
Garcinia Staudtii Engl. 1588 Cameroons.
G. densivenia Engl. 999 Cameroons.
G. obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1834
G. Mannii Olivervar.nov.brevi- 1503 Type from Cameroons.
pedicellata Bak. fil.
G. punctata Oliver 1637 Upper and Lower Guinea..
MALVACEX.
Sida linifolia Cav. 1408 Widely distributed.
Abutilon zanzibaricum Bojer 1389 Upper Guinea; Mozambique.
Hibiscus surattensis L. 1410 Widely distributed.
H. grewioides Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1343
STERCULIACER,
Cola flaviflora Engl. & K. 15 Cameroons.

Krause (ex descript.)

C. chlamydantha K. Schum. 6 Cameroons; Congo.

C. marsupium K. Schum. 24,1338 Cameroons; Gaboon.

C. flavo-velutina K. Schum. 1736 Cameroons.

C. flavo-velutina K. Schum. var. 1737

nov. obanensis Bak. fil.
C. arcuata Bak. fil. sp. nov. 29
C. micrantha K. Schum. _ 188 Cameroons.
. C. semicarpophylla K. Schum. 1585 Cameroons.

C. lepidota K. Schum. 124, 1382, Cameroons.
1570

C. rostrata K. Schum. 1626 Cameroons.

C. pachycarpa K. Schum. 1738 Cameroons.

C. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. 439 Cameroons.

C. digitata Mast. 160, 1244 Cameroons; Gaboon ; Belgian

Congo ; Liberia.

C. gigas Bak. fil. sp. nov. 160

C. vera K. Schum. 1322, 1344 Upper Guinea.

C. lateritia K. Schum. var. nov. 1313 Type from Cameroons.

nigerica Bak. fil.

C. schizandra Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1598

Melochia corchorifolia L. 1455 Widely distributed.

Scaphopetalum Blackii Mast. 1464 Cameroons ; Gaboon.
1562

S. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME.
Scaphopetalum parvifolium
Bak. fil. sp. nov.

Buettneria africana Mast.

TILIACE®.
Grewia africana Mast.
G. coriacea Mast.
G. oligoneura Sprague

G. malacocarpa Mast.
G. mollis Juss. (Lake Chad)

G. tetragastris R. Br. (G. 142, 1345

giganteiflora K. Schum.)
Pentadiplandra Brazzeana Baill.
Glyphæa grewioides Hook. fil.
Diplanthemum viridiflorum K.
Schum.

Oubanguia alata Dak. fil. sp. nov.

MALPIGHIACE®,
Heteropterys africana Juss.

LINAcE®.

Hugonia macrophylla Oliver
H. Planchoni Hook.

HUMIRIACER,
Saccoglottis gabunensis Urb.

GERANIACES,
Impatiens macroptera Hook. fil.
I. Talbotii Bak, fil. sp. nov.
Oxalis sensitiva L.

O. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.

RUTACEE.

Clausena anisata Oliver
Limonia Preussii Engl,

SIMARUBACEE.

Balanites zgyptiaca Del. var.
angolensis Welw. (N. Came-
roons)

Hannoa Klaineana Pierre

OcHNACEX.
Ouratea calophylla Engl. (Gom-
phia calophylla Hook. fil.)
O. m Engl. (G. affinis Hook.

O. Mannii Engl (G. Mannii

Hook. fil.)

NUMBER.

1264

438, 1388

1743
1233

1241
433
1729

1513

1271

1545
1640

1745

123

DISTRIBUTION.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Uganda.

Upper Guinea; Congo.
Cameroons.
Cameroons ;
Congo.
Upper Guinea.
Nile Land.
Upper Guinea.

Fernando Po;

Congo.
West Africa to Uganda.
Cameroons.

Upper Guinea.

Old Calabar; Gaboon.
Sierra Leone.

Cameroons; Gaboon.

Cameroons.

Widely distributed.

"Tropical Africa.
Togo; Cameroons; Congo.

Var. from Angola.
Gaboon.
Nigeria; Cameroons; Fer-

nando Po,
Fernando Po; Cameroons.

Fernando Po.

QA SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

NANE.

Ouratea elongata Gilg
(G. elongata Oliver)

O, Oliveriana Gilg

O. nigroviolacea Gilg

BURSERACEE,

Pachylobus balsamifera Guil-
laum

Canarium macrophyllum Oliver

MELIACEX.
Turræa propinqua Hook. fil.
Turreanthus Mannii Baill.
T. Zenkeri Harms
Trichilia Zenkeri Harms

T. Laurentii De Wild. (ex de-

script.)

Guarea glomerulata Harms var. 1280, 1285

nov. obanensis Bak. fil.
G. nigerica Bak. fil. sp. nov.
G, parviflora Bak. fil. sp. nov.
Carapa guineensis Sweet

OLACACER,
Rhaptopetalum
Oliver.
Ptychopetalum
Oliver.
Olax Zenkeri Engl.

O. inseulpta Hutchins. sp. nov.

O. Durandii Engl.

Strombosia grandifolia Hook. 1403, 1439,
fil. 1465

Leptaulus daphnoides Oliver
Leptaulinia Zenkeri Engl.
Desmostachys Preussii Engl.

Iodes Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.

I. africana Oliver

CHAILLETIACE®,

Dichapetalum Rudatisii Engl.

(ex deseript.)
D. Zenkeri Engl.

D. Thomsonii Engl. var. nov.

obanense Bak. fil.
D. Johnstonii Engl.

CELASTRACEJX.
Salacia senegalensis DC.

S. cornifolia Hook. fil var.

crassisepala Oliver

coriaceum

petiolatum

NUMBER.

1746
1282

1713
1715
1349
1352
1547

1370
1711

1350
1281
1462

562
1747

1394
1334
1353

420

1410
21, 100

572
1578

19

1631
1627

1763

1284
1668

DISTRIBUTION.

423, 1371 Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea.

Gaboon.

Upper Guinea.

Nigeria; St. Thomas Is.
Old Calabar River.
Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Congo.

Type from Cameroons.

Sierra Leone.

S. Nigeria; Fernando Po.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Congo.
Cameroons ; Congo.

Nigeria to Congo and Uganda.

Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Congo.

Cameroons.

Cameroons.

- Type from Old Calabar.

Cross River.

Upper Guinea,
Old Calabar.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME. NUMBER,
Salacia loloensis Loes. 1704
S. alata De Wild. (ex descript.) 1611
S. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1705
S. Dusenii Loes. 1420
S. Zenkeri Loes. 15894
Hippocratea isotricha Loes. 1275
H. macrophylla Vahl 1406
VITACER.
Cissus Smithiana Planch. 561
C. producta Afzel. 428, 570
C. rufescens Guill. & Perr. 1219
(Lake Chad & Bornu)
C. ibuensis Hook. fil. 453
SAPINDACE.
Cardiospermum grandiflorum 1363
Sweet var. elegans Radlk.
Allophyllus africanus Beauv. 1291, 1365
A. grandifolius Radlk. 1393
A. longipetiolatus Gilg 413
A. hirtellus Hook, fil. 442

Chytranthus macrophyllus Gilg 1583, 1596

var. nov. obanensis Bak. fil.

C. setosus Radlk. 1399
Glossolepis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. 1686
nov.
Laccodiscus dasycarpus Gilg 415
L. ferrugineus Radlk. 1750
Deinbollia cuneifolia Baker 1751
D. maxima Gilg 1289, 1290
Aporrhiza Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. 416
nov.
Placodiscus leptostachys Radlk. 1438
Bersama lobulata Sprague & 1376
Hutchins. sp. nov.
ANACARDIACEE.
Nothospondias TalbotiiS.Moore 230
sp. nov.
Trichoscypha Braunii Engl. 87
T. Preussii Engl. 81
T. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. ;
T. paniculata Engl. 1725
T. longipetala Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1681
CONNARACEE,
Rourea fasciculata Gilg var. 504

flagellifera Gilg

125

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons.
Congo.

Cameroons.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.
Upper Guinea.

Cameroons to Angola.

Upper and Lower Guinea to
Usambara.

Upper Guinea; Lake Chad,

Kordofan; Trop. West Africa.

Widely distributed.

Upper Guinea; Nile Land.
Cameroons.

Cameroons to Congo.
Nigeria.

Cameroons.

"Old Calabar ; Cameroons.

Cameroons.
Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea.
Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Cameroons, Congo.
Cameroons,

Cameroons.

Angola.

126

NAME. NUMBER.
Rourea Zenkeri Gilg 1629
R. hypovellerea Gilg 1724
Agelæa fragrans Gilg 1294
Cnestis ferruginea DC. 508
C. macrantha Baill. 1706
Connarus Smeathmannii DC. 1295, 1296
C. Mannii Baker 1707
Spiropetalum liberosepalum 975
, Bak. fil. sp. nov.
LEGUMINOSÆ.
Crotalaria Parsonsii Bak. fil. 449
sp. nov.
C. Doniana Benth. 1310
Millettia calabarica Dunn 1708
M. Zechiana Harms 1426
M. hypolampra Harms 578
Ormocarpum coronilloides 590, 1616
Hook. fil.
Mucuna urens DC. 1317
Vigna membranacea Rich. 445

Rhynehosia calycina Guill. & 1748

Perr.
. Dalbergia saxatilis Hook. fil, 1449

Lonchocarpus cyanescens 120
Benth.

L. Barteri Benth. 588, 1308

Derris leptorrhachis Harms 1309
forma

Leptoderris reticulatus Dunn 1511

Baphia nitida Afzel. 579

B. erassifolia Harms 1718, 1719

B. leptobotrys Harms 591

B. leptobotrys Harms var. nov. 1554
nigerica Bak. fil.

B. spathacea Hook. fil. 1331, 1555

B. orbieulata Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1557

B. obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1682

Angylocalyx oligophyllus Bak. 1251
fil

A. trifoliolatus Bak, fil. 74
Duparquetia orchidacea Baill. 1709

Distemonanthus Benthamianus 14, 1479
Baill.

Berlinia bracteosa Benth. 1312
B. Craibiana Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1594
Macrolobium demonstrans Oliv. 1504

var. nov. Talbotii Bak. fil.
1498

M. obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. -

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Widely distributed.

Old Calabar.

Upper Guinea; Belgian Congo.
Old Calabar.

Sierra Leone.
Calabar.

Togo.
Cameroons.
Upper Guinea.

Widely distributed.
Nile Land.
Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea,

Upper Guinea ; Congo.
Cameroons.

Western Lagos.
Upper Guinea,

Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Old Calabar River.
Oban.

Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Fernando Po.

Type from Gaboon.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 127

NAME.
Macrolobium Palisotii Benth.

M. leptorrhachis Harms var.

nov. nigericum Bak. fil.
M. lamprophyllum Harms
Afzelia Zenkeri Harms
Didelotia africana Baill.
Baikiea insignis Benth.
Schotia humboldtioides Oliver
Cynometra Afzelii DC.
C. longituba Harms
Calpocalyx Dinklagei Harms
Pentaclethra macrophylla

Benth.

Parkia filicoidea Welw. (Lake

Chad)
P. Zenkeri Harms
Mimosa pudica L.
Albizzia fastigiata E. Mey.

Calliandra portoricensis Benth.

ROSACER.
Acioa pallescens Baill.
A. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.
A. icondere Baill.
Griffonia Barteri Hook. fil.
Parinarium chrysophyllum
Oliver

CRASSULACEE.

Kalanchoe crenata Haw.

Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb.

RHIZOPHORACEX.

Dactylopetalum Mannii Hook.
fil.

Poga oleosa Pierre

COMBRETACEX.
Combretum

ense Bak. fil.

C. mucronatum Schum. &
Thonn.

C. dolichopetalum Engl. &
Diels :

C. bracteatum Engl. & Diels
MYRTACEÆ.

Napoleona parviflora Bak. fil.

sp. nov. ;
N. Miersii Hook. fil,

paucinervium
Engl. & Diels var. nov. oban-

NUMBER.
1429

582

1656
1468
1461
1749
1440

444, 1309
1567
1641
1348

1372, 1625
497, 1370

1755
‚ 1510

1757
1636

1676

1386
1333, 1344
17

193
998

DISTRIBUTION.
Upper Guinea ; Congo; An-
gola.
Type from Cameroons.

Cameroons,
Cameroons,
Gaboon.
Cameroons,
Cameroons,

Upper Guinea.
Cameroons.
Cameroons,

Widely distributed.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Mozambique district.

Cameroons.

Widely distributed.

Widely distributed.

Trop. America; W. Africa.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea.
Cameroons,

Widely distributed.
Widely distributed. :
St. Thomas Is.
Gaboon.

Type from the Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Belgian
Congo. .
Sierra Leone to Cameroons.

Cameroons; Angola.

W. Tropical Africa,

128 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
Napoleona cuspidata Miers 1400 . Nigeria.
N. Alexanderi Talbot & Bak. 997a
fil. sp. nov. —
N. megacarpa Bak. fil. sp. nov. 194
N. Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. 195
N. Gascoignei Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1223
N. Egertonii Bak. fil. sp. nov. 997

Crateranthus Talbotii Bak. fil. 5, 5a, 1643
gen. & sp. nov. with vars.
Eugenia obanensis Bak. fil. sp. 1651

nov.
MELASTOMACEX, |
Dissotis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. 591
nóv. i
D. prostrata Triana 1700 Upper Guinea; Angola; Mo-
zambique district.
- D. theæfolia Benth. 1257 Upper Guinea,
Sakersia africana Hook. fil. 1347 Cameroons.
Memecylon obanense Bak. fil. 486
sp. nov.
M. applanatum Bak. fil. sp. nov. 1606
M. Machairacme Gilg 203 Cameroons.

M. Zenkeri Gilg var. nov. par- 1739 Type from Cameroons.
vifolium Bak. fil.
M. candidum Gilg (small-leaved 1717 Cameroons.

form)
Myrianthemum mirabile Gilg 587 Type from Cameroons; Ga-
var. nov, dentatum Bak. fil. boon.

SAMYDACEÆ. `

Pyramidocarpus Blackii Oliver 1767 River Muni.
Homalium stipulaceum Welw. 1390 Upper and Lower Guinea.

H. africanum Benth. 1419, 1814 Upper Guinea.

Casearia bule Gilg 1630 Cameroons.
PASSIFLORACEÆ.

Barteria fistulosa Mast. 471 Cameroons,

Adenia lobata Engl. 1619, 1659 Sierra. Leone; Cameroons;

Angola.

A. Mannii Engl. 1754 Ambas Bay.

Paropsia Pritzelii Warb. 1623 Cameroons.

Soyauxia bipindensis Gilg 1614 Cameroons.
CUCURBITACEE,

Momordica cissoides Planch. | 14284 Upper and Lower Guinea.

Luffa ægyptiaca Mill. 463 Widely spread.

Dimorphochlamys Mannii 1385, 13854 Calabar; Fernando Po;
- Hook. fil. Cameroons,

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 129

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.

BEGONIACER,

Begonia polygonoides Hook. fil. 1740 Old Calabar.

B. excelsa Hook. fil. 1541 Cameroons.

B. squamulosa Hook. fil. 1741 Cameroons.

UMBELLIFERR.

Hydrocotyle bonariensis Lam. 461, 1421 Widely distributed.
ARALIACEJE,

Heptapleurum Barteri Hiern 462 Cameroons.

GAMOPETALE.

By H. F. WERNHAM ; excepting Composite, Asclepiadacex, and
Acanthaces, by SPENCER MOORE, and Convolvulacex, by
Dr. A. B. RENDLE.

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
RUBIACER,
Sarcocephalus sambucinus 1604 Upper Guinea.
K. Schum.

Mitragyna africana Korth. 355 ^ Upper Guinea; Gazelle River.
(River Benue)

M. macrophylla Hiern 2093 Upper and Lower Guinea;
North Central.

Uncaria africana G. Don 274, 2022 Upper ce and Mascarene
Islands.

U. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 168
ote he biafranum 218,256 Princes Island; Cameroons.
ern

Corynanthe pachyceras K. Sch. 2044 Cameroons.
Pausinystalia Talbotii Wern- 1493

m sp. nov.
Argostemma pumilum Benn. 144,345 Sierra Leone; N. India.
Virecta multiflora Smith 282 Upper Guinea to Uganda.

V. procumbens Smith 253 Upper Guinea; Congo.
on Peltospermum 207, 242 Upper Guinea; Congo.

ern

*O. senegalensis Hiern 260 Upper Guinea; Nile Land.
*O. grandiflora Hiern 257 Upper Guinea; Nile Land.
O. lancifolia DC. 226 Upper and Lower Guinea;
Central Africa.
*O. corymbosa L. 265 Common throughout the
tropics.

K

130 SOUTH

NAME. NUMBER.

Hekistocarpa minutiflora 252
Hook. fil.

Mussenda arcuata Poir. 208, 1052
M. Isertiana DC. 2068
M. tenuiflora Benth. 1050
M.elegans Schum. & Thonn. 273, 1047

M.Afzelioides Wernham sp.nov. 212, 275

Urophyllum Talbotii Wernham 225
sp. nov.

Sabicea floribunda K. Schum. 228

S. calycina Benth. 1144

S. pedicellata Wernham sp. nov. 1367, 2033

S. geophiloides Wernham sp. 255
nov.

S. gigantostipula K. Schum. 259

S. speciosa K. Schum. 1040

S. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 2032

S. xanthotricha Wernham sp. 249
nov.

Afrohamelia bracteata Wern- 1662
ham gen. & sp. nov.

Heinsia jasminiflora DC. 9776, 981,

347

Bertiera laxa Benth. 51

B. racemosa K. Schum. 1310

B. breviflora Hiern 209

B. bracteolata Hiern 1288, 2060

B. retrofracta K. Schum. 236

Dictyandra arborescens Welw. 1515

Leptactina densiflora Hook. f. 220, 1613

L. euosmia K. Schum. 283

Tarenna grandiflora Hiern 279

T. bipindensis Wernham (Cho- 229, 1048
melia bipind. K. Schum.)

T.fusco-flava S. Moore (C. fusco- 232
flava K. Schum.)

T. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1548
T.baconioides Wernham sp.nov. 1595
Randia acuminata Benth. 210
R. genipeflora DC. 1553
R. macrantha DC. 254, 1672
R. maculata DC. 182, 206
R. octomera Benth. & Hook. f. 219

NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.
Old Calabar ; Cameroons.

Tropical Africa; Mascarene
Islands.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea ; Golungo Alto.

Upper Guinea; Monbuttu;
Golungo Alto.

Cameroons.
Cameroons; S. Nigeria;
Congo. :

Cameroons.
Cameroons,

Upper Guinea chiefly; also
Angola and Mozambique
district.

Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea; Congo.

Sierra Leone ; Cameroons.

Cameroons,

Upper Guinea;
Uganda.

S. Nigeria.

Cameroons.

Fernando Po; Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Angola ;

Cameroons; Angola,

Upper Guinea; Congo; Mon-
buttu.

Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea; Angola.

West Africa to Uganda.

Old Calabar; Fernando Po;
Congo,

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME.

Randia cladantha K. Schum.
R. exserta K. Schum.

R. immanifolia Wernham sp.

nov.

R. longipedicellata K. Schum.

R. physophylla K. Schum.
R. streptocaulon K. Schum.

R. Talbotii Wernham, sp. nov.
Wernham

Dorothea Talbotii
gen. & sp. nov.

Gardenia Thunbergia Linn. fil.

(Bornu)
G. Vogelii Hook. fil.

G. abbeokutæ Hiern

G. fernandensis Hiern

G. Kalbreyeri Hiern

G. ochroleuca K. Schum.
G. spathiealyx K. Schum.

Oxyanthus speciosus DC.

O. unilocularis Hiern
O. laxiflorus K. Schum.

Amaralia bignonizflora Welw.

A. calycina K. Schum.
Cremaspora africana Benth.
C. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.
C. glabra Wernham sp. nov.
C. Thomsoni Hiern

Diplosporopsis coffeoides Wern-

ham gen. & sp. nov.
D. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.
Canthium Thonningii Benth.
C. acutiflorum Hiern
C. caudatiflorum Hiern

C. venosum Oliver var. pubescens

Hiern
C. Afzelianum Hiern

Canthium calycophilum Wern-
ham (Plectronia calycopbila

K. Schum.)

Vangueria argentea Wernham
nov.

sp. ig
Cuviera subulifiora Benth.
C. trilocularis Hiern

Globulostylis Talbotii Wern-

ham gen. & sp. nov.

NUMBER.

131

DISTRIBUTION.

145, 214B Cameroons.

1544 ©
189

80, 262
165, 278
211A

217
1546

271-
1243

288

289, 1232
1314, 1359,
2034

202

Cameroons.

Cameroons.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Tropical and South Africa.

Upper Guinea; Congo; Cen-
tral Africa.

Cameroons.
Fernando Po; Sierra Leone.
S. Nigeria.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Angola;
Congo; German "East Africa.

Upper Guinea,

Cameroons,

Upper Guinea; Angola;
Menbuttu; Niamniam.
Cameroons.

Tropical Africa.

Old Calabar.

„Guinea.

Old Calabar ; Cameroons.
Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone; Nigeria.

Sierra Leone; siena

Cameroons.

Sierra Leone; South Nigeria;
Fernando Po.
Old Calabar.

x2

132

NAME.

Globulostylis minor Wernham
sp. nov.

Craterispermum laurinum
Benth.

C. aristatum Wernham sp. nov.

C. cerinanthum Hiern

Ixora riparia Hiern

I. tetramera K. Schum.

I. viridiflora K. Schum.

I. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.

I. obanensis Wernham sp. nov.

Pavetta brachycalyx Hiern

P. hispida Hiern

P. brachycoryne K. Schum.

P. glaucescens Hiern

P. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.

NUMBER.
247

Coffea subcordata Hiern (forma 243, 1523

floribus magnis)
C. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.
Psilanthus Mannii Hook. fil.

Rutidea rufipilis Hiern
R. Smithii Hiern

R. decorticata Hiern
Morinda longiflora G. Don

Psychotria humilis Hiern

P. sciadephora Hiern

P. mierothyrsus K. Schum.

P. reptans Benth.

P. alatipes Wernham sp. nov.
P. obanensis Wernham sp. nov.
P. Dorothee Wernham sp. nov.
P. viticoides Wernham sp. nov.
P. potanthera Wernham sp. nov.
P. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.
Chasalia Anselii K. Schum.
Grumilea venosa Hiern

G. micrantha Hiern

Geophila reniformis D. Don

G. uniflora Hiern
G. Afzelii Hiern

G. obvallata Hiern
Cephaélis peduncularis Salisb.

1620
1414

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Uganda.
Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Fernando Po.

S. Nigeria; Cameroons.

Sierra Leone;
Congo.

Sierra Leone and South Ni-
geria to E. Tropical Africa.

Sierra Leone; Cameroons;
Congo.
Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Congo; he
gola; N. Central.

Corisco Bay.
Cameroons.

Cameroons,

Upper Guinea; Angola,

Cameroons ;

Upper Guinea; Congo.

Cameroons.

Sierra Leone; S. Nigeria.

St. Thomas Is.; S. Nigeria;
Angola; Tropical Asia and
America.

S. Nigeria; Lower Guinea;
Congo.

Upper Guinea; Angola.

Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea and Angola to
Uganda.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 133

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
Cephaélis Mannii Hiern 154, 240 Old Calabar; Fernando Po;
Cameroons.

Trichostachys Talbotii Wern- 1041
ham sp. nov.
T. Krausiana Wernham sp. nov. 1045
*Lasianthus Mannii Wernham 266 Gaboon.

sp. nov.
Diodia scandens Sw. 206, 2031 Tropical Africa; Madagascar;
Tropical America.
Spermacoce ramisparsa Benth. 227 Upper Guinea; Mascarene Is.
*Octodon filifolium Sch.& Thonn. 357 Upper Guinea; Niamniam.
*O. setosum Hiern Upper Guinea.
*Mitracarpum scabrum Zucc. 270, 355A Tropical Africa; Cape de
Verde Is.
COMPOSITÆ.
Sparganophorus Vaillantii 399 Introduced from Tropical
Gaertn. America.
Vernonia senegalensis Less. 397 Tropical Africa.
V. amygdalina Delile 2014 Tropical Africa.
V. Kotschyana Sch. Bip. 2015 N. Cameroons to Somaliland.
V. frondosa Oliver & Hiern 494 Nigeria; Cameroons; Congo.
V. conferta Benth. 264, 398 West Tropical Africa; Congo.
1498
Adenostemma viscosum Forst. 394 Tropical Africa; Asia; Poly-
nesia.
Mikania scandens Willd. 395 A a age and subtropical
P :

Microglossa Afzelii O. Hoffm, 1671 Sierra Leone to Uganda.
Conyza persicefolia Oliver & 999 Tropical Africa.

Hiern
Sphæranthus Talbotii S. Moore 1005

(N. Cameroons)
Aspilia latifolia Oliver & Hiern 987 Liberia to Congo Free State.
Melanthera Brownei Sch. Bip. 389,986 Tropical and South Africa.

Spilanthes caulirhiza DC. 974 Tropical and South Africa.
Synedrella nodiflora Gaertn. 392 A widely dispersed weed of
erican origin.
Emilia sagittata DC. 998 A tropical weed.
Crassocephalum biafre S. Moore 1549 Sierra Leone; Cameroons.
C. sarcobasis S. Moore 1064 Tropical Africa; Madagascar.
(River Benue)
C. crepidioides S. Moore 1003 Tropical Africa; Mascarene
Islands.
Centaurea Perrottetii DC. 1007 Senegambia.

(N. Cameroons)

CAMPANULACEE,

galeopsoides Engl. & 1259 Cameroons.
iels
* River Benue. :

134

NAME. NUMBER.
SAPOTACEG,
Omphalocarpum Radlkoferi 361
Baill.
EBENACER.
Diospyros incarnata Gürke 1417
D. Preussii Gürke 1329, 1452
D. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1560
OLEACEE.
Jasminum Zenkeri Gilg 335
J. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 336
APOCYNACEA,
Landolphia senegalensis DC. 296
L. ochracea K. Schum. 292
L. owariensis Beauv. 1658, 2049
L. glaberrima A. Chev. 1655
L. stipulosa S. Moore sp. nov. 346
L. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1038
L. Stapfiana Wernham sp. 1617
nov.
Vahadenia Talbotii Wernham 1634
sp. nov.
Clitandra cirrhosa Radlk. 1351, 1537
C. leptantha Hallier f. 1526, 2047
C. longituba Wernham sp.nov. 1577
C. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1039
Carpodinus Barteri Stapf 297
C. rufinervis Pierre 2030
C, violacea K. Schum. 1445
C. uniflora Stapf 298, 1480
C. oxyanthoides Wernham sp. 1443
nov.
C. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1055
Picralima Klaineana Pierre 2194, 1690
Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf 365
P, mutica Benth. 1565, 1654
P. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. 1037
Thevetia neriifolia Juss. 178
Rauwolfia vomitoria Stapf 2046
Alstonia congensis Engl. 2098
Callichilia inequalis Stapf 291, 2063

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons.

Cameroons,
Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea.
Cameroons.
Upper and Lower Guinea;
Congo Free State.
French Sudan.

Cameroons; Gaboon.
Cameroons; Gaboon.

Upper Guinea,
Gaboon.

Cameroons.
Cameroons; Gaboon.

Old Calabar; Cameroons ;
Gaboon ; Congo Free State,

Cameroons.

S. Nigeria; Cameroons.

Tropical S. America.
Probably an escape.

Western Tropical Africa;
Congo Free State; German
East Africa.

Senegambia to Lower Congo;
British East Africa.

Cameroons; Gaboon.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 135

NAME.

Callichilia Barteri Stapf

Gabunia glandulosa Stapf

G. longiflora Stapf

Conopharyngia ^ pachysiphon
Stapf

C. durissima Stapf

C. brachyantha Stapf

C. (?) penduliflora Stapf

Voacanga obtusa K. Schum.

V. psilocalyx Pierre

V. Zenkeri Stapf

V. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.
V. obanensis Wernham sp. nov.

V. magnifolia Wernham sp.
nov.

Strophanthus gratus Franch.
S. Tholloni Franch,
S. hispidus DC.

S. Bullenianus Mast.
S. Preussii Engl. & Pax

S. sarmentosus DC.
Funtumia africana Stapf

Alafia lucida Stapf
Holalafia multiflora Stapt

Baissea laxiflora Stapf

Oneinotis gracilis Stapf
O. campanulata K. Schum.
Motandra guineensis A.DC,

Adenium Honghel A.DC.
(French Ubangi)

ASCLEPIADACEJE.

Batesanthus Talbotii S. Moore
Sp. nov.

B. Talbotii var. grandifolius
S. Moore

Periploca nigrescens Afzel.

Secamone myrtifolia Benth.

S. conostyla S. Moore sp. nov.
Kanahia consimilis N. E. Br.

NUMBER.

2048
1481
1525
1397

90a, 2054
80a
2029

211
364

1349, 1479
1466

301
300

2053
594, 1675.
1692
2062

294

2016
376, 3764,
1028

1030
1551

DISTRIBUTION,

Upper Guinea,
Liberia; Sierra Leone.
Fernando Po.

Lower Niger; Lagos.

Cameroons; Gaboon,

Cameroons; Fernando Po.

Cameroons.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
South Central; Uganda.

Gaboon.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Gaboon.

Cameroons; Gaboon.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Congo Free State.

South Nigeria; Gaboon.

Upper and Lower Guinea;
Congo Free State. |

Upper Guinea; Lower Congo.

Upper Guinea; Gaboon;
Lower Congo.

Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea; Congo Free
State.

S. Nigeria; Cameroons; Ga-
boon.

Gold Coast.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea; Congo Free
State.

Upper Guinea.

Sierra Leone to Congo Free
State. ;
Senegambia to Congo.

South Nigeria; Cameroons.

136

NAME. NUMBER.
Dæmia extensa R. Br, 997
Cynanchum Adaline K.Schum, 373, 2012
Tylophora sylvatica Decne. 374, 375,
961
T. oblonga N. E. Br. 2018
T. liberica N. E. Br. (River 1013
Benue, N. Nigeria)
Marsdenia racemosa K. Schum. 1004, 2079
M. efulensis N. E. Br. 1684
Ceropegia Talbotii S. Moore 116
sp. nov.
C. anceps S. Moore sp. nov. 174
LOGANIACE;E,
Mostuea Thomsoni Benth. 306
M. angustifolia Wernham sp. 1035
nov.
Usteria guineensis Willd. 303
Strychnos aculeata Soler. 2013
S. pansa S. Moore sp. nov. 1661
S. Talbotie S. Moore sp. nov. 2077
S. memecyloides S. Moore sp. 2078
nov.
S. memecyloides var. nov.effusior 92079
S. Moore
S. pusilliflora S. Moore sp. nov. 1256
Seyphostrychnos Talboti S. 1664

Moore gen. & sp. nov.

Anthocleista Talbotii
ham sp. nov.

A. microphylla Wernham sp.
nov.

A, obanensis Wernham sp. nov.

GENTIANACER.

Schultesia stenophylla
latifolia Mart.

var.

HYDROPHYLLACEÆ,

*Hydrolea graminifolia A. W.
Benn.

BORAGINACER.
Cordia Zenkeri Gürke
*Varronia abyssinica DC.

Heliotropium strigosum Willd.
(N. Cameroons)

H. undulatum Vahl (Garua to
Golombe)

Wern- 177, 1448,
2027

304

305

329

332

330

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.
Tropical and S. Africa; Mada-
gascar; India.
Cameroons; French Congo.
Tropical Africa ; Cameroons.

Fernando Po.
Liberia.

Gold Coast to Congo.
Cameroons.

Old Calabar.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea.

Senegambia; Sierra Leone.
Probably introduced from
Brazil.

Upper Guinea.

Cameroons.

Nile Land; Nyasaland; An-
gola; Arabia.

Cameroons.

Africa; West Asia.

* French Ubangi, Tuburi Marsh.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME. NUMBER.
CONYOLYULACEX.

*Evolvulus alsinoides L. 199
Bonamia cymosa Hallier fil. 88a
Neuropeltis acuminata Benth.

Prevostea nigerica Rendle sp.
nov. 1484
Jacquemontia capitata G. Don 838
(Yola, R. Benue) _ 5
Hewittia bicolor Wight 798

Merremia kentrocaulos Rendle 1817, *818

137

DISTRIBUTION,

Widely spread in the tropics,
Upper Guinea,
Upper Guinea,

Tropical and South Africa;
Mascarene Islands.

Tropical Africa; Natal; Tro-
pical Asia.

Tropical Africa,

M. umbellata Hallier fil. 791 Upper Guinea; German East
Africa; Tropical America.
*M. pes-draconis Hallier f. var. 832 The species occurs in the
nigerica Rendle var. nov. Congo.
M. pentaphylla Hallier fil. ie 108 Widely spread in the tropics.
1793
M. angustifolia Hallier fil. $796, *834 Tropical and South Africa.
IM. pinnata Hallier fil, 828 Upper Guinea; Eastern
Tropical Africa.
*M. emarginata Hallier fil. 795 Angola; East Tropical Africa;
Tropical Asia.
M. convolvulacea Dennst. +790, 1819, Tropical Africa; Mascarene
*835 Islands; Tropical Asia.
*Lepistemon africanus Oliver 197 Tropical Africa,
L. parviflorus Pilger 805 Cameroons.
Calonyction speciosum Choisy 825 Widely spread in the tropics.
Astrochlena Stuhlmannii Hal- 827 Nigeria; Eastern Tropical
lier fil. (Yola, R. Benue) ica.
Ipomca eriocarpa R. Br. *893, *894 Tropical Africa; Madagascar;
1829 Tropical Asia to W. Aus-
tralia.
I. involucrata Beauv. §813, 814 Tropical Africa.
*I. argentaurata Hallier fil. 810 Togo; Lagos; N. Nigeria.
I. amena Choisy *811, 1830 West Tropical and Central
Africa; Nubia.
I. velutipes Welw. 812 Angola; South Cameroons.
*I. Wightii Choisy 808 East Tropicalto South Africa;
Madagascar ; Tropical Asia.
*T, hederacea Jacq. 822 Widely spread in the tropics.
tI. ochracea G, Don 815 West Tropical Africa.
I. micrantha Hallier fil. Ashanti; Cameroons.
+I. acanthocarpa Hochst. 816 Cordofan ; Senegal.
*L aquatica Forsk. 831 Tropical Africa ; Tropical Asia
to W. Australia.
+I. asarifolia Roem. & Schult. 809 Upper Guinea; Angola; Nile
land; Tropical Asia and
Tropical America.
* River Benue, N. Nigeria. + French Congo. . + N. Cameroons.

§ Lake Chad and Bornu.

138 SOUTH

NAME.

Ipomoea dissecta Willd.
I. lilacina Bl.

I. Hierniana Rendle
I. digitata L.

SOLANACEZX.
Solanum duplosinuatum
Klotzsch
Physalis angulata L.
P. minima L. (R. Benue)
Schwenkia americana L.
(N. Cameroons; R. Benue)

SCROPHULARIACEX,
Lindernia diffusa Wettst.

Scoparia dulcis L.
Alectra senegalensis Benth.

Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch
(Garua to Golombe)

Striga brachycalyx Skan
S. Thunbergii Benth.
(N. Cameroons)

S. hermonthica Benth.
(R. Benue)

S. senegalensis Benth.
S. lutea Lour.

S. macrantha Benth.
(Lere to Ham)
S. Warneckei Engl.
(Bogalo, R. Benue)
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa Benth.
(Lere to Ham)
Sopubia ramosa Hochst.

LENTIBULARIACER.
Utricularia striatula Smith
(Lere to Ham)
U. reflexa Oliver (Lere to Ham)
U. stellaris Linn. f.
(Lere to Ham)

* River Benue, N. Nigeria.

NUMBER.

NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

*806, t807 Tropical and South Africa;

Tropical Asia; Australia.

Islands.

1802, $808, Tropical Africa; Mascarene
1804

801

800 Cosmopolitan in the tropics.
1061 Tropical and South Africa.
1060 Upper Guinea; Angola.

1059 Tropical Africa.
819, 1031 Western Tropical Africa
generally ; Niamniam ;
Brazil.

315 Guinea; Lower Congo;
Madagascar ; Tropical
America.

914 Cosmopolitan in the tropies.

317 Upper Guinea ; Mozambique
district.

325 Upper Guinea; Eritrea;
Uganda; Mozambique dis-
trict.

1033 Northern Nigeria.

323 Angola; British Central
Africa; South Africa.

310 Nile Land ; Congo Free State;
Amboland ; Egypt and
Arabia.

308 Upper Guinea; Abyssinia;
Amboland; Mozambique.

309, 1034 Tropical Africa; South
rica; Mascarenes ; Tro-
pical Asia.

324 Upper Guinea; Angola.

312 Togo.

3923 Tropical Africa; . South
Africa; Madagascar.

316 Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea; German East
Africa; Tropical Asia.
Tropical Africa.
Tropical and South Africa;
agascar; India to
Tropical Australia.
+ French Congo. t N. Cameroons.

Cameroons (Bipinde).

§ Lake Chad and Bornu.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME.

BIGNONIACER.
Stereospermum Kunthianum
Cham. (Tuburi Marsh; Lake
Chad)
Newbouldia levis Seem,

Markhamia tomentosa K. Sch.
Spathodea campanulata Beauv.

Kigelia africana Benth.
K. acutifolia Sprague

PEDALINES.
Sesamum radiatum Schum.
S. alatum Thonn. (Garua to
Golombe)
S. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.

‘ ACANTHACE,

Afromendoncia iodioides

Moore sp. nov.
Thunbergia Vogeliana Benth.
T. cynanchifolia Benth.
Elytraria crenata Vahl
Nelsonia campestris R. Br.
Zenkerina kamerunensis Engl.
Brillantaisia Lamium Benth.

8.

B. Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov.
B. nitens Lindau
B. owariensis Beauv.

Endosiphon obliquus OC. B.
Clarke

Paulowilhelmia togoensis Lin-

dau

Physacanthus Talboti S.
Moore sp. nov.
Dischistocalyx obanensis $.

Moore sp. nov.
D. ruellioides S. Moore sp. nov.
D. thunbergiæflorus Benth.
Whitfieldia longifolia T. And.
Lankesteria thyrsoidea S.

Moore sp. nov.

L. elegans T. And.

L. Barteri Hook. fil.

Phaylopsis longifolia T. Thoms.

nt Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov.
epharis pinguior C. B. Clarke

(North Mods

NUMBER.

328, 342

2056

2055
931A

34, 185,

1994, 1016
115

1057
327

1036

388

139

DISTRIBUTION.

Generally distributed over
Tropical Africa, excepting
Lower Guinea.

Upper Guinea; St. Thomas;
Gaboon; Congo Free State.

Upper Guinea.

Upper and Lower Guinea;

Congo Free State.

Upper Guinea.

Cameroons.

Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea; Nile and
Mozambique districts.

Cameroons; Fernando Po.

French Guinea to Cameroons.

Tropical Africa and Asia.

Throughout the tropics.

Cameroons.

Sierra Leone to Congo Free
State.

Sierra Leone to Congo.
South Nigeria; Cameroons.
French Congo.

Togo; Nigeria.

Fernando Po.
Tropical Africa.

Gold Coast to French Congo.
Nigeria to Congo Free State.
Tropical Africa. ;

Nyasaland. :

140 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

NAME. NUMBER.

Crossandrella Dusenii S. 17A
Moore
Acanthus montanus T. And. 1027, 2006

Crossandra guineensis Nees 101, 134,
846

C. Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. 1026

C. elatior S. Moore sp. nov. 101

Thomandersia laurifolia Baill. 381

Talbotia radicans S. Moore 971
gen. & sp. nov.

Lepidagathis laguroidea T. And. 984, 2003

Asystasia parvula C. B. Clarke 989, 1029,
1508
À. dryadum S. Moore sp. nov. 991
A. Vogeliana Benth. 990
A. macrophylla Lindau 2010
Filetia africana Lindau 380, 985
Barleria Talbotii S. Moore sp. 1896
nov.
B. bornuensis S. Moore sp. nov.
(N. Nigeria)
Eranthemum nigritianum T. 1356, 1392,
And. 1436, 1448,
1538
E. hypocrateriforme Roem. & 1552
Schult.
E. Ludovicianum Büttn. 379, 1423,
1437
Justicia tenella T. And. 378
J. insularis T, And. 983
J. Galeopsis T. And. 1024

J. laxa T. And. - 70, 102, 978
J. thyrsiflora S. Moore sp. nov. 976

J. Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. 1425

J. nigerica S. Moore sp. nov. 995, 2008
J. tenuipes S. Moore sp. nov. 1483

Adhatoda orbicularis C. B. 975, 2007
Olarke

A, tristis Nees 50, 996
A, auriculata S. Moore sp. nov. 2011
A. Buchholzii S. Moore 372, 1025,
2076
A. maculata C. B. Clarke 1405

Rhinacanthus parviflorus T. 1365
And.

Graptophyllum ` glandulosum 377
Turrill

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons to Uganda.

Tropical Africa.
Nigeria to Uganda.

Nigeria to Congo.

North Tropical Africa.
Somali Land and British
East Africa to Nigeria.

Ashanti to Congo.
Cameroons; French Congo.
Cameroons; French Congo.

Sierra Leone to Uganda and
Angola.

Sierra Leone to Cameroons.

Ashanti to Uganda and Congo
Free State.

Senegambia to German East
Africa and Madagascar.

Sierra Leone to French
Congo.

North Tropical Africa.

Cameroons to French Congo.

Cameroons.

Cameroons.
Cameroons (Zenker, 4395).
Cameroons.

Cameroons ; Fernando Po.

Cameroons; Congo Free
State.

S. Nigeria; Cameroons.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 141

NAME.

Schaueria populifolia C. B.
Clarke

Hypoestes Talbotie S. Moore
sp. nov.

H. Barteri T. And.
H. Staudtii Lindau

H. verticillaris R. Br.

Rungia grandis T. And.
R. dimorpha S. Moore sp. nov.
R. congoensis C. B. Clarke

Dicliptera obanensis S. Moore

sp. nov.

VERBENACEX.

Lantana salvifolia Jacq. forma
magnibracteata (R. Benue)

Lippia adoensis Hochst. (French
Ubangi)

Stachytarpheta angustifolia
Vahl
S. indica Vahl

Clerodendron bipindense Gürke 1530, 2058

C. Barteri Baker (forma longe-

petiolata)

. splendens G. Don

. Buchholzii Gürke

. Buettneri Gürke

. scandens Beauv.

. melanophyllum S. Moore

. Talbotii Wernham sp. nov.

obanense Wernham sp. nov.

Vitex oxycuspis Baker

V. bipindensis Gürke

V. bogalensis Wernham sp.
nov. (N. Cameroons)

V. obanensis Wernham sp. nov.

LABIATE,
Ocimum americanum L.
Platystoma africanum Beauv.
Acrocephalus polytrichus Baker
Hoslundia opposita Vahl
(R. Benue)

JEolanthus pubescens Benth.
(R. Benue)

Coleus decurrens Giirke

66606000

NUMBER.
993
2005
2020
982, 1409,
2019
1373

1394
1528
1391
1363

352
322

353
307

1491
1051

340, 2059
118

1032
369

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons.

Nigeria ; Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Tropical and South Africa;
Arabia, :

Sierra Leone to Angola.

Cameroons ; Congo Land,

Generally in the tropics of
Africa and India, and in
South Africa.

Upper and Lower Guinea to
Abyssinia and British East
Africa.

Upper Guinea; Angola;
Congo Free State.

Widely distributed in the
tropics.

Cameroons.

S. Nigeria.

Upper and Lower Guinea.
Cameroons; Gaboon; Uganda.
Cameroons; Gaboon.

Upper Guinea.

Uganda.

Nigeria,
Cameroons.

Tropics generally.

Tropical Africa; India.
Niger region.

Topa and South Africa;

Upper Guinea.
Cameroons,

142

NAME. NUMBER.

Solenostemon ocymoides 368, 2066
Schum. & Thonn.

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Guinea to Angola.

Hyptis brevipes Poit. 344, 366 Tropical Africa, Asia and
America. ;
H. pectinata Poit. 371 Widely spread in tropics;
native of America.
Leonotis pallida Benth. 2064 Upper Guinea; Nyasaland;
Nile Land. $
MONOCHLAMYDEÆ.
By SPENCER MOORE.
NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
AMARANTACEJE,
Celosia argentea L. 138, 1394 Tropical Africa and Asia.
C. trigyna L. 1794, 660 Tropical Africa; also in
Madagascar and Arabia.
Amaranthus spinosus L. 601 Tropical Africa; India.
ZErva lanata Juss. 602 Tropical Africa and Asia.
Æ. tomentosa Forsk. 924 _ Tropiċal Africa and North
Africa to India.
Achyranthes bidentata Bl. 2311 Cameroons and Angola to
Nyasaland.
A. aquatica R. Br. (N. Came- 1504 Nubia; India.
roons)
Pandiaka involucrata Hook, fil. 6794 Togo Land to Nigeria.
(River Benue) |
P. Heudelotii Hook. fil. 6124, 6594 Tropical Africa.
(R. Benue; N. Cameroons)
Gomphrena globosa L. 794,662 An American plant natural-
(R. Benue) ised in the Old World.
POLYGONACEÆ.
Brunnichia africana Welw. 1497 Liberia to Angola.
var. glabra Dammer
PHYTOLACCACEÆ.
Mohlana nemoralis Mart. 661 Tropical Africa; Madagascar ;
Tropical America.
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit. 1381 Tropical Africa; Natal.
ARISTOLOCHIACEE.
Aristolochia tribrachiata S. 213, 1542
Moore sp. nov.
A. Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. 198, 2310
and var. longissima 1642.
A. tenuicauda S. Moore sp. nov. 2318
2338, er

A. Goldieana Hook. f.

Sierra Leone ; er Fer-
nando Po. 2

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME. NUMBER.
PIPERACER.
Piper umbellatum L. 172
P, guineense Schum. & Thonn. 2329
Peperomia fernandopoiana 2324
GDO.
MYRISTICACER.
Pycnanthus microcephala 53
Stapf
Scyphocephalium Mannii 1507, 1673
Warb,
MONIMIACEX,

Glossocalyx longicuspis Benth. 84

LAURINEZ.
` Tylostemon minutiflorus 14954,
Stapt 2301
T. Talboti:e S. Moore sp. nov. 1539
T. myreiefolius S. Moore sp. 2384
nov.
T. foliosus S. Moore sp. nov. 2342
THYMELEACER.
Dicranolepis stenosiphon Gilg e: ea.
3.
D. grandiflora Engl. 21a
LORANTHACEE.
Loranthus kamerunensis Engl. 606
L. nigritanus Hook. fil, 1572
L. Braunii Engl. 1522
L. dodoneifolius DC. 1214.
(N. Cameroons) à
L. bangwensis Engl. & K. 605
Krause
Viscum decurrens Baker & 669
Sprague
V. grandifolium Engl, 604
BALANOPHORACEÆ.
Thonningia sanguinea Vahl 15904
EUPHORBIACES.
Euphorbia cervicornu Baill. 2309
Dichostema glaucescens Pierre 2328
Bridelia micrantha Baill. 2331
Uapaca guineensis Müll. Arg. 652, 671

Antidesma laciniatum Müll. 665, 676,
Arg. 2336, 233

>

143

DISTRIBUTION.

Widely distributed in the
tropics.

Tropical Africa.

Cameroons; Fernando Po.

Fernando Po.

Nigeria ; Cameroons.

Cameroons; French Congo. -

French Congo.

Cameroons.

Gold Coast to Cameroons.

Cameroons.

Nigeria; Cameroons.

Nigeria to Congo Land.

Senegambia to Nigeria;
Uganda.

Senegambia to Cameroons.

Nigeria to Congo Free State.

Cameroons.
Sierra Leone to Congo.

Nigeria to Congo.
Cameroons to Belgian Congo.
Sierra Leone to Uganda.

Nigeria to Congo Free State.

144

NAME. NUMBER.

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

A. membranaceum Müll. Arg. 611,612,670 Sierra Leone to Congo Land.

Protomegabaria Stapfiana 2325, 2326
Hutchins.

Thecacoris gymnogyne Pax 1496, 1503

Mesobotrya Dusenii Hutchins. 11, 16,
609, 1581

M. sparsiflora Hutchins, 1492

M. Barteri Hutchins. 637, 638

M. Griffoniana Hutchins. 186

M. pauciflora Pax 616, 1683

Drypetes similis Hutchins. 619, 1495

D. inzqualis Hutchins. 678

D. principum Hutchins. 679

D. stipularis Hutchins. 1645, 2337

D, Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. 8

D. obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. 677, 2310
Phyllanthus floribundus Müll. 622, 1509,
A 15094

P. Dusenii Hutchins.

2323
P. odontadenius Müll. Arg. 623
Microdesmis puberula Hook. fil. 681
M. Zenkeri Pax 692, 6924
Jatropha curcas L. 1321, 1372,
1499

Ricinodendron africanus Müll. 2333
Arg.

Croton amabilis Müll. Arg. 109, 153,
2302

Oyrtogonone argentea Prain 1590
Manniophyton africanum Müll. 180, 614
Arg

Crotonogyne strigosa Prain (sp. 659
nov. in Kew Bull. 1912, 191)
C. Preussii Pax 691, 694
Hasskarlia oppositifolia Pax 640
Erythrococca Welwitschiana 663
Prain
Claoxylon hexandrum Müll,
Årg.
Acalypha paniculata Miq. 693
Mareya spicata Baill. 617
M. micrantha Mill. Arg. 45, 667,
2303
Alchornea cordata Benth. 12, 682,
1319
A. floribunda Müll. Arg. 2304, 2305
Mallotus subulatus Müll. Arg. g a
M. oppositifolius var. glabrata 697
Müll. Arg.
Cleidion Preussii Baker 615

1352, 1352a Fernando Po;

Ivory Coast to French Guinea.

Cameroons; French Congo.
Cameroons to French Congo.

Sierra Leone to Gold Coast.
Nigeria to Spanish Guinea.
French Congo.

Cameroons to Congo.
Cameroons.

Sierra Leone.

Princes Island.

Spanish Guinea.

Tropical Africa.

Cameroons.

Gold Coast to Angola.

Senegambia to Nigeria.

Cameroons to Angola.

America; widely cultivated
in Old World.

Tropical Africa.

Sierra Leone to Nigeria.

Cameroons; Spanish Guinea.

Sierra Leone to Belgian Congo
and Angola.

Cameroons.
Liberia,
Cameroons to Angola.

Cameroons;
Belgian Congo.

Tropical Africa; India.

Senegambia to Belgian Congo.

Nigeria to French Congo.

Tropical Africa.
Nigeria to Belgian Congo.

Guinea Coast to Belgian
Congo.

Tropical Africa; Madagascar.

Cameroons.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

NAME.

Macaranga occidentalis Müll.

Arg.
M. Paxii Prain
M. rosea Pax

M. Zenkeri Pax
Arg.

Dalechampia ipomexfolia
Benth.

NUMBER.

1431*

610

112, 1377

2311, 2366
Plukenetia conophora Müll. 1509, 2306,
2307

683

Pycnocoma macrophylla Benth. 33a, 699

145

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons; Fernando Po.

S. Nigeria; Cameroons.

Cameroons to Belgian Congo
and Angola.

S. Nigeria to Belgian Congo.

Sierra Leone to Belgian
Congo.

Liberia to Belgian Congo.

Cameroons to Belgian Congo.

Tragia Benthami Baker 613 Tropical Africa.
Eee Pax var. nigritana 1494 Cameroons to Uganda.
rain
T. Preussii Pax 624 Cameroons.
Sapium guineense O. Kuntze 666 Sierra Leone to Cameroons
and Princes Island.
ÜRTICACEE.
Trema guineensis Priem. var 688 Tropical Africa; Madagascar.
parvifolia Engl.
Treculia obovoidea N. E. Br. 23164, S. Nigeria; Cameroons.
(T. Staudtii Engl.). 2321, 2335
Urera cameroonensis Wedd. 1501 Cameroons to Uganda.
Behmeria platyphylla Don 686 Tropical Africa to East Indies
and Polynesia.
Pouzolzia guineensis Benth. 689 Senegambia to Congo Land.
MONOCOTYLEDONS.
By Dr. A. B. RENDLE ; Zingiberacee and Marantacex, by
H. N. RIDLEY. |
NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
BURMANNIACER.
Gymnosiphon squamatus 700, 715 West Tropical Africa.
Wright
G. congestus Wright 716 Cameroons.
ORCHIDACEÆ.
Liparis guineensis Lindl. 777 West Tropical Africa.
L. tridens Krånzl. 872, 873 Cameroons.
L. epiphytica Schlechter 871 Cameroons.

“in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. pt. 1, 986, this number by an evident oversight has been

referred to M. rosea

L

146 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

NAME. NUMBER. DISTRIBUTION.
Bulbophyllum fuscum Lindl. 925 Sierra Leone ; Cameroons.
B. nudiscapum Rolfe 779 Sierra Leone; Congo.

B. viride Rolfe 955 Sierra Leone.
B. Amaury: Rendle sp. nov. 952
B. Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. 935 . Liberia.
B. nigritianum Rendle sp. nov. 933
B. Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. 931
B. Dorotheæ Rendle sp. nov. 934
B. ph&opogon Schlechter 778 Cameroons.
B. obanense Rendle sp. nov. , 932
Megaclinium Millenii Rolfe 1576 Lagos.
Ancistrochilus Thomsonianus 88 Cameroons.
Rolfe
Eulophia euglossa Reichb. fil. 162 West Tropical Africa.
E. lurida Lindl. 772 West Tropical Africa.
Ansellia africana Lindl. 954 Fernando Po; Congo.
Polystachya pyramidalis Lindl. ^ 908 S. Nigeria; Liberia (R. H.
f Bunting).
P. laxiflora Lindl. 865 Upper Guinea; Gaboon.
P. obanensis Rendle sp. nov. 930
P. tesselata Lindl. 862, 868 West Tropical Africa.
P. Dorothez Rendle sp. nov. 861
P. ramulosa Lindl. 864 Sierra Leone; Ashanti;
Congo.
P. Adansoniz Reichb. fil. 867 Cameroons; Angola.
P. polychete Krünzl. 927,928 Cameroons; Congo; Victoria
Nyanza.
P. nigerica Rendle sp. nov. 929
P. supfiana Schlechter 866 Cameroons,
P. Preussii Kránzl. 919 Cameroons.
P. Talbotii Rolfe 835
P. seticaulis Rendle sp. nov. 926
Angrecum Eichlerianum 899 Cameroons; South Central
Kränzl. Africa.
A. obanense Rendle sp. nov. 896
A.muriculatum Rendlesp.nov. 904
A. esespitosum Rolfe 891 Cameroons,
A. scandens Schlechter 893° Cameroons,
A. brunneo-maculatum Rendle 943
sp. nov.
A. Straussii Schlechter 940 Cameroons.
A. angustipetalum Rendle sp. 890
nov.
A. Egertonii Rendle sp. nov. 889

A. Batesii Rendle (Mystacidium 897 Cameroons,
Batesii Rolfe)

A. curvatum Schlechter . 938 Ashanti.
A. distichum Lindl. 784 Sierra Leone to Gaboon.
A. podochiloides Schlechter 894 Cameroons,

_ A. Schumannii Kränzl. 895 Cameroons.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 147

NAME. NUMBER.

Angrecum multinominatum 888
Rendle

A. caudatum Lindl. 898

A. Chailluanum Hook. fil. 119, 135,
901

A. Aschersonii Krünzl. 936

A. bidens Rendle (Listrostachys 912, 913
bidens Rolfe)
A. Dorothez Rendle sp. nov. 914, 915

A. pertusum Lindl. 916
A. pellucidum Lindl. 900
A. Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. 941
A. subulatum Lindl, 902
A. pungens Schlechter 892
Vanilla nigerica Rendle sp. nov. 776
Zeuxine Batesii Rolfe 920, 921
Z. elongata Rolfe 2408
Z. Stammleri Schlechter 922
Cheirostylis lepida Rolfe 870

Platylepis Talbotii Rendle sp. 1463
nov.

Auxopus kamerunensisSchlech- 1450
ter

Maniella Gustavi Reichb. fil. 1339
Platanthera helleborina Rolfe 869
Habenaria procera Lindl. 773
H. Weileriana Schlechter 868
H. Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. 774
H. barrina Ridl. 923
H. macrandra Lindl. 775
ZINGIBERACEJE,

Aframomum pilosum Oliver. & 94
Hanbury

A. sceptrum K. Schum. . 85, 1594,
. 1605

A. cereum K. Schum. 83

A. Daniellii K. Schum. 14

A. biauriculatum K. Schum. 82, 88

A, citratum Pereira 90

Renealmia africana Benth. 1652

R. eineinnata Baker 876

Costus Lucanusianus Braun & 840
K. Schum.

C. Dinklagei K. Schum. 839
C. Englerianus K. Schum. 885
C. Talbotii Ridl. sp. nov. 90, 1521

DISTRIBUTION.

Upper Guinea.

Sierra Leone; Niger; Congo.
West Tropical Africa.

Cameroons.
Upper Guinea.

Upper Guinea.
Upper Guinea; Congo.

Upper Guinea; Congo.
Cameroons.

Cameroons; Gaboon.

Sierra Leone; Princes Is.;
Congo.

Cameroons.

Cameroons ; St. Thomas Is.

Cameroons.

Cameroons; St. Thomas Is.
Sierra Leone. :

Sierra Leone; Congo.
Cameroons.

Liberia.

St. Thomas Is.

Upper Guinea; Angola.

Cameroons.

Cameroons; Lower Guinea.

Cameroons ; Gaboon.
Cameroons ; Gaboon ; Angola.
Cameroons ; Gaboon.
Cameroons; Congo.

Cameroons.

Sierra Leone ; Cameroons.
Cameroons.

erui L 2

148

D. Godseffiana Sander

NAME. NUMBER.
MARANTACEÆ.
Sarcophrynium oxycarpum K. 880
Schum.
S. prionogonium K., Schum. 877
S. brachystachyum K. Schum. 883
Hybophrynium Braunianum K. 874
Schum.
Trachyphrynium violaceum 883a
Ridl.
Phrynium confertum K. Schum. 884
Halopegia azurea K. Schum. 57
Clinogyne purpurea Ridl. 882
C. flexuosa K. Schum. 92, 93
C. filipes Benth. 881
C. holostachya K. Schum. 875
Thalia Welwitschii Ridl. (Lere 878, 879
to Ham, French Ubangi &
R. Benue)
HÆMODORACEÆ.
Sansevieria Laurentii De Wild. 2406
Cyanastrum cordifolium Oliver 911
ÄAMARYLLIDACEE.
Crinum purpurascens Herb. 907
C. giganteum Andr. 905
DIOSCOREACER.
Dioscorea bulbifera L. 131, 717
D. hirtiflora Benth. 718, 722,
724
D. polyantha Rendle 781
D. Preussii Pax 780
D. prehensilis Benth. (also R. 738
Benue) 721, 723,
726, 727,
728
D. minutiflora Engl. 120, 182
LILIACEE.
Smilax Kraussiana Meissn. 701
Asparagus Pauli - Gulielmi 733
Solms (Lake Chad & Bornu)
Dracæna arborea Link 740
D. Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. 1532
D. fragrans Gawl. 1412
D. camerooniana Baker 730
D. sureulosa Lindl. 146
1421

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Cameroons ; Congo.

Cameroons,
West Tropical Africa.
West Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa.

Cameroons; Congo; Angola.
Niamniam ; Cameroons ;
Congo ; Gaboon.

Angola.

Sierra Leone.

Upper Guinea; Cameroons.
Cameroons; Gaboon.
Angola.

Belgian Congo (Stanleyville).
West Tropical Africa.

Corisco Island ; Congo.
Tropical Africa.

Cultivated.
West Tropical Africa.

Angola.
Cameroons; Congo; Angola.
Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa; Congo.

Tropical and South Africa.
Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa; Congo.
Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea.
Lagos. 7

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED 149

NAME.

NUMBER.

Dracena elliptica Thunb. & 2405
Dalm.

D. cylindrica Hook. fil.

Chlorophytum Afzelii Baker

C. alismeefolium Baker

C. Talbotii Rendle sp. nov.

C. petiolatum Baker

C. debile Baker

Urginea micrantha
(Lake Chad & Bornu)

Gloriosa superba L.

COMMELINACEX,
Pollia condensata C. B. Clarke

Palisota bracteosa C. B. Clarke

P. Barteri Hook. fil.

P. ambigua C. B. Clarke

P. thyrsiflora Benth.
Commelina nudiflora L.

C. benghalensis L.

C. Forskalæi Vahl

C. capitata Benth.
Polyspatha panieulata Benth.
Aneilema sinicum Lindl.

A. beniniense Kunth
A. ovato-oblongum Beauv.

Cyanotis lanata Benth.
Floscopa africana C. B. Clarke
F. Mannii C. B. Clarke

PALMACEE.
Raphia monbuttorum Drude

Eremospatha

macrocarpa
Wendl.

ÅRACEÆ.

Amorphophallus dracontioides
N. E. Br. (Lake Chad & Bornu)

A. accrensis N. E. Br.
Anchomanes difformis Engl.
A. nigritianus Rendle sp. nov.

Nephthytis Poissonii N. E. Br.

N. Talbotii Rendle sp. nov.

c m dnas mirabile N. E.
r.

Culeasia striolata Engl.
Cercestis Afzelii Schott

Solms

2404

858
859
731
732
860
736

783

743, 744

741

748

752, 753

751
755

749
909
756
948
1446

98

DISTRIBUTION.
Tropical Africa;
Asia.
Calabar.
Sierra Leone.
Cameroons; Gaboon.

Tropical

Cameroons.

West Tropical Africa.
Tropical Africa.
Tropical Africa; Tropical
Asia,

Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea; St. Thomas Is.

Cameroons ; Congo.

West Tropical Africa ; Congo.

West Tropical Africa.

A tropical weed.

Old World tropics.

Tropical Africa to India.

Tropical Africa.

Upper Guinea ; Congo.

Tropical and South Africa;
Tropical Asia,

Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa ; Congo;
Tropical South America.

Tropical Africa.

West Tropical Africa ; Congo.

Gaboon,

East and Central Tropical
Africa.
Sierra Leone; Nigeria.

Upper Guinea.

Gold Coast.
Tropical Africa.

Cameroons; Gaboon.

West and Central Tropical

946, 1532 Cameroons
766, 1961 Upper Guinea.

150

NAME.

Cercestis Dinklagei Engl.
Anubias Afzelii Schott
A. lanceolata N. E. Br.
Amauriella obanensis
gen. & sp. nov.
Raphidophora pusilla N. E. Br.

Rendle

ÅLISMACEÆ.
Limnophyton fluitans Graebner

ERIOCAULACEÆ.

Eriocaulon bifistulosum Van
Heurck & Müll. Arg. (Lere to
Ham)

E. elegantulum Engl. (Tuburi
rshes)
CYPERACER.
Cyperus fertilis Boeck.

Hypolytrum africanum Nees

Mapania amplivaginata K.
Schum.

Scleria ovuligera Nees

GRAMINE.
Sorghum halepense Nees
S. vulgare Pers.
Isachne Buettneri Hack.
Panicum brizanthum Hochst.
P. crus-pavonis Nees

P. arborescens L.

P. uncinatum Raddi
Setaria mauritiana Spreng.
Oplismenus africanus Beauv.

Pennisetum setosum A. Rich.
Olyra latifolia L.

Leptaspis cochleata Thwaites

Sporobolus indicus R. Br.
Trichopterix simplex Benth.
Centotheca lappacea Desv.
Streptogyne crinita Beauv.

Guaduella Ledermannii Pilger
G. Zenkeri deum

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

DISTRIBUTION.

Liberia; Cameroons; Gaboon.
Sierra Leone.
S. Nigeria; Cameroons.

Gaboon.
Cameroons.
Tropical Africa; Madagascar.

Central and East Tropical
ca.

West and Central Tropical
Africa.

West and Central Tropical
Africa.
Cameroons.

West and Central Tropical
Africa.

Widely distributed.

Widely cultivated.

West Tropical Africa.

Tropical Africa.

Tropical Africa ;
America.

Tropical Africa ;
Asia.

Widely spread in Tropies.

Widely spread in Tropics.

Tropical Africa; Tropical
America.

Widely spread in tropics.

Tropical and South Africa;
Tropical America.

Tropical Africa; Comoro Is. ;
Ceylon.

Tropical and South Africa.

Tropical and South Africa,

Old World tropics.

Tropics of Africa and Ame-
rica; India,

Cameroons.
Cameroons.

Tropical

Tropical

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

151

FERNS.
By Antony Gerr, M.A., F.LS.

FiLICALES.

NAME.

Gleichenia dichotoma Willd.

Hymenophyllum emersum Baker

H. polyanthos Sw. |

Pteris quadriaurita Retz.

Asplenium vagans Baker

A. (Anisogonium) decussatum Sw.

Nephrodium (Lastrea) subquinquefida
Hook. var. securidiforme Hook.

N. (Lastrea) albopunctatum Desv.

Nephrolepis exaltata Schott

N. ramosa Moore

Polypodium (Dictyopteris) sparsi-
florum Hook.

P. (Phymatodes) lycopodioides L.

Antrophyum Mannianum Hook.

Acrostichum (Stenochlsena) sorbifo-
lium L.

A. (Chrysodium) Heudelotii Hook.

Lygodium Smithianum Presl (L. pin-
natifidum Baker)

Platycerium stemaria Desv.

Marattia fraxinea Smith i

Azolla pinnata R. Br. (River Benue;
North Cameroons)

DISTRIBUTION.
Tropics and sub-tropics.
East African islands ; Ceylon.
Tropical Africa and America.
Tropics and sub-tropics.
St. Thomas Is. ; Madagascar.
Tropies of the Old World.
Tropical Africa.

Tropical Africa; Mascarene Is.;
Amboyna; Fiji.

Tropics.

Tropics of the Old World.

West Tropical Africa.

Tropical Africa and America.
Tropical Africa.
Tropics.

Tropical Africa.
West Tropical Africa.

Tropical Africa; Madagascar.

Asia; Africa; Tropical Australia.

Tropical Asia and Africa; Aus-
tralia.

LYCOPODIALES.

Lycopodium gnidioides Linn. fil.

South Africa; Mascarene Is.

MOSSES.

NAME.
Macromitrium levatum Mitt.

Pilotrichella sordido-viridis C. Muell.

By Antony GEPP.

DISTRIBUTION.
Cameroons.
Cameroons.

152

SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS

FUNGI.

*

By J. RAMSBOTTOM.

ASCOMYCETES.

NAME.
DISCOMYCETES
Trichoscypha Hindsii Berk.

PYRENOMYCETES
*Hypoxylon coccineum Bull.

DISTRIBUTION.

Indo-China; Africa ; Neotropica ;
Oceania.

Universal.

BASIDIOMYCETES.
Hymenomycetes.

AGARICACEJE
*Marasmius ferrugineus Berk,
Lentinus velutinus Fr.
L. Tuber-regium Fr.
*L. pallidus B. & C.
Lenzites applanata Fr.

POLYPORACEÆ
*Polyporus adustus Fr.
Fomes rugosus Nees
*F. lucidus Fr.
Polystictus sacer Fr.

P. sacer var. juruensis P. Henn.

P. xanthopus Fr.
P. flabelliformis Klotzsch

*P. carneo-niger Berk.
Hexagonia Deschampsii Hariot

*Favolus brasiliensis Fr.

THELEPHORACEÆ
Stereum elegans Mey.

S. involutum Klotzsch
*S. versicolor Fr.

S. lobatum Fr.

CLAVARIACER

Africa; Neotropica; Oceania.
Indo-China; Africa.
Indo-China; Africa.
Indo-China; Africa.
Indo-China; Africa; Neotropica.

Universal,

Indo-China; Neotropica.

Universal.

Indo-China; Africa.

Neotropica,

Indo-China; Africa ; Neotropica ;
Oceania.

Indo-China; Africa ; Neotropica ;
Oceania.

Oceania.

Indo-China.

Indo-China; Nearctica; Neo-
tropica ; Africa; Oceania.

Indo-China; Africa; ; Neotropica ;
Oceania.

Africa.

Africa; Nearctica; Neotropica ;
Oceania.

Indo-China; Nearctica; Neo-
tropica.

*Lachnocladium semivestitum B. & C. Nearctica.

* Species thus indicated Sante included in a previous consignment which was worked

out at Kew by Miss E. M.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED

153

Gasteromycetes.
NAME. DISTRIBUTION.
Dictyophora phalloidea Desv. Indo-China; Africa ; Neotropica ;
Oceania.
Geaster fimbriatus Fr. Universal.
HYPHOMYCETES.
STILBACEJE
Gibellula phialobasia Penz. & Sacc. Indo-China.
LICHENS.
By Miss A. Lorrain SMITH, F.L.S.
NAME. DISTRIBUTION.
COLLEMACE/E
Leptogium bullatum Nyl. — Oceania; Neotropica.
USNEACEÆ

Usnea angulata Ach.subsp. Niaji Peak, 2000 ft.
goniodes Wain.

U. articulata Hoffm. Niaji Peak, 2000 ft.

& 3000 ft.

U. arthroclada Fée subsp. Nkami, 2000 ft.
arthrocladodes Wain. |

U. dasypoga Fr.

U. florida Hoffm. Niaji Hill.
do. var. australis Wain. Niaji Peak, 2000 ft.

U. rigida Wain. Niaji Peak, 2000 ft.

Ramalina calicaris Fr. var. iyu

PARMELIACEZE
Parmelia Hildebrandtii
Krempelh.
P. melanothrix Wain.
P. olivetorum var. esore-
diata Wain.
P. latissima Fée

Nkami.

Nkami, 500 ft.
Nkami, 500 ft.

P. relicina Fr. Niaji Peak, 2000 ft.

PHYSCIACEÆ
Physcia leucomela Mich.

CÆNOGONIACEÆ
Cenogonium Linkii
nb.
PYRENULACEJE
Pyrenula gibberosa Wain.

Niaji Peak, 3000 ft.

Palearctica; Africa;
Neotropica.

Africa; Oceania; Neo-
tropica.

Africa.

Universal.
Universal.
Oceania; Africa.
Africa.
Universal.

Africa.

Africa; Neotropica.
Africa.

Africa ;
Neotro-

Palearctica ;
Oceania ;

INDEX

(Names in the systematic list are not included)

ACANTHACE 73
Acanthus Dusenii Clarke 74
Acioa Talbotii Bak. fil. 99
Adhatoda auriculata S. Moore 87
Buchholzii S. Moore 74
Aframomum cereum Hook. fil. 111
citratum Pereira 111
sceptrum K. Schum. 110
AFROHAMELIA Wernham 43
bracteata Wernham 44

Afromendoncia iodioides S. Moore 74 |

ALPHONSEOPSIS Bak. fil. 2
parviflora Bak. fil. 3
Alsodeia crassifolia Bak. fil. 6
obanensis Bak. fil. 6
Talbotii Bak. fil. 7
AMAURIELLA Rendle 115
obanensis Rendle 115
Amorphophalus accrensis N. E. Br.

ÅNACARDIACEÆ 22
Anchomanes nigritianus Rendle 114
ers angustipetalum Rendle

brunneo-maculatum Rendle 105
clavatum Schlechter 107
Dorothee Rendle 107
Egertonii Rendle 107 .
multinominatum Rendle 107
muriculatum Rendle 105
obanense Rendle 104
Straussii Schlechter 106
Talbotii Rendle 108

Angylocalyx oligophyllus Bak. fil. 96
trifoliolatus Bak. fil. 27

ÅNONACEÆ 1

oe microphylla Wernham

obanensis Wernham 67
Talbotii Wernham 68

ACE 58
Aporrhiza Talbotii Bak. fil. 20
CEÆ 114

Aristolochia Talbotii S. Moore 93
tenuicauda S. Moore 94
tribrachiata S. Moore 92

STOLOCHIACE 92

ASCLEPIADACEJE 63

. Asystasia dryadum S. Moore 87

Balanites egyptiaca Del. 17
Baphia leptobotrys Harms 26

Baphia obanensis Bak. fil. 25
orbiculata Bak. fil. 25
Barleria bornuensis S. Moore 85
Talbotii S. Moore 86
Batesanthus Talbotii S. Moore 63
Berlinia Craibiana Bak. fil. 27
Bersama lobulata Sprague d
Hutchins. 91
Brillantaisia Talbotii S. Moore 75
Bulbophyllum Amaury: Rendle 101
Buntingii Rendle 99
Dorothex Rendle 100
nigritianum Rendle 99
obanense Rendle 101
Talbotii Rendle 100

| Carpodinus oxyanthoides Wernham
61

Talbotii Wernham 61
violacea K. Schum. 58
CELASTRACEÆ 19 $
Centaurea Perrottetii DC. 57
Cephaëlis Mannii Hiern 39
Ceropegia anceps S. Moore 66
Talbotii S. Moore 65
CHAILLETIACES 19
Chlorophytum Talbotii Rendle 113
Ohytranthus macrophyllus Gilg 19
Cleistopholis albida Engl. d Diels 3
Clerodendron obanense Wernham 91
Talbotii Wernham 90
Clitandra longituba Wernham 60
Talbotii Wernham 60
Coffea subcordata Hiern 39
Talbotii Wernham 52
Cola arcuata Bak. fil. 10
argentea Masters 12
Buntingii Bak. fil. 12
cauliflora Masters 13
crispiflora K. Schum. 12
digitata Masters 13
ignii De Wild. 13
igas Bak. fil. 10, 18
fateriiia i Schum. 13
lepidota K. Schum. 12
pachycarpa K. Schum. 13
ulcherrima Engl. 13
Quinfasil Engl. 13
rostrata K. Schum. 13
schizandra Bak. fil. 13
Talbotii Bak. fil. 11, 12
COMBRETACEÆ 38 x

156

Combretum paueinervium Engl. &
Diels 38

COMMELINACEÆ 113

COMPOSITÆ 56

CONNARACER 24

CONVOLVULACEE 72

Costus pauciflorus K. Schum. 111
Talbotii Ridl. 111

OnATERANTHUS Bak. fil. 35
Talbotii Bak. fil. 36

Craterispermum aristatum Wern-

ham 51

Cremaspora glabra Wernham 48
Talbotii Wernham 49
Thomsoni Hiern 39

Crossandra elatior S. Moore 79
Talbotii S. Moore 78

Crossandrella Dusenii S, Moore 74
laxispicata Clarke 74

Crotalaria Parsonsii Bak. fil. 24

OvPERACEZ 116

DENNETTIA Bak. fil. 5
tripetala Bak. fil. 5
Dichapetalum Thomsonii Engl. 19
Dicliptera obanensis S. Moore 90
DIOSCOREACEÆ 119
Dioscorea polyantha Rendle 119
Diospyros Talbotii Wernham 57
DIPLOSPOROPSIS Wernham 47
coffeoides Wernham 41
Talbotii Wernham 47
Dischistocalyx obanensis S. Moore 77
. ruellioides S. Moore 76
Dissotis Talbotii Bak. fil. 36
DOROTHEA Wernham 46
Talbotii Wernham 46
Dracæna Talbotii Rendle 112
tes obanensis S. Moore 97
Talbotii S. Moore 97
Duvernoia Buchholzii Lindau 74

EBENACER 57
Eugenia obanensis Bak. fil. 30
EvPHOoRBIACEZX 97
Funai 117
Garcinia Mannii Oliv. 8
GERANIACER 16
GLOBULOSTYLIS Wernham 49
minor Wernham 50
Talbotii Wernham 50 i
Glossolepis Talbotii Bak. fil. 20
GRAMINEÆ 116
Guarea glomerulata Harms 18
nigerica 2. fil. 18
parviflora Bak. fil. 17
GUTTIFERE 7

INDEX

Habenaria barrina Ridl. 110
Buntingii Rendle 109
procera Lindl. 98
thomana Reichb. f. 110
Halopegia azurea K. Schum. 111
Hexalobus monopetalus Engl. &
Diels 5
Hibiscus grewioides Bak. fil. 9
Hypoestes Talbotie S. Moore 88

Impatiens Talbotii Bak. fil. 17
Ixora obanensis Wernham 51
Talbotii Wernham 51

Jasminum Talbotii Wernham 58
Justicia nigerica S. Moore 81
Talbotii S. Moore 83
tenuipes S. Moore 82
thyrsiflora S. Moore 84

Landolphia Stapfiana Wernham 50
stipulosa S. Moore 59
Talbotii Wernham 60

Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore 77

Lasianthus Mannii Wernham 56

LAURINEU 94

LEGUMINOSÆ 24 à

Lentinus Cyathus B. d Br. 119
flavidus Massee 119 `
scleroticola Murr. 119
Tuber-regium Fr. 117
Woermanni Cohn d Schroet. 119

LinríAcEz 112

Listrostachys clavata Rendle 107

LOGANIACEE 66

Macrolobium demonstrans Oliv. 28
leptorrhachis Harms 29
obanense Bak. fil. 28

MALVACEÆ 9

MzrasTOMACEZ 36

Memecylon applanatum Bak. fil. 37
obanense Bak. fil. 37
Zenkeri Gilg 38

MELIACEÆ 17

Merremia pes-draconis Hall. f. 73

Mostuea angustifolia Wernham 66

Mussenda Afzelioides Wernham 40

MYRTACEÆ 29

Mystacidium clavatum Rolfe 107

Napoleona Alexanderi D. Talbot

& Bak. fil. 31, 35

cuspidata Miers 34

Egertonii Bak. fil. 33, 35

Gascoignei Bak. fil. 33, 35

Gossweileri Bak. fil. 32, 35

Heudelotii Juss. 34

imperialis Beauv. 34

INDEX

Napoleona Mannii Miers 34
megacarpa Bak. fil. 31, 35
Miersii Hook. fil. 34
parviflora Bak. fil. 30, 34
Talbotii Bak. fil. 32, 35
Vogelii Hook. & Planch. 34
Whitfieldii Lemaire 34

Nephthytis Talbotii Rendle 115

Nothospondias Staudtii Engl. 23
Talbotii S. Moore 23

ORCHIDACEÆ 98

Oubanguia africana Baill. 16
alata Bak. fil. 15
Laurentii De Wild. 16
laurifolia Pierre 16
Pierreana De Wild. 16

Oxalis Talbotii Bak. fil. 16

Pausinystalia Talbotii Wernham 40
Pavetta Talbotii Wernham 52
PEDALINE 73
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine 8

grandifolia Bak. fil. 8

maritima Pierre 8

nigritana Bak. fil. 7, 8

obanensis Bak. fil. 9
Pentadiplandra Brazzeana Baill. 15
Phaylopsis Talbotii S. Moore 78
Physacanthus Talbotii S. Moore 75
Platylepis Talbotii Rendle 109
Pleiocarpa Talbotii Wernham 62
Polystachya Dorothex Rendle 103

nigerica Rendle 103

obanensis Rendle 102

seticaulis Rendle 104
Polystictus sacer Fr. 119
Popowia nigritana Bak. fil. 4
Prevostea nigerica Rendle 72
Pseudoblepharis Dusenii Lindau 74
Psychotria alatipes Wernham 58

Dorothee Wernham 53

Obanensis Wernham 53

potanthera WernAam 54

Talbotii Wernham 54

viticoides Wernham 54

Randia immanifolia Wernham 45
Talbotii Wernham 45 :

ROSACEÆ 29

RUBIACEÆ 39

Rungia dimorpha S. Moore 89

Sabicea geophiloides WernAam 41
pedicellata Wernham 42
Talbotii Wernham 48
xanthotricha Wernham 42

Salacia Talbotii Bak. fil. 19

157

SaPINDACE 19
Seaphopetalum parvifolium Bak.
l. 14

Talbotii Bak. fil. 14
Schizocola Bak. fil. 13
SCYPHOSTRYCHNOS S. Moore T1
Talbotii S. Moore T1
Secamone conostyla S. Moore 64
Sesamum Talbotii Wernham 73
SIMARUBACEJE 17
Siphonoglossa Macleodie S. Moore
84

Sophora oligophylla Baker 26

Spheranthus Talbotii S. Moore 56

Spiropetalum liberosepalum Bak.
i. 24

STERCULIACEE 10

Strychnos memecyloides S. Moore 69
pansa S. Moore 68
pusilliflora S. Moore 70
Talbotie S. Moore 69

TALBOTIA S. Moore 80
radicans S. Moore 80

Tarenna baconoides Wernham 44
Talbotii Wernham 44

TILIACEÆ 15

Tricalysia pleiomera Hutchins. 48

Trichoscypha longipetala Bak. fil. 22
Talbotii Bak. fil. 22

Trichostachys Krausiana Wernham

55

Talbotii Wernham 55
Tylostemon foliosus S. Moore 96

myrciefolius S. Moore 95

Talbotie S. Moore 94

Uncaria Talbotii Wernham 40
Unona obanensis Bak. fil. 4
Urophyllum Talbotii Wernham 41
Uvaria anonoides Bak. fil. 2
latifolia Engl. € Diels 2
obanensis Bak. fil. 1 ;
Uvariastrum Zenkeri Engl. Diels 3

Vahadenia Talbotii Wernham 58
Vangueria argentea Wernham 49
Vanilla nigerica Rendle 108
VERBENACEE 90 — :
Vernonia frondosa Oliv. & Hiern 56

m
Voacanga magnifolia Wernham 62
obanensis Wernham 62
Talbotii Wernham 63

ZINGIBERACE 110 :

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Prats 18.

Prats 14.
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PLATE 16.
PLATE 17.

LIST OF PLATES

Alphonseopsis parviflora Bak. fil.

Dennettia tripetala Bak. fil.

1-4, Cola gigas Bak. fil. ; 5, C. schizandra Bak. fil.

1, 2, Napoleona Talbotii Bak. fil.; 3, 4, N. Egertonii Bak. fil.
Crateranthus Talbotii Bak. fil.

Afrohamelia bracteata Wernham,

Dorothea Talbotii Wernham.

Diplosporopsis coffeoides Wernham.

Globulostylis Talbotii Wernham.

Scyphostrychnos Talbotii S. Moore.

1-6, Talbotia radicans S. Moore; 7, Aristolochia Talbotii
S. Moore.

1-8, Bulbophyllum Buntingii Rendle; 4, 5, B. nigritianum
Rendle ; 6, 7, B. Talbotii Rendle; 8, B. Dorothee Rendle;

.9, 10, B. obanense Rendle ; 11, 12, B. Amaurye Rendle.

1, 2, Polystachya obanensis Rendle; 8,4, P. Dorothex Rendle ;
5-9, P. nigerica Rendle; 10-12, P. seticaulis Rendle.

1, 2, Angrecum obanense Rendle; 3-5, A. muriculatum
Rendle ; 6-9, A. brunneo-maculatum Rendle; 10-12, A. angus-
tipetalum Rendle.

1, 2,Angrecum Egertonii Rendle; 3-5, A. Dorothee Rendle ;
6, 7, A. Talbotii Rendle; 8, 9, Platylepis Talbotii Rendle;
10, 11, Habenaria Buntingii Rendle.

Amauriella obanensis Rendle.

Lentinus Tuber-regium Fr.

PUE

South Nigerian Plants Plate ı

Alphonseopsis parviflora Bak. fil.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE 2

Dennettia tripetala Bak. fil.

l. Portion of branch, natural size.
2. Calyx and receptacle, natural size.

3. Flower after removal of perianth x 2.
4. Stamen x 8.

5. Carpel x 8.
6. Carpel eut lengthwise, shewing ovules, x 8.

South Nigerian Plants Plate 2

Dennettia tripetala Bak. fil.

LI

EXPLANATION OF PLATE 3

Cola gigas Bak. fil.
l. Leaf x }.
2. Flower and young flower-buds springing from stem,
natural size. (From a drawing by Mrs. Talbot.)
3. Base of male flower laid open, shewing synandrium.

4. Base of female flower laid open, shewing carpels,
* 2.

Cola schizandra Bak. fil.
5. Flower x 2.

Plate 3

South Nigerian Plants

Bak. fil; 5, C. schizandra Bak. fil.

gigas

14, Cola

EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4

Napoleona Talbotii Bak. fil.

l. End of leaf-branch x 4. ;
2. Portion of stem shewing flower and fruit, natural
size. (From a drawing by Mrs. Talbot.)

Napoleona Egertonii Bak. fil.

3. End of leaf-branch x 3
4. Inflorescence, natural size.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 5

Crateranthus Talbotii Bak. fil.

. Portion of branch x 1.

Calyx x 1.
Section shewing insertion of stamens, natural size.
Stamen x 5.

. Section of ovary, natural size.
. Fruit x 1.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 6

Afrohamelia bracteata Wernham

- Portion of plant x 2.
. Flower-bud x 2.
. Flower x 2.

Flower in longitudinal section x 2.
Ovary in transverse section x 8.

- Fruit, natural size.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 8

Diplosporopsis coffeoides Wernham

. Portion of plant x 4.

. Flower-bud x 2.

. Flower in longitudinal section x 2.
. Ovary in longitudinal section x 10.
. Ovary in transverse section x 10.

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Globulostylis Talbotii Wernham

. Portion of plant, natural size.
. Flower-bud x 2.

. Flower-bud in longitudinal section x 4.

Flower x 2.
Ovary in transverse section x 6.
Style x 3, shewing the globe, a.

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Talbotia radicans S. Moore

. Portion of plant, natural size.
. Bract with bracteoles etc. seen from the axial

side x 3.

. Corolla opened lengthwise x 21.
. A two-celled and a one-celled anther x 8.
. Pollen-grains x 150.

Ovary shewing one of the cells opened longi-
tudinally x 10.

Aristolochia Talbotii S. Moore

. Flower, natural size.

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Bulbophyllum Buntingii Rendle

. Flower x 8.
. Lip viewed from above x 16.
Lip viewed from the side x 16.

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Bulbophyllum nigritianum Rendle

. Foot of column with lip viewed from the side x 16.
. Same viewed from above x 16,

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Bulbophyllum Talbotii Rendle

6 Flower x 8.
7. Petal x 16,

Bulbophyllum Dorotheae Rendle
8. Flower x 8.

Bulbophyllum obanense Rendle

9. Flower x 8.
10. Lip viewed from above x 10.

Bulbophyllum Amauryae Rendle

11. Portion of plant, natural size.
12. Flower x 8.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 13

Polystachya obanensis Rendle

1. Inflorescence, natural size.
2. Lip x 4.

Polystachya Dorotheae Rendle

3. Flower x 2.
4. Lip x 4.

Polystachya nigerica Rendle

5. Plant, natural size.

6. Flower x 4.

7. Lip viewed from above x 10.
8, 9. Side views of lip x 10.

Polystachya seticaulis Rendle

10. Plant, natural size.
1l. Flower x 8.
12. Lip x 10.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 14

Angraecum obanense Rendle

1. Leaf, natural size.
2. Flower x 5.

Angraecum muriculatum Rendle

. Portion of shoot, natural size.

. Flower, natural size.

. Portion of flower shewing dorsal sepal, lip and
column x 4.

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Angraecum brunneo-maculatum Rendle

. Portion of plant, natural size.
. Flower x 5.

. Pollinium x 8.

. Anther x 8.

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Angraecum angustipetalum Rendle

10. Portion of shoot, natural size.
11. Lip and spur, side view, natural size.
12. Lip, front view, natural size.

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Angraecum Egertonii Rendle

. Portion of plant, natural size.
. Flower x 2.

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Angraecum Dorotheae Rendle

. Leaf and flower-spike, natural size.
. Flower x 2.
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Angraecum Talbotii Rendle

. Plant, natural size.
. Flower x 10.

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Platylepis Talbotii Rendle

8. Flower after removal of one lateral sepal x 4.
9. Lip viewed from above x 4.

Habenaria Buntingii Rendle
10. Flower x 2.
li. Column x 8.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 16

Amauriella obanensis Rendle

Leaf x 1.

Inflorescence, natural size.

Spadix x 2.

Two male flowers viewed from side x 16.
Same seen from above x 16.

Pistil viewed from side x 16.

Pistil cut lengthwise x 16.

. Pistil eut transversely x 16.

. Pistil viewed from above x 16.

. Ovules x 32.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 17

Lentinus Tuber-regium Fr.

l. Section of sclerotium with developing sporophores
x 4

2. Sporophores at later stage x 1.

3. Pileus reversed to shew squamules x 1.

4. Sclerotium with one large and eight small

sporophores x 1.

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