Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district, South Nigeria / by A.B. Rendle [and others].
- Alfred Barton Rendle
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district, South Nigeria / by A.B. Rendle [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![sis connectivo ultra thecas lineares producto ; carpellis numerosis extus pilosis; fructu haud viso. Oban ; nn. 1579, 1603. Leaves 15-20 cm. long, 5'5-7‘0 cm. broad; petioles about 3 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 subcoriaceous, almost glabrous, oblong leaves, and the lateral fascicles of generally 3 flowers, with thick, suborbicular petals 20-30 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 petiole brevi superne canaliculate ; floribus mediocribus solitariis; pedun- culo stricto in sicco longitudinaliter striate ; sepalis alte connatis segmentis crassiusculis ; siaminibus numerosis connectivo crasso thecas superante ; carpellis hirsutis staminibus parum longioribus stigmatibus dilatatis. Oban; n. 1558. Leaves 8-15 cm. long, 50-75 mm. broad; lateral nerves and mid- rib below conspicuous. Sepals + 5-7 mm. long. Petals concave, suborbicular, 12-13 mm. long + 15 mm. broad. Stamens 2'5 mm. long. Closely allied to Uvaria latifolia Engler & Diels {Anona lati- folia Scott Elliot). U. anonoides Bak. fil. Leaves 8-15 cm. long, 5-7 cm. broad. Calyx, total diameter 12-14 mm. Petals 12-13 mm. long, + 15 mm. broad. Stamens 2'5 mm. Icng. U. latifolia Engler & Diels. Leaves 2-3 dm. long, ‘7-1 dm. broad. Calyx, total diameter + 16 mm. Petals 15-20 mm. long, 18-22 mm. broad. Stamens 4-5 mm. long. ALPHONSEOPSIS Bak. fil. gen. nov. Flores bermapbroditi. Calyx parvus, breviter cupularis, tri- angularis, 3-sepalus, petalis multo brevier. Petala 6 biseriatim valvata, inter se subaequalia, ovata, adscendentia, crasse coriacea. Stamina oo arete imbricata, receptaculo depresse subbemispbaerico insidentia, crassiuscula, connectivo ultra loculos conspicue truncate; pollinis grana inter se libera. Carpella 3-4, inter se libera, stig- mate subsessili pileato-capitato, ovulis circ. 22 ventralibus biseriatis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28061433_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
