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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![»T 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. It 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 petiole brevis- simo ; florihus ex nodis ramorum ortis parviusculis ; calyce arete connate 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; carpelUs paucis (saepe circ. 4) ovulis pluribus biseriatim dispositis. (PI. 1.) Oban; n. 1607. A small tree about 5 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 18-23 cm. 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 3, ovate, sessile, 8-9 mm. long, inner petals 3, + 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. fil. Ramuli cinereo-corticati; foliis pergamaceis oblongis acuminatis quam iis typi minoribus petiolo brevi suffultis ; Jioribns <}uam iis typi minoribus ; sepalis ovatis acuminatis crassiusculis. Oban; n. 1341. Tree about 15 metres high. Leaves oblong or oblong-obovate, acuminate, 9-13'5 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad; petioles + 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. longipedieellata 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 ohovatae Engler & Diels subsimili. Oban; nn. 15£9, 1677. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, 8-15 cm. long, 3’C- 5’3 cm. broad. Pedicels slender, 2‘0-3’0 cm. long. Outer ]petals B 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28061433_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
