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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![+ 10 mm. long. Fruit with pedicel 2'0-2'5 cm. long, oblong, 56 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 ramulisfusco-hirsutis ; foliorumpetiolohveVi, Zamfjia membranacea supra glabrescente subtus praecipue ad nervos fusco-birsuta nervis lateralibus utrinque 9-12 nervis secundariis subtus prominulis oblonga vel oblongo-obovata apice subito in acumen attenuata basi cordata; pedunculo subterminali vel lateral! fusco-birsuto saepissime 1-floro; bracteis latioribus quam longis semiamplexi- caulibus birsutis; sepalis ovatis birsutis basi cordatis quam petalis exterioribus 3-4-plo brevioribus; petalis exterioribus majusculis crassis fusco-hirsutis late ovatis petalis 3 interioribus crassis glabris quam petalis exterioribus subduplo minoribus; staminihm numerosis connectivo ultra thecas dilatato; carpidiis numerosis ovario fusco-birsuto in stylum brevem sursum crassi- orem attenuato. 'Species ad U. liirsutam Benth. valde accedens difFert foliis angustioribus, bracteis latioribus. Oban ; nn. 1246, 1323. Tree 20-25 metres {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 10-15 cm. long, 3'0-4'5 cm. broad; petiole 2-3 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 ovaiy. This belongs to the series in which the inner petals are similar to the outer, hut smaller. Closely allied to U. hirsuta Benth. from Fernando Po, but differs in the narrower leaves and semiamplexicaul, broad, haii’y 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.J 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; florihus axillaribus pedunculis dichotome cymosis; sepalis triangularibus parvis fusco-tomentosis; petalis exterioribus majoribus concavis crassis incurvatis fusco-toinentosis 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 cm. long.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28061433_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
