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
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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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    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 + 2 mm. broad. Stamens + 1'5 mm. long, much dilated. Carpels with style 2'0-2 5 mm. pubescent. Allied to Pop)owia foliosa Engler & Diels, but differs by the narrower leaves, shorter cymes and larger petals. [Three sepals pale bronze, six petals pale creamy-yellow, stamens in three groups of three, centres cream shading into dark brown.— P. A. 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 subcoi’iacea oblonga supra nitida subtus fere glabra quam in typo minore ; fiorihus ad axillas solitariis subsessilibus ; jmtalis anguste lanceo- latis corrugatis basi connatis ; carpx’llis 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, connective ultra thecas lineares vix producto truncate, antheris rimis linearibus dehiscentibus. Carpella 15-20, libera, stylo continue truncate, ovulis pluribus biseriatis. Arbor mediocris. Folia alterna, chartacea, foliorum petiolo bi'evi. Flores hermaphroditi, solitarii vel bini, magnitudine mediocri, brevipedunculati, ex raniis adultis orti. Receptaculum convexum. Dennettia tripetala sp. unica. Arbor mediocris sec. cl. detect, ramulis cortice cinereo tectis ; foliorum petiolo brevi superne canaliculate 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 I'eticulatis; fiorihus magnitudine mediocri solitariis vel binis pedunculatis ex ramis adultis ortis; calijce e sepalis semiorbicularibus 2 vel rarius 3 composite; petalis 3 crassis concavis extus fusco-tomentosis; staminibus parvis numerosis connective ultra thecas lineares vix producto;