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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    conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus; flnribus e nodis ortis pedicellatis; sepalis parvis ovato-triangularibus; fetalis lanceo- latis per anthesin reflexis; connectivo ultra thecas producto; antheris appeadiculis 2 subulatis instructis staminum tube fere obsolete; stylo hliformi; capsula extrinsecus reticulata. Oban; n. 606. A small tree about 6-7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 14-30 cm. long, 4'5-10 cm. 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 subgenns Petalandra, Sect. 2, Synandra of Engler. [Petals cream, 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 10-1.3 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 ; staminum tiiho antheris fere aequilongo, con- nectivo ultra thecas producto; ovario subgloboso pubescente, stylo claviformi quam ovario circ. 3-plo longiori. Oban; n. 478. Shrub about 2 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 12-20 cm. long, 3'5-5'0 cm. broad; petiole 5-6 mm. long. Sepals + 6 mm. long. Petals + 8 mm. long. Connective f>roduced into a flat laiiceo- late appendage. Style + 5 mm. long. Capsule not seen. Allied to A. Johnstonii Stapf from Liberia. GUTTIFER^. Pentadesma nigpitana Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter arbor ramulis cortice nigrescente; foliis quam iis P. butyraceae Sabine minoribus cuneato-oblanceolatis vel cuneato-obovatis apice breviter acutis integerrimis petiolo brevi superne canaliculate sulfultis nervis lateralibus crebris parallelis; fiorihus 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 inteime 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 radiate 5-lobo ; fructu ignoto. Oban; n. 1742. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, 10-14 cm. long, 30-48 mm. broad ;