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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    cl. detectorem) longe stipitato coccineo apice acuminato seminibus nitidis nigris. (PI. 3, B.) Oban; n. 1598. Small tree 3-4 metres high [fide Mrs. Talbot). Intermediate leaflets 30-34 cm. long, 75-86 mm. broad; exterior leaflets+ ‘10 cm. long + 60 mm. broad; petiolules 25-40 mm. long, common petiole + 30 cm. long. Peduncle short. Calyx of d flowers + 12 mm. long, androgyuophore short, the anthers tetradelphous not in a complete ring. Closely allied to Cola digitata Masters. The distinguishing features of this plant are the digitately 7-8-foliolate leaves with oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, petiolulate, acuminate leaflets entire or occasionally sublobate ; the 4-lobed calyx with rather thick lobes, total length + 10-12 mm.; the anthers in 4 phalanges not in a continuous ring. I venture to place this species in a new subgenus Schizocola, on account of the structure of the androeeium. I have not had an opportunity of dissecting male flowers of C. digitata Masters, but Schumann (Sterculiaceae Africanae, 123) describes the anthers as arranged in a ring. Seaphopetalum parvifolium Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramis gracilibus teretibus glabratis; foliis parviusculis breviter petiolatis, petiolo fusco-pubescente, oblongis vel subobovato- oblongis apice in acumen longum attenuatis basi acutis inte- gerrimis glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-8 nervis secundariis reticulatis, stipulis subulatis quam petiolis brevioribus ; floribus saepissime solitariis breviter pedicellatis; calyce alte bi- vel tri-lobo coriaceo, sepalis ellipticis ; petalis cucullatis sepala subaequantibus ; tubo stamineo obpyramidato angulato staminodiis reflexis; ovario oviformi quinquelobo. Ab S. Blachii Masters differt foliis minoribus floribus saepissime solitariis non racemosis. Oban, Obutong Eoad; n. 1264. Small tree about 10 metres (flde Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9-11 cm. long, 30-35 mm. broad; petioles 3-4 mm. long. Stipules + 2 mm. long. Calyx deeply generally 2-lobed, 8-9 mm. long. Petals strongly veined + 7 mm. long. Staminal hihe about 5 mm. high. This species belongs to the Sect. Euscaphopetalum K. Schum., and is noticeable on account of its rather small leaves, largely acuminate at the apex, and generally solitary flowers. [Flowers bright yellow, sepals bright palish green.—P. A. T.] Seaphopetalum Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramulis teretibus ; foliis papyraceis oblongis basi cuneatis apice in acumen longum abrupte attenuatis nervis lateralibus 9-10 erecto-patenti- bus prope marginem conjunctis margine undulato foliorum petiolo brevi; floribus mediocriter pedicellatis fasciculatis; bracteolis minutis ; sepnlis 5 herbaceis ovatis acutis quam petalis longioribus ; petalis concavis cucullatis apice 3-denticulatis dorso papillosis ;