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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    Oban; n. 1524. Tree about 40 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Proximal leafiets ± 9 cm. long, + 5 cm. broad ; distal leaflets 12-16 cm. long, 5‘5- 6'5 cm. broad; leaf-rachis fusco-toinentellous. Bracts 45-50 mm. long. Calyx-segments petaloid, 30-35 mm. long. Largest petal, together with claw, 6-7 cm. long, others much smaller. Stamens, filaments + 7 cm. long. Closely allied to B. acuminata Solander, but differs in the character of the inflorescence and the pubescent calyx-tube ; the smaller petals are distinctly shorter than the calyx. I have named this plant in honour of Mr. W. Craib of the Kew Herbarium. [Petals, 5 white, 1 large, 2 small and 3 smaller; 5 sepals palest green ; 10 stamens, anthers dull brown.— P. A. T.] Maerolobium obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris sec. cl. detectorem ramulis teretibus ; /oZrfs paripinnatis saepissime 3-jugis foliolis distalibus majoribus oblongo-obovatis apice acutis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque ± 7 subtus prominulis foliolis proxim'alibus minoribus ovatis vel ellipticis apice acutis basi late cuneatis omnibus petiolulis crassiusculis breviusculis rhachi pubescente; inflorescentiis elongatis racemoso-paniculatis rbachi angulata fulvo-pubescente; hracteolis oblongis concavis alabastrum 2-valvatim includentibus extrinsecus fulvo-pubescen- tibus ; calycis segmentis oblongis ; petalis saepissime 4 unguiculatis in alabastro complicato-cucullatis ; staminibus perfectis longis liberis; ovario hirsute stipitato stipite calycis tube adnato multiovulato, stylo filiformi; legumine juvenili hirsute. Oban ; n. 1428. Leaves, distal pair of leaflets 15-16 cm. long, 6'5-7'2 cm. broad, proximal pair of leaflets 8-9 cm. long, 4'5-5'0 cm. broad. Bracteoles 10-14 mm. long. Largest petal unguiculate + 15 mm. long. [Bracts bright green, shaded bronze ; 4 sepals pale green ; 5 petals white, base of petals cream; pistil pale green; style whits; stigma pale yellow; stamens 3 white.—P. A. T.] Maerolobium demonstrans Oliver var. nov. Talbotii Bak. fil. Arbor parva; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 3-jugis foliolis oblongo- obovatis vel oblongis basi inaequilateraliter subcordatis ; floribus paniculatis; bracteolis ovatis alabastrum 2-valvatim includenti- bus ; calycis segmentis angustis; petalo quinto majore reliquis minoribus ; staminibus perfectis 3; ovario ferrugineo-hirto; stylo filiformi hirto; leguminibus oblique oblongis lateraliter compressis sutura superiore parum incrassata lateraliter conspicue nervosis. Oban, Obutong Eoad ; n. 1504. Tree about 7 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Differs from type in the narrower leaflets and more or less hairy style, that of the type being described as glabrous. The largest petal, together with the claw, is + 15 mm. long, and not so caudate at the base as figured by Baillon.