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. 591. Apparently an undershrub with ascending branches. Leaves 7-11 cm. long, 23-27 mm. broad, covered with hairs on both sides ; petioles 15-17 mm. long. Flmuers in dense pedunculate capitula. Calyx- tube with 2 rings of bristles towards the apex—the upper ring complete, the lower more or less incomplete. This species is allied to Dissotis capitata Hook. fil. The dis- tinguishing features are the erect branching stem; the ovate-lanceo- late, p^gtiolate, 5-nerved leaves; the pentamerous flowers in dense generally 5-7-flowered pedunculate heads ; the calyx-tube surrounded near the apex with two rings of bristles, the upper a complete ring, the lower incomplete. Memeeylon applanatum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramis teretiusculis cortice cinereo tectis; foil is breviter petiolatis oblongis vel ellipticis coriaceo-papyraceis utrinque opacis apice longissime acuminatis basi cuneatis 1-nerviis nervis transver- salibus subtus non vel vix conspicuis venis omnino inconspicuis; Jloribus in foliorum axillis in cymas subumbelliforines breviter pedunculatas dispositis pedunculis applanatis cymis paucifloris pedicellis mediocribus ; receptacuU parte superiore pateriformi; sepalis triangulariformibus; petalis late ovatis latioribus quam longis staminibus aequalibus filamentis filiformibus; antlieris brevibus loculis rima antice dehiscentibus ; ovario omnino adhae- rente ; stylo filiformi staminibus aequilongo vel paullo longiori. Oban; n. 1606. Shrub about 3 or 4 metres high {hde Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 18-20 cm. long, 5'5-7'0 cm. broad; petioles 5-7 mm. long, 1-nerved; lateral nerves inconspicuous. Flowers in the axils of the leaves in 3-5-flowered pedunculate subumbelliform cymes. Peduncles flattened, 5-8 mm. long. Pedicels slender terete, 5-8 mm. long. The noticeable features of this species are the coriaceo- papyraceous, oblong or elliptical, 1-nerved leaves, generally 18-20 cm. long; the flowers in the axils of the leaves in subumbelliform 3-5-flowered pedunculate cymes ; and the flattened peduncles 5-8 mm. long. [Calyx palest green, petals thin cobalt-blue, filaments thin blue, anthers pale yellow.—P. A. T.] Memeeylon obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis subteretibus brunneis; folUs crassiusculis ellipticis vel oblongis apice acuminatis basi acutis subtus jugo laterali tenui prope marginem percurrente in nervulos utrinque 9-10 tranversales curvato at illis aequivalido venis supra inconspicuis; florihus paniculato-cymosis cymis in axillis foliorum dispositis laxe multi- floris pedicellis tenuibus; hracteolis ad pedicellorum basin brevi- bus ; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi vix dentato; petalis concavis latioribus quam longis margine hyalinis; staminibus stylo subaequilongis ; stylo tereti; fructu ignoto.