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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    D. Bucliholzii, a species referred by Clarke to Acanthopale on account of its having but 2 ovules in each cell of the ovary. Disehistoealyx obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Fruticulus ramulis subteretibus glabrescentibus ; foliis longipetiolatis amplis ellipticis apice acutis breviterve cuspidulato-caudatis basi acutis membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute fulvo-pubes- centibus pag. utraque cystolithis minutis creberrime indutis ; flori- hus spicatis spicis axillaribus terminalibusve oppositis vel alternis plerisque breviter pedunculatis quain folia multo brevioribus ; hracteis amplis late obovatis obtusissimis glanduloso-puberalis, bracteolis minutis subulatis ; calycis puberuli segmentis oblongis obtusis anticis quam postica 3 alte connata majoribus; corollae majusculae tubo triente inferiori cylindrico superne gradatim dilatato glabro lobis suborbicularibus tubo plane brevioribus; staminibiis inclusis antherarum loculis apice mucronulatis ; ovario cylindrico glabro ; stylo puberulo superne incrassato necnon glabro. ovulis quove in loculo circa 10. Oban ; nn. 73, 1485. Leaves at most 17 x 6‘5-7 cm., usually + 10 x 6 cm., becoming dark in drying, very faintly shining; petioles 2-4’5 cm. long, tipikes 4-7 X 1'5 cm., their peduncles from nearly nothing to 15 mm. in length. Bracts about 18 x 13 mm.; bracteoles about 1 mm. long. Front segments of calyx obtuse, 14 x 3-4 mm.; hind segments acute, 14 X 2-2’25 mm., the free part only 3 mm. long. CoroUa pale violet, 4'5 cm. long; tube 2-3 mm. in diameter below, 15 mm. at the throat; lobes about 1 cm. long. Anthers 4 mm. long. Ovary 3 mm. Style 24 mm. long; stigmatic branch 4 mm. long. Capsule 11 mm. long. Seeds dark, 1’5 X 1 mm. This differs from Z>. grandifolius Clarke chiefly in the bracts and the smaller calyx with lobes united nearly to the top. Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex caule erecto subdistanter folioso fulvo-pubescente; foliis breviter petio- latis obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ad medium usque gradatim amplificatis basi obtusis tenuiter membranaceis supra glabris subtus ad nervos pubescentibus; florihus albis vel dilute lavandu- laceis in panicula anguste thyrsoidea piloso-hirsuta dispositis; hracteis anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis ut calycis segmenta linearia superne longe extenuata piloso-hirtis; corollae tubo filiformi calycem excedente extus puberulo lobis aliquan- tulum obliquis obovatis obtusissimis nonnunquam emarginatis; antherarum loculis basi mucronulatis; ovulis quove in loculo solitariis. Oban; nn. 43a, 1471,1646. [Also in the Kew Herbarium, Southern Nigeria ; Holland, 180, 229.] Leaves up to 12'5 x 4'5 cm., often about 10 x 4 cm.; petioles + 1 cm. long, densely pubescent. Panicles +6x3 cm. Bracts + 1 cm. long, at most 2 mm. broad. Calyx 17 mm. long, the