2 -SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
sis connectivo ultra thecas lineares producto ; carpellis numerosis 
extus pilosis ; fructu haud viso. 
Oban; nn. 1579, 1603. X 
Leaves 15-20 em. long, 5:5-7:0 cm. broad ; petioles about 8 mm. 
long. Sepals thick, 9-10 mm. long + 11 mm. broad. Petals 6, 20- 
30 mm. long and about as broad. Stamens + 3 mm. long. Car- 
pels + 5 mm. long. 
Noticeable on account of the subeoriaceous, almost glabrous, 
oblong leaves, and the lateral fascicles of generally 3 flowers, with 
thick, suborbicular petals 20-80 mm. long and broad. 
(Central petals dull orange, three outside petals dull apricot, 
markings deepest wine-red.—P. A. T.] 
Uvaria anonoides Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex repens (fide cl. 
detect.), ramulis novellis fusco-tomentosis ; foliis ellipticis vel 
oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-ovatis superne praeter costam ner- 
vosque fere glabris subtus pallidioribus apice acuminatis basi 
rotundatis nervis lateralibus 9-12 ante marginem arcu intra- 
marginali conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus, foliorum petiolo 
brevi superne canaliculato ; floribus mediocribus solitariis ; pedun- 
culo stricto in sicco longitudinaliter striato ; sepalis alte connatis 
segmentis crassiusculis ; staminibus numerosis connectivo crasso 
thecas superante ; carpellis hirsutis staminibus parum longioribus 
stigmatibus dilatatis. 
Oban ; n. 1558. 
Leaves 8-15 em. long, 50-75 mm. broad; lateral nerves and mid- 
rib below conspicuous. Sepals + 5-7 mm. long. Petals concave, 
riim 12-13 mm. long + 15 mm. broad. Stamens 9:5 mm. 
ong. 
Closely allied to Uvaria latifolia Engler & Diels (Anona lati- 
folia Scott Elliot). 
U. anonoides Bak. fil. | U. latifolia Engler & Diels. 
Leaves 8-15 em. long, 5-7 | Leaves 2-3 dm. long, "7-1 
em. broad. dm. broad. 
Calyz, total diameter 12-14 Calyz, total diameter + 16 
mm. mm. 
Petals 12-13 mm. long, + 15 Petals 15-20 mm. long, 18-22 
mm. broad. 
mm. broad. 
Stamens 2°5 mm. lcng. | Stamens 4—5 mm. long. 
ALPHONSEOPSIS Bak. fil. gen. nov. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, breviter cupularis, tri- 
angularis, 3-sepalus, petalis multo brevior. Petala 6 biseriatim 
valvata, inter se subaequalia, ovata, adscendentia, crasse coriacea. 
Stamina & arcte imbricata, receptae 
et : ulo depresse subl;emisphaerico 
insidentia, crassiuscula, connectivo ultra loculos conspicue truncato ; 
pollinis grana inter se libera, Carpella 3-4, inter se libera, stig- 
mate subsessili pileato-capitato, ovulis circ. 22 ventralibus biseriatis. 
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