: STERCULIACEZ (E. G. Baker) 11 
acute lobatis apice acuminatis quam foliolis intermediis minoribus 
omnibus sessilibus foliorum petiolo longitudinaliter striato longo 
vel longissimo ; floribus masculis ex ligno vetere ortis maximis ; 
bracteis ad basin pedicellorum ovatis; pedicells brevibus ; 
alabastris ellipsoideis dense hirsutis; calyce ellipsoideo urceolato 
externe striato lobis 5 ovatis patentibus; antheris uniseriatis, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; carpellis 4, fulvo-tomentosis stig- 
matibus erassis. (Pl. 3, A.) 
Oban. In flower Oct. 22; n. 160. 
Tree 10-18 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves somewhat 
similar to those of Cola digitata Masters. Intermediate leaflet 
40—15 em. long, 24-26 cm. long; petiole + 36-40 cm. long, covered 
with wool at first, perhaps glabrous eventually. Flowers crimson- 
purple, large, 7-8 em. long, showy, arising two or three together from 
the stem. 
The distinguishing features of this species are the 5-foliolate 
lobed leaves with sessile leaflets and a long petiole, the intermediate 
leaflets are 40-45 cm. long, the exterior leaflets much shorter; the 
large flowers arising from the old wood in clusters of two or three; 
the ellipsoidal urceolate calyx 5-lobed towards the apex, 7-8 cm. long. 
As Mr. Ridley observed to me the flowers of this species bear con- 
siderable resemblance to those of a species of Thottea in Aristo- 
lochiacee. 
[Calyx very dark red ; buds bright yellow-brown.—P. A. T.] 
Cola (Cheirocola) Talbotii Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor; foliis 
longe petiolatis digitatis foliolis 5 sessilibus foliolis exterioribus 
inaequilateralibus quam intermediis minoribus oblongis acuminatis 
nervis lateralibus circ. 10-11 foliolis intermediis majoribus 
oblongo-oblanceolatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14 arcuatis 
foliolis superne glabris subtus pallidioribus ; calyce in flore mas- 
culo pro genere mediocri campanulato usque ad medium 5-lobo 
lobis ovatis acutis; flore masculo e ligno vetere fasciculato 
andreceo uniseriato thecis linearibus; flore foemineo ovario. 
tetramero, stigmate crasso; folliculis pedicellatis rubris apice 
acuminatis pendulis. 
Oban, Kwa river; n. 4. 
Leaves, leaflets not lobed, outer leaflets 20-21 cm. long. about 
5-6 em. broad; middle leaflet + 31 em. long, + 9 em. broad. Calyx 
of the female flower larger than the male, + 15 mm. long. Carpels 
4-5 mm. long. Pod 9-10 cm. long. 
Allied to Cola pachycarpa DC. in the subgenus Cheirocola, but there 
are fewer leaflets, and the flowers are smaller, and to Cola pulcherrima 
Engler in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. pp. 335-337, t. 8, from which it differs 
by the smaller calyx. p. 
[Flowers very dark red, stigmas cream-coloured. Pod red-pinkish 
on the underside.—P. A. T.] 
I have added the description of the following species found 
by Mr. R. H. Bunting in Liberia. 
