14 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
cl. detectorem) longe stipitato coccineo apice acuminato seminibus 
nitidis nigris. (Pl. 3, B.) 
Oban ; n. 1598. 
Small tree 3-4 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Intermediate leaflets 
30-34 em. long, 75-86 mm. broad; exterior leaflets t 20 em. long 
+ 60 mm. broad; petiolules 25-40 mm. long, common petiole + 80 
em. long.  Peduncle short. Calyx of d flowers + 12 mm. long, 
androgynophore short, the anthers tetradelphous not in a complete 
ring. : 
Closely allied to Cola digitata Masters. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are the digitately 
7-8-foliolate leaves with oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, petiolulate, 
acuminate leaflets entire or occasionally sublobate; the 4-lobed calyx 
with rather thiek lobes, total length + 10-12 mm.; the anthers in 
4 phalanges not in a continuous ring. : 
I venture to place this species in a new subgenus Schizocola, on 
account of the structure of the andrecium. 
I have not had an opportunity of dissecting male flowers of 
C. digitata Masters, but Schumann (Sterculiacee African®, 123) 
describes the anthers as arranged in a ring. 
Seaphopetalum parvifolium Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula 
ramis gracilibus teretibus glabratis; foliis parviusculis breviter 
petiolatis, petiolo fusco-pubescente, oblongis vel subobovato- 
oblongis apice in acumen longum attenuatis basi acutis inte- 
gerrimis glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-8 nervis | 
secundariis reticulatis, stipulis subulatis quam petiolis brevioribus ; 
floribus saepissime solitariis breviter pedicellatis ; calyce alte bi- 
vel tri-lobo coriaceo, sepalis ellipticis ; petalis cucullatis sepala 
subaequantibus ; tubo stamineo obpyramidato angulato staminodiis 
reflexis ; ovario oviformi quinquelobo. Ab S. Blackii Masters 
differt foliis minoribus floribus saepissime solitariis non racemosis. 
Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1264. i 
Small tree about 10 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9-11 cm. 
long, 30-35 mm. broad; petioles 3-4 mm. long. Stipules + 2 mm. 
long. Calyx deeply generally 2-lobed, 8-9 mm. long. Petals strongly 
veined t 7 mm. long. Staminal tube about 5 min. high. ET 
This species belongs to the Sect. Euscaphopetalum K. Schum., _ 
and is noticeable on account of its rather small leaves, largely —— 
acuminate at the apex, and generally solitary flowers. 
[Flowers bright yellow, sepals bright palish green.—P. A. T.] 
= 
Scaphopetalum Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramulis 
teretibus ; foliis papyraceis oblongis basi cuneatis apice in acumen 
longum abrupte attenuatis nervis lateralibus 9-10 erecto-patenti- - 
bus prope marginem conjunctis margine undulato foliorum petiolo | 
brevi; floribus mediocriter pedicellatis fasciculatis ; bracteolis 
minutis ; sepalis 5 herbaceis ovatis acutis quam petalis longioribus ; 
petalis concavis cucullatis apice 3-denticulatis dorso papillosis 
