16 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; petalis 6 angustis valvatis calyce 
2-3-plo longioribus ; staminibus numerosis ima basi connatis fila- 
mentis filiformibus antheris brevibus ; stylo gracili levissime clavi- 
formi; ovario 4-loculari ovulis in quoque loculo 2 ab apice 
pendulis ; fructu uniloculari, 1-spermo. 
Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1513. à 
Tree about 10-12 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves grey-cinereous 
above, 9-20 em. long, 4-8 em. broad; petioles 1-2 mm. long. 
Bracteoles small, subopposite 1:0-1:5 mm. long. Petals 6, 10-12 mm. 
long. Anthers not 1mm. long. Fruit oblong-ovoid, pruinose +12 mm. 
long + 7 mm. broad. Seed obpyramidal, bearing near the tops 
shreds of the ovarian septa + 6 mm. long. 
[Stems green. Fruit bright mauve-blue. Anthers bright aureolin. 
Pistil white. Filaments cream. Petals shell-pink inside, white 
outside.—P. A. T.] 
The species of this genus which have been already described 
are :— 
(1) O. africana Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 869 (1890). 
Hab. Gaboon. 
(2) O. laurifolia Pierre ex De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905). 
Egassea laurifolia, Pierre in De Wild, Étud. fl. Bas et Moy. 
Congo 1, 31, t. xvii. (1903). Hab. Congo. 
(3) O. Laurentii De Wild. in Durand Syll. Fl. Congo, p. 67. 
Egassea Laurentii, De Wild. Étud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 2, 
310 (1908). Hab. Congo. 
(4) O. Pierreana De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905). 
Egassea Pierreana De Wild. Etud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 1, 
82, t. 18. Hab. Congo. 
GERANIACEE, 
Oxalis (Biophytum) Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Species 
habitu O. dendroidis H. B. K. Caule lignoso elato nudo sursum 
tomentoso ; foliis in apice caulis arcte approximatis ; foliolis durius- 
culis paripinnatis 15-20 jugis setoso-ciliatis superioribus oblique 
rhonbeis vel oblique oblongo-obovatis inferioribus minoribus prae- 
cipue subtus prominente nervosis; pedunculis nullis ; pedicellis 
gracilibus ; calyce profunde quinquepartito laciniis longis nervoso- 
striatis lanceolatis conspicue acuminatis ; petalís 5 in sicco albidis 
oblongis calyce longioribus; staminibus inclusis 10 ima basi 
connatis alternatim longioribus; ovario quinqueloculari stylis 
gracilibus. 
Ab O. sensitiva L. differt ob pedunculorum absentiam. 
Oban ; n. 1409. 
This plant is allied to Biophytum Petersian Klot 
in Peters Mossamb., Bot. t. oe anum Klotzsch, figured 
Stem 10-15 cm. long. Leaves 4-8 cm. long; distal leaflets 
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