20 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
minoribus oblongo-ovatis supra praeter costam glabris nitidis apice 
breviter acuminatis basi cuneatis utrinque nervis lateralibus 
20-22, foliolis superioribus majoribus maximis nervis lateralibus 
21-24 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis 
secundariis reticulatis ; inflorescentiis pseudo-racemosis elongatis 
spiciformibus e trunco erumpentibus rhachi angulata tomentella ; 
floribus in cymulas saepissime 2-6-floras dispositis, alabastris 
subglobosis pulcherrime atro-rubro-tomentosis ; bracteis bracteo- 
lisque parvis; calyce in parte 1—2 inferiore connato extrinsecus 
tomentoso ; petalis 3-5 oblanceolatis vel late oblanceolatis calyce 
longioribus squamula instructis ; staminibus circ. 8-9 disco maximo 
valde excentrico, filamentis hirtellis ; ovario rudimentario ; fructu 
non viso. 
Oban; n. 1596. 
Tree + 20 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves large 5-6-jugate ; 
proximal leaflets + 95 cm. long, 9-10 cm. broad; distal leaflets 
35-45 em. long, 11-15 em. broad; midrib and lateral veins below 
prominent; rachis 40-50 em. or perhaps longer; petiolules thickened 
8-10 mm. long. Inflorescence from the nodes of the old wood 
20-85 cm. long. Calyx 7-8 mm. long. Petals 8-10 mm. long, 
2°5-3°5 mm. broad. i 
Noticeable on account of the large leaves with 5-6 pairs of leaflets, 
the distal leaflets being 11—15 cm. broad, the buds subglobose. and 
covered with a dark violet tomentum and the broadly oblanceolate 
petals longer than the calyx. 
Differs from the type in the petals being distinetly longer than 
the calyx, in the inflorescence being longer (20-35 em.) and in the 
leaflets being broader (11-15 em.). 
Glossolepis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor; foliis pinnatis 
multifoliolatis foliolis 8-9-jugis glabris oblongis apice acuminatis 
apice ipso obtusis nervis lateralibus utrinque 13-15 juxta 
marginem conjunctis foliolorum  petiolulo brevi crassiusculo 
petiolo communi glabro longitudinaliter striato basi incrassato ; 
floribus masc. pseudo-racemosis brevipedicellatis in cymulas 
sepissime 2-4-floras dispositis; calycis segmentis acutis; petalis 
angustis dorso hirtis basin versus squamis instructis ; staminibus 
circ. 12 inequilongis filamentis hirtis ; disco magno excentrico : 
ovario crudo ; floribus fem. ignotis. 
Oban ; n. 1686. 
Leaves 60-85 cm. long, leaflets 15-20 cm. long, 5°5-6°0 em. broad, 
shining above, secondary nerves reticulate below ; petiolules 2-6 mm. 
long. Inflorescence + 22 em. long. Calyx 11 mm. long. Petals 
+11 mm. long. Stamens, filaments 10-12 mm. long. 
Differs from G. macrobotrys Gilg in having 8-9 pairs of leaflets 
ae = 4-5, and from G. Pilgeriana Gilg in the shorter acumen 
e leaf. 
Aporrhiza Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov.  Arbuscula ramulis 
fusco-pubescentibus ; foliis magnis pinnatis rhachi brevissime 
