24 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
CONNARACEE. 
Spiropetalum liberosepalum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter 
frutex, foliis imparipinnatis 1-2-jugis rhachi tereti glabra 
foliolis distincte articulatis breviter petiolulatis rigide chartaceis 
oblongo-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis apice in acumen attenuatis 
basi rotundatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 4—5 arcuatis ante 
marginem conjunctis fol. terminali lateralibus longiore et 
latiore; inflorescentiis axillaribus pluri- vel multi-floris racemis 
foliis 3-4-plo brevioribus; pedunculis teretibus fusco-tomentellis ; 
caleycis lobis fusco-tomentellis fere ad basin liberis; petalis 
lineariligulatis calyce cire. 3-plo longioribus sub anthesi apice 
convolutis; staminibus 10 inaequilongis ; ovariis 5 sessilibus in 
stylos 5 filiformes calyci subaequilongos productis ; fructu ignoto. 
A S. odoro Gilg differt racemis longioribus, calyce non ad 
medium connato &c. 
Oban; n. 14044. 
Branches glabrous. Leaves lateral, leaflets glabrous, S-10 cm. 
long, 2°5-4°0 cm. broad, terminal leaflets 9-11 cm. long, 8:5-4:5 
cm. broad; petiolules + 4 mm. long. Racemes 2-4 cm. long. Bracts 
1-1:5 mm. long. Calyx + 4mm.long. Petals 12-14 mm. long. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are the 1-2-jugate 
imparipinnate leaves with chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate leaflets; the racemes about 2-4 cm. long; the nearly free 
sepals; and the linear-ligulate petals 12-14 mm. long. 
LEGUMINOSE. 
There are six new species of Leguminosz in the collection and 
three new varieties. Crotalaria Parsonsii sp. nov. (Section 
Simplicifolie) is a near ally of C. Vogelii Benth. and C. lineari- 
folia De Wild. Baphia obanensis sp. nov. belongs to the Sect. 
Delaria and has racemes of flowers from the old branches. There 
are two species of Angylocalyx. Dr. Taubert described this genus 
in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 172 (1897), the short racemes of 
flowers coming from the old wood and the ovary being adnate to 
the dorsal side of the calyx-tube. In the Flora of Tropical 
Africa, ii. 254, my father described Sophora oligophylla, but this 
belongs to Angylocalyx, and as the plant is in the present 
collection, n. 1251, I give a description of it under this genus. 
There is a very fine new species of Berlinia, which I have named 
B. Craibiana, and a new Macrolobium. 
Crotalaria (Simplicifolie) Parsonsii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Caulis 
erectus ramosus teres hirsutus; stipulis angustis linearibus ; 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis adpresse pilosis apice mucronatis basi 
cuneatis costa subtus conspicua petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus 
