28 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
Oban; n. 1524. = 
Tree about 40 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot) Proximal leaflets 
+ 9 em. long, + 5 cm. broad ; distal leaflets 12-16 cm. long, 5:5- 
6:5 em. broad; leaf-rachis fusco-tomentellous. Bracts 45-50 mm. 
long. Calyx-segments petaloid, 80-35 mm. long. Largest petal, 
together with claw, 6-7 cm. long, others much smaller. Stamens, 
filaments + 7 cm. long. 
Closely allied to B. acuminata Solander, but differs in the character 
of the inflorescence and the pubescent calyx-tube ; the smaller petals 
are distinctly shorter than the calyx. 
I have named this plant in honour of Mr. W. Craib of the Kew 
Herbarium. 
[Petals, 5 white, 1 large, 2 small and 8 smaller; 5 sepals palest 
green ; 10 stamens, anthers dull brown.—P. A. 74 
Maerolobium obanense Bak. fil sp. nov. Arbor mediocris 
sec. el. detectorem ramulis teretibus ; foliis paripinnatis saepissime 
-Jugis foliolis distalibus majoribus oblongo-obovatis apice acutis 
basi euneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque + 7 subtus prominulis 
foliolis proximalibus minoribus ovatis vel ellipticis apice acutis 
basi late cuneatis omnibus petiolulis crassiusculis breviusculis 
rhachi pubescente ; inflorescentiis elongatis racemoso-paniculatis 
rhachi angulata fulvo-pubescente ; bracteolis oblongis concavis 
alabastrum 2-valvatim includentibus extrinsecus fulvo-pubescen- 
tibus ; calycis segmentis oblongis ; petalis saepissime 4 unguiculatis 
in alabastro complicato-cucullatis ; staminibus perfectis longis 
liberis; ovario hirsuto stipitato stipite calycis tubo adnato 
multiovulato, stylo filiformi ; legumine juvenili hirsuto. 
Oban ; n. 1428, 
Leaves, distal pair of leaflets 15-16 cm. long, 6:5-7:2 em. broad, 
proximal pair of leaflets 8-9 cm. long, 4:5-5:0 em. broad. Bracteoles 
10-14 mm. long. Largest petal unguiculate + 15 mm. long. 
[Braets bright green, shaded bronze; 4 sepals pale green ; 5 petals 
white, base of petals cream; pistil pale green; style white; stigma 
pale yellow ; stamens 3 white.—P. A. T] 
Maerolobium demonstrans Oliver var. nov. Talbotii Bak. fil. 
Arbor parva ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 3-jugis foliolis oblongo- 
obovatis vel oblongis basi inaequilateraliter subcordatis ; floribus 
paniculatis; bracteolis ovatis alabastrum 2-valvatim includenti- 
bus; calycis segmentis angustis; petalo quinto majore reliquis 
minoribus ; staminibus perfectis 3; ovario ferrugineo-hirto; stylo 
filiformi hirto ; leguminibus oblique oblongis lateraliter compressis 
sutura superiore parum incrassata lateraliter conspicue nervosis. 
Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1504. 
Tree about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). 
Diff-rs from type in the narrower Jeaflets and more or less hairy 
style, that of the type being described as glabrous. 
The largest petal, together with the claw, is + 15 mm. long, and 
not so caudate at the base as figured by Baillon. 
