52 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
distantibus nee conspicuis brevissime petiolatis; stipulis minimis 
subulato-acuminatis ; inflorescentia laxiuscula sessile trichotoma 
nec ampla ; bracteis minutis ; floribus inter minores subsessilibus ; 
calycis limbo integerrimo; corollae lobis 4 subobtusis tubi 
dimidium vix aequantibus. 
Oban; n. 2038. 
Leaves 11-12 em. x 3-3°5 cm.; petioles rarely so much as 5 mm., 
secondary lateral veins about 6 pairs manifest. Stipules about 
2:5 mm. long. Inflorescence about 3 em. long and 5-6 cm. wide. 
Calyx and ovary 29:5 mm. long. Corolla-tube 9 mm.; lobes 
3:5-40 long. Anthers 3-4 mm. long. 
Near I. riparia Hiern, but distinct in the narrower, thicker leaves, 
and looser and larger inflorescence, etc. 
Pavetta Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber; foliis 
magnis longe petiolatis anguste elliptico-oblongis leniter acuminatis 
obtusis basi cuneatis valde obliquis ; stipulis deltoideis validiusculis 
asperis; floribus 4-meris parvis in cymis subsessilibus glabris 
axillaribus dispositis ; pedicellis brevibus validis ; calycis dentibus 
deltoideis acutis patentibus; corollae extus glaberrimae lobis 
viridibus oblongis intus obscure puberulis apice rotundato reflexis 
tubum albidum aequantibus vel parum excedentibus ; stylo exserto 
stigmate clavato puberulo ; disco glaberrimo ; bacca minima. 
Oban; n. 1638. 
Leaves 32 em. long, 8:5 cm. broad; petiole about 7:5 cm. long; 
secondary veins about a dozen pairs.  Stipules 4-6 mm. long. 
Calyx, including ovary, 2 mm. long. Corolla-tube 8:5-4 mm. long; 
lobes the same length, and 2 mm. wide. Anthers 2 mm. long. 
Style exserted about 3 mm. Berry barely 2 mm. in diameter. 
Notable for the long, rather narrow leaves, and small flowers in 
abbreviated axillary cymes. 
Coffea Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis gracilibus 
pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis longius- 
cule acuminatis apice valde obtuso, utrinque nisi infra in vena 
media sparsissime puberulis glabris, petiolo brevissimo pubes- 
cente; stipulis pubescentibus basi triangularibus insuper setaceo- 
acuminatis ; floribus parvis solitariis axillaribus, pedicello pubes- 
cente longiusculo supra medium et basi bracteolis in calyculis 
connatis superioribus 2 vel pluribus subulatis stipatis; calycis 
pubescentis limbo subinfundibulari, lobis 4-5 subulatis erectis 
corollae tubum nonnunquam fere aequantibus ; corollae tubo 
breviusculo extus glabro, ore villoso, lobis 6 nisi in margine 
obscure ciliatis basique pilosis glabris oblongis brevissime acumi- 
natis acutis tubum subaequantibus patentibus ; antheris exsertis ; 
bacca fusiformi minutiuscule et sparse puberula coccinea a calycis 
limbo persistente coronata. 
Oban ; n. 1620. 
Leaves 7-14 cm. long, 8-4 cm. wide; petiole 8 mm. long. 
