54 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
glaberrimis venis paucis petiolo elongato; stipulis inter majores 
crassis ovatis fere ad medium bifidis densissime ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus ; inflorescentia parva globosa densiuscula breviuscule 
pedunculata ebracteata ; floribus brevibus subsessilibus penta- 
meris ; calycis limbo subintegro ; corollae lobis demum subreflexis 
ore barbato. 
Oban ; n. 1561. 
Leaves over 20 cm. x 6 cm.; secondary veins 7-8 pairs; petiole 
5-7 em. Stipules 1:5 cm. x 1 em.  Peduncle 1:5 cm.  Cyme 
1-2 em. in diameter. Flowers 3-3°5 mm. long. 
Near P. recurva K. Schum., but differs in the size, shape and 
venation of the leaves, and the denser, many-flowered clusters. 
Psyehotria vitieoides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber 
ramulis nodosis teretibus levibus ; foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis 
glaberrimis venis transversis paucis petiolo longissimo tenero ; 
stipulis caducissimis ; inflorescentia parva laxa ebracteata pauciflora 
pedunculo gracili longiusculo ; floribus pro genere majusculis 
breviter pedicellatis ; calycis limbo subintegro ; corollae anguste 
infundibularis lobis parvis ore nec barbato. 
Oban ; n. 2080. 
Leaves about 16 cm. x 6 em. ; secondary nerves 8 pairs. Petiole 
7-8 em. long. Peduncle over 3 cm.long. Pedicels about 1 mm. 
Panicle about 2 cm. x 1:5 cm. Flowers 5 mm. long. 
Near P. laneifolia K. Schum., but distinet in the long petioles, 
larger flowers, etc. 
Psychotria potanthera Wernham sp. nov Frutex glaber 
ramulis medullosis; foliis elliptico-oblongis utrinque angustatis 
venis secundariis distantibus infra prominentibus utrinque glabris - 
petiolo longiusculo ; stipulis ovato-oblongis caducis ; inflorescentia 
parva laxiuscula paniculata breviter pedunculata ebracteata ; 
floribus pentameris anguste infundibularibus brevissime pedicel- 
latis; calycis limbo integro ; corollae lobis longiusculis patentibus ; 
antheris linearibus longe exsertis ; filamentis tenerrimis. 
Oban ; n. 240. : 
Leaves 15-21 cm. x 5-7 cm.; secondary nerves, about 12 pairs. 
Petiole up to 4 cm. long. Stipules 5 mm. x 8mm. Peduncle barely 
l cm. long. Panicle less than 2 cm. across and 1:5 cm. long. Corolla- 
tube 3:5 mm.; lobes 2:5 mm. Stamens exserted up to 4 mm. 
Near P. refractiloba K. Schum., but distinct in the longer petioles, 
looser inflorescences, and more slender flowers. 
Psychotria Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramis 
striatis teretibus ; foliis crassiuscule pergamaceis lineari-lanceolatis 
glaberrimis, basi in petiolum longiusculum leniter angustatis 
apice obtuso vel subaeuto, marginibus revolutis, costa media 
praesertim subtus prominente, venis secundariis paucis nec 
conspicuis ; stipulis brevibus triangularibus apiculatis ; floribus 
