88 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
puberulo; capsula inferne compressa superne ovoidea acuta 
fulvo-pubescente 4-sperma. . 
Oban; n. 2011. Also Cameroons; Zenker, n. 4395. 
Blade of leaf 20-28 cm. long, 7-11 em. broad, spreading in the 
dried state and greyish-green, the basal auricles deltoid, acute, about 
5 x 7 mm.; petioles 8-20 mm. long. Spikes solitary or one from 
each axil immediately beneath the apical bud, erect, 15-18 cm. long 
(of which a length of 5-6 cm. belongs to the peduncle) and about 1 cm. 
broad. Bracts and bracteoles 5-6 mm. long, those of the upper flowers 
somewhat smaller. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long, with faint longi- 
tudinal nervation. Corolla-tube 4:5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, at the 
throat contracted to 2 mm. ; upper lip galeate, oblong-ovate, 5*5 mm. 
long; lower lip 5:5 mm. long, its lobes oblong, obtuse, and 4:5 mm. 
long. Stamens ascending beneath the galea. Filaments fleshy, puber- 
ulous, about 5 mm. long; anther-cells broadly oblong, rather more 
than 2 mm. in length. Ovary 2 mm. and style 8:5 mm. long. Capsule 
27 mm. long, the barren part l7 x 2-3 mm., the seed-bearing part 
10 x 6 mm. Seeds oval-oblong, with a dark nearly smooth testa, 
about 4 mm. long, the curved retinacula ending in a sharp point. 
The shape of the leaves and the small flowers with deeply tripartite 
lower lip and puberulous filaments are the chief points separating this 
from A. tristis Nees. 
Hypoestes ($ Apolyton) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov. Herba 
caule inferne radicante superne ascendente sparsim ramoso quad- 
rangulari glabro ramulos tenues minute puberulos emittente ; foliis 
oblongo- rarius ovato-lanceolatis acutis in petiolum brevem angus- 
tatis utrinque glabris ; involucris bifloris (flore secundo verisimiliter 
haud maturante) inter se satis distantibus in paniculas racemosas 
laxas elongatas minute puberulas digestis ; bracteolis exterioribus 
liberis inter se subaequalibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis 
minute pubescentibus margine ciliolatis ; bracteolis interioribus 
exterioribus similibus nisi paullo minoribus; calyce bracteolas 
exteriores semiaequante circa adusque medium divisis segmentis 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis ; corollae extus piloso-puberu- 
lae tubo involucrum aequante sursum levissime ampliato limbi 
tubum excedentis labio antico obovato labio postico anguste 
lanceolato-oblongo integro ; filamentis pubescentibus ; stylo glabro ; 
ovulis in loculis 2. 
Oban, station garden ; n. 2005. 
A lowly plant, the stem reaching two spans' height above its 
decumbent rooting portion. Leaves usually 4-6 x 1°5-2°5 cm., but 
the largest up to 12 x 4 cm., dark on the upper side when dry and 
paler below; petioles of the smaller leaves 5 mm. long or less, of the 
largest 1:5-2 mm. Panicle about 8-10 cm. long and 6 cm. in 
diameter, slender and very lax, its lower branches 6 em. or more in 
length, the uppermost 2-5 cm.; intervals between the involucres 
+ 10 mm.,the youngest closer together. Floral leaves, all except 
the lowest, subulate, acute, 2-3 mm. long. Outer involucral leaves 
9-10 mm. long, inner 8 mm.  Calyz 4:5 mm. long. Flowers bright 
