90 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
Dicliptera obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Herba spithamea vel 
paullo ultra caule inferne decumbente radicante superne ascen- 
dente simplici (anne semper?) gracili puberulo cito fere glabro; 
foliis petiolatis elliptieis apice saepissime acuminatis ipso obtusis 
basi acuminatis acutisve utrinque glabris ; involucris 2-floris (flore 
altero valde imminuto) inter se satis distantibus oppositis vel 
alternis in paniculis racemiformibus plerumque terminalibus quam 
folia brevioribus dispositis; foliis floralibus parvulis lineari- 
subulatis patentibus recurvisve; bracteolis exterioribus parum 
inaequalibus ovatis acutis fere glabris laete viridibus ; bracteolis 
interioribus quam exteriores multo minoribus lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis decoloribus margine ciliolatis ; calycis bracteolas int. 
longe excedentis segmentis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
subdistanter granduloso-ciliatis ; corolla a bracteolis ext. leviter 
superata ejus tubo labium excedente sursum leviter amplificato 
labiis ovatis lab. sup. apice retuso lab. inf. tridentato ; staminibus 
exsertis ; capsula late obovoidea acuta basi longiuscule stipitata 
sparsim pubescente 4-sperma. 
Oban ; n. 1363. 
Leaves 6-18 em. long, 2°5-5 em. broad, bright green when dry, 
paler on the lower side, those of opposite pairs sometimes unequal in 
size; petioles up to 3 cm. in length, but usually about 1 cm. and in 
the case of the uppermost leaves sometimes even shorter. Inflores- 
cences at most 7 cm. long, the axis slender and sometimes anfractuose, 
the interspaces between the involucres 5-10 mm. long, but the upper- 
most closer together. Floral leaves rather rigid, about 4 mm. long. 
Peduncles up to 3 mm. long, puberulous. The larger of the outer 
bracteoles 14-16 x 7'5-8°5 mm., the smaller about 13 x 6 mm.; 
inner bracteoles 275 mm. long. Calyx nearly 6 mm. long. Corolla- 
tube 8:5 mm. long, 1*5 mm. wide, increased at the throat to 2:5 mm.; 
upper lip 4 x 2:75 mm., lower lip 4:5 x 2°25 mm. Filaments 2 mm. 
long; anther cells 1 mm. Ovary 1:5 mm. long; glabrous style 
10mm. Capsule mm. long, the seed-bearing portion 4:5 mm. long. 
peaks rather more than 1 mm. in diameter, very minutely tubercled, ` 
rown. 
To be inserted in the genus next D. alternans Lindau, which has 
somewhat different leaves and much smaller bracteoles, corollas and 
capsule, 
VERBENACEA, 
Clerodendron Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 
patule et sparsiuscule pilis articulatis longiusculis indutis ; foliis 
elliptieis papyraceis utrinque sparse pilosis supra nitentibus 
breviter acuminatis acutis basi rotundatis margine integro 
petiolo breviuseulo parte inferiore demum uncam validam 
lignosam nonnunquam formante ; floribus capitatis bracteatis 
breviter pedicellatis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis; calyce cam- 
panulato fere ad medium in lobos ovatos membranaceos articulato- 
