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PLANTS FEOM THE EKET DISTRICT, S. NIGERIA 



COLLECTED BY Mk. AND MrS. P. AmAUEY TaLBOT. 



(Plate 529.) 



(Concluded from p. 9.) 



Apocynace.e. 



Gabunia Dorotheae Wernhcam, sp. nov. Omnino glaber- 

 rimus, ramulis complanatis striatis fistulosis ; foliis subcoriaceis 

 late oblanceolatis v. elliptico-oblongis, basi acutis vix acuminatis, 

 venis secundariis conspicuis plus minus distantibus, petiolo 

 brevissimo v. obsolete, stipidis valde conspicuis cavernulas altas 

 axillares necnon vaginas interpetiolares formantibus ; conjmhis ad 

 15-20-floris, pedunculis longis folia nee tamen superantibus, basi 

 ramulis adnatis, pedicellis longiusculis ; cahjcis segmentis ovatis 

 obtusis ; corolla tubo basin versus contorto insuper gracili, lobis 

 oblanceolatis. 



No. 3387. 



Leaves 20-26 cm. x 9-11 cm., with stalk at most 2-3 mm. 

 long ; secondary nerves 8-14 pairs. Peduncles Q-11 cm.. Pedicels 

 1-1'5 cm. Calyx 4-5 mm. long ; corolla-tnhe 4-5 cm., lobes 

 1-1-1-4 cm. long, and to 4 mm. broad. Anthers sessile, 1 cm. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube. 



Nearly related to G. eglandulosa ; it differs chiefly in the 

 relatively shorter lobes and longer tube of the corolla. 



Voacanga eketensis Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex ramuHs 

 complanatis glabris demum pallidis fistulosis ; foliis papyraceis 

 ellipticis utrinque angustatis obtusiusculis, supra glabris subtus 

 in venis prominentibus minute flavo-puberulis, petiolo brevi 

 puberulo supra altissime canaliculato basi ampliato ; inflores- 

 centiis dichotome umbellatis, in axillis summis gcminis, omnino 

 glabris, bracteis caducissimis, pedunculo s^pe decurvato glaber- 

 rimo ; calycis late campanulati tubo intus supra basin a glandulorum 

 zona induto, lobos latos rotundos demum reflexes superante ; 

 corollce tubo supra contorto, in medio et sub lobos constricto, 

 intus sparsissime hie inde puberulo, lobis patentibus oblanceolatis 

 basi anguste oblongis, tubum superantibus. 



No. 3388. 



Leaves 13-16 cm. x 6-7'5 cm., secondary nerves 10-12 pairs, 

 petiole about 6 mm. Peduncle 4-6 cm. Calyx-txxhe 6-5 mm., 

 the internal gland-zone about 2-5 mm. above the base; lobes 

 4'5 mm. x 5*5 mm. Corolla-ixxhe 1 cm., lobes 1-1-2 cm. Anthers 

 4 mm., including the slender straight tail 2 mm. long. 



Near V. picberiila K. Sch., but much more glabrous, the 

 inflorescence being quite so ; the proportionate lengths of tube 

 and lobes in both calyx and corolla differ in the two species, and 

 the anthers are much smaller. 



Voacanga glaberrima Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex omnino 

 glaber, ramulis teretibus novellis valde complanatis et sulcatis ; 

 Journal of Botany. — Vol. 52. [February, 1914.] d 



