PLANTS FROM THE EKET DISTRICT, S. NIGERIA 29 



ASCLEPIADACE^. 



Tacazzea 2^cdicellata K. Schum. var. occidentalis N. E. Br. 

 Fine specimens of this rare plant, represented hitherto only by 

 the type-specimen at Kew from Lagos. No. 3265. 



Tylophora smilacina S. Moore, sp. nov. Gaule volubili 

 gracili folioso puberulo hac atque iliac ramuloso ; foliis petiolatis 

 cordatis apicem versus cuspidatis apice obtuse acutis optime 

 5-nervibus papyraceis utrinque (costis pag. inf. microscopice pube- 

 rulis exemptis) glabris ; cymis solitariis interaxillaribus sparsim 

 puberulis 2-3-cymulosis cymulis sat distantibus subumbellatis 

 saepius 2-5-floris ; bracteis minutis pubescentibus ; pedicellis 

 gracilibus calyce multo longioribus puberulis ; calycis lobis ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis extus pubescentibus ; corollcB mediocris rotatae 

 lobis ovatis obtusis glabris ; corona phyllis tuberculosis late 

 ovoideis antherarum basin attingentibus columnae stamineae basi 

 pauUulum amplificat^ omnino adnatis ; antheris erectis breviter 

 appendiculatis ; stigmate incrassato convexo antheras paullo ex- 

 cedente. 



Near the Sacred Lake, Ikotobo, in thick bush. No. 3252. 



Leaves 4-5-6 x 2"5-3'5cm., drying brownish green above, paler 

 below, very shining, nervation conspicuous especially the five main 

 nerves ; petioles usually 1-1-5 cm. long, slender, puberulous. In- 

 florescences mostly 6-8 cm. long. Cymules up to 1*5 x 1"5 cm., 

 but usually smaller, the two lower frequently l'5-2 cm. apart. 

 Pedicels 7-10 mm. long. Calyx divided almost to the base, 

 rather more than 1 mm. in length. Corolla pale crimson, 

 when moistened nearly 1 cm. across, apparently purple, the 

 lobes 4 X 2-5 mm. Corona pale, 1 mm. long. Pollinia minute. 

 Stigma reaching 1 mm. beyond the tips of the anthers, 1 mm. in 

 diameter. 



To be inserted next T. conspicua N. E. Br., which has leaves 

 diffei'ent in several respects, considerably larger flowers with 

 broader corolla-lobes, the staminal column greatly widened below, 

 larger dark purple coronal-tubercles and a stigma which, while 

 shorter than the anthers, is depressed at the apex and has a small 

 convex boss in the centre of the depression. 



T. liherica N. E. Br. A second Nigerian locality for this, the 

 other being Oban. No. 3360. 



Ceropegia Talbotii S. Moore. A second locality — the type- 

 specimens from Oban. No. 3357. 



LOGANIACEiE. 



Strychnos (§ Intermedin) eketensis S. Moore, sp. nov. 

 Verisimiliter frutex scandens inermis ecirrosusque ; ramulis folio- 

 sis, aliquanto tetragonis longitrorsum late sulcatis cortice glabro 

 laete brunneo nitente circumdatis ;/o/iis breviter petiolatis oblongo- 

 ovatis apice saepe breviter cuspidatis ipso obtusis obtusissimisve 

 nonnunquam emarginatis basi obtusis vel rotundatis crasse cori- 

 aceis glabris utrinsecus sed praesertim pag. sup. nitidis costarum 

 lateralium jugo basali margin! approximato mox anfracto difficili- 



