PLANTS FROM THE EKET DISTRICT, S. NIGERIA 31 



BlGNONIACE^. 



Kigelia Spragueana Wernham, sp. nov. Aibor 80-peclalis, 

 foliis oppositis v. ternatis nonnunquam alternatis, foliolis obovatis 

 V. oblongo-ellipticis brevissime acuminatis acutis integris glabris 

 membranaceis utrinque tenuiter reticulatis, petiolulis brevissimis ; 

 alabastris in apice minute apiculatis ; calyce subuequaliter dentato 

 nee manifesto bilabiato dentibus latis brevibus subacutis ; intus 

 eglanduloso ; corollce tubo lobos suborbiculares minuscules multo 

 superante ; disco nee lobato ; ovario glabro, stigmatis lobis ovatis 

 obtusis. 



Near Mkpokk. No. 3392. 



Leaflets 11-13, 8-11-5 cm. x 3-5-5 cm., with stalks 3-5 mm. ; 

 lateral veins 6-8 pairs. Calyx 1-9 cm. long, lobes 4-5 mm. 

 Gorolla-tuhe 5-5-6 cm. long, constricted 1-8-2 cm. above the base ; 

 lobes about 1-5 cm. in diameter. Stamens inserted 1-5 cm. above 

 the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 8 mm. long. Ovary nearly 

 1 cm. long. 



" Flowers very dark terra-cotta" (Mrs. Talbot). 



Near K. elliptica Sprague, with which Mr Sprague has been 

 good enough to make a careful comparison of the present species. 

 They differ, he points out, principally in the subequal toothing of 

 the calyx in the latter ; in K. elliiitica the calyx is strongly bi- 

 labiate. 



The leaf-arrangement is somewhat curious. In one specimen 

 it is distinctly ternate ; in another the leaves are set both oppo- 

 sitely and alternately. The latter may be due to twisting or 

 adnation. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Thunbergia (§ Thunbergiopsis) Talbotiae S. Moore, sp. nov. 

 Caule volubili sat crebro folioso puberulo ; foliis petiolatis ovatis 

 basi late truncatis interdum levissime cordatis apice breviter 

 acuminatis margine distanter dentatis brevissimeve lobulatis raro 

 subintegris basi 5-nervibus firrae membranaceis supra scabridis 

 vel saltem scabriusculis subtus pilis brevibus strigillosis indutis ; 

 florihus majusculis longe pedunculatis ; pedunculis in axillis 

 oppositis solitariis puberulis ; bracteolis ovato-oblongis apice 

 subito brevissime acuminatis nervis paucis parallelis in sicco 

 baud perspicuis humectatisve et reticulum plane aspectabilibus 

 percursis ; calyce 5-angulari subtruncato (brevissime 5-dentato) 

 pubescente ; corolla bracteolas facile superante tubo basi angus- 

 tato superne gradatim amphficato lobis suborbicularibus tubo 

 plane brevioribus; antheris stam. duorum basi bicalcaratis duorum 

 loculo altero calcarato altero mutico ; stigmate infundibulari, 

 subtriangulari. 



In thick bush near Awa. No. 3391. 



A slender-stemmed climbing plant. Leaves for the most part 

 6-5-8 cm. long, and 3-6 cm. broad, often 4-5 cm. in breadth at 

 the very base, where may occasionally bo seen a slight tendency to 

 hastation, acuminate part + 1 cm. long, with a filiform apex ; 

 petioles 7-20 mm. long, excavated above, puberulous. Pedicels 



