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4-5-5-5 cm. long. Bracteoles 35 x 18 mm., thinly membranaceous. 

 Floivers white. Calyx 1 mm. high. Narrowed base of corolla 

 8 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad, widened portion 30 mm. long, at the 

 throat 22 mm., diam 8 ; lobes up to 15 x 13 mm. Filaments 

 fleshy, swollen below, 10 mm. long. Anthers shaggy-haired in 

 front, 10 mm. long or somewhat less, the incurved spurs 2-3 mm, 

 long. Disk fleshy, reaching as high as the calyx. Ovary glabrous, 

 3 mm. long. Style 22 mm. long, glabrous. Stigma 6 mm. in 

 length, at the mouth 4-5 mm., broad, size gradually diminishing 

 till at the bottom it is only 1 mm. in breadth. Capsule not seen. 



This should be placed in the genus near T. cordata Lindau 

 and T. togoensis Lindau, from both of which it differs in many 

 important respects. 



Physacanthus inflatus Clarke. Believed to be the first Nigerian 

 record for this Cameroons plant. The flowers are mauve with 

 white centre. No. 3301. 



Asystasia dryaclum S. Moore. Previously known only from 

 Oban. No. 3114. 



Justicia Talhotii S. Moore. Previously collected in the Oban 

 district. No. 3396. 



Dicliptera Talbotii S. Moore, sp. nov. Planta spithamea 

 ramulis sat tenuibus aliquanto anfractuosis angulatis cito glabres- 

 centibus ; foliis parvis ellipticis basi apiceque obtusis tenuiter 

 membranaceis glabris ; involucris 2-floris in glomerulos breves 

 ovatos densos vel densiusculos axillares terminalesve dispositis ; 

 foliis floralibus parvis linearibus subulatis patentibus glabris ; 

 bracteolis exteriorihus oblongo-obovatis acutis 3-nervibus dense 

 albo-incanis ; bracteolis interioribus calycem aequantibus vel 

 paullo superantibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis incanis ; 

 calycis segmentis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis pube- 

 rulis ; corolla, ex bracteolis breviter eminentis tubo cylindrico 

 superne (ut limbus fac. ext.) piloso-puberulo labio postico 

 suborbiculari antico obovato-oblongo 3-dentato, staminibus 

 breviter exsertis. 



No. 3217. 



Leaves up to 25 x 13 mm., but usually smaller. Inflorescences 

 at most 2 x 1"5 cm. Floral leaves about 3 mm. long. Larger of 

 the oilier bracteoles 8 x 3*5 mm., smaller 6 x 3-25 mm. ; inner 

 bracteoles 4-5 mm. long. Calyx 4 mm. long. Corolla 9 mm. in 

 length ; tube 6 mm. long, 1-1-25 mm. broad ; front lip bright 

 mauve, 4 x 1'5 mm., hinder white, 3-5 x 4 mm. Filaments 

 2-5 mm. long ; anthers 1 mm. Ovary 1 mm. long ; style pilose, 

 4 mm. long. 



Near D. Elliotii C. B. Clarke, from which it can easily be 

 recognised by the differently shaped hoary bracteoles. 



Hypoestes Talbotice S. Moore. A second Nigerian locality ; the 

 type is from Oban. No. 3401. 



Verbenace^. 

 Clerodendron eketense Wernham, sp. nov. Eamulis molUter 

 pubescentibus ; foliis tenuiter membranaceis late ovalibus brevis- 



