NEW SPECIES OF URERA FROM TROPICAL AFRICA 369 



Allied to U. obovata Benth., which differs in having the leaves 

 obovate to elliptic-obovate, and the stem armed with protuberances 

 bearing stinging hairs. 



This species and U. Elliotii have been confused with 

 U. obovata Benth. (in Hook. Niger Flora, 517), which was 

 described from specimens collected in Sierra Leone by Vogel. 



U. Talbotii, sp. nov. Friitex habitu U. Batesii sed caulibus 

 processubus apice stimulo minuto instructis profuse armatis. 

 Folia sicco membranacea, late elliptica, apice rotundato abrupte 

 acuminata, basi emarginata, margine inconspicue crenata vel 

 leviter undulata, nervis ut in U. Batesii, glabra, cystolithis in 

 facie superiore linearibus, subtus minutis et venas comitantibus ; 

 petiolus tenuis. StipulcB ovato-triangulares, acuta?, nervatae. 

 hiflorescentia mascula bene evoluta, paniculata, patens, puberula, 

 fioribus in ramulis brevibus, e ramis interrupte ortis, aggregatis ; 

 perianthio 5-partito. Inflorescentia fczminea quam in mare multo 

 minor, pyramidalis, floribus in ramulis brevibus pauce-aggregatis 

 cum processubus stimuliferis subjectis ; perianthio leviter 4-lobo, 

 margine ciliolato, quam ovario late ovoideo duplo breviore ; in 

 fructu succulento, coccineo. 



iTa6.— South Nigeria; Oban, Amaury Talbot, 618! 1502! 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Stem in specimen to 6 mm. thick, profusely armed with simple 

 or forked apparently somewhat fleshy protuberances which bear 

 at the tip a very small stinging hair. Leaves 10-15 cm. long, 

 5-10 cm. wide ; petiole 1-2-6 cm. long. Stipules 8 mm. long. 

 Male panicle 2 dm. long, 2*75 dm. broad; pedicels 3-4 mm. long, 

 open flower about 3 mm. in diam. Female inflorescence 1 dm. 

 long ; ovary about 1 mm. long. Fruit described as " a scarlet 

 berry." 



Allied to the preceding species, from which it is distinguished 

 by the profusely armed stem, the broadly elliptical leaves, some- 

 what persistent stipules, and the remarkably large spreading male 

 inflorescence. f 



U. Elliotti, sp. nov. Fnitex caulibus juvenilibus crassiusculis, 

 processubus stimuliferis sparse armatis, hispidulis, rubro-brunneis. 

 Folia elliptico-ovata, apice obsolete acuminata, basi rotundata, 

 margine subirregulariter crenato-dentata, utrinque nervis con- 

 spicuis 1-2 lateralibus super basin 3-nervatam, hispidula, cysto- 

 lithis brevibus linearibus nervos et venas in facie inferiore comi- 

 tantibus ; petiolus crassiusculus. Inflorescentia foRminea patens, 

 iterum furcata, processubus stimuliferis veluti in caule sed 

 multo minoribus copiose armatis ; floribus in ramuhs ultimis 

 glomeratis, stimulis interspersis. Ovarium perianthio circum- 

 datum, stigmate subcompresso ab ore angusto protruso. Achce- 

 nium Isete brunneum, ovoideum, perianthio flavo succulento 

 indutum. 



Hab. — Sierra Leone ; near Bafodeya, Scott Elliot, 5559! Herb. 

 Kew. 



Leaves 10-15 cm. long, 7-5-10 cm. wide ; petiole up to 4-5 cm. 

 long. Female inflorescence about 7'5 cm, long ; flowers collected 



