8 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



lateral nerves 1-1 • 5 mm. apart ; petioles 8-10 mm. long. Sepals % 

 exterior smaller ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; apex rounded, ± 3 cm. 

 long, interior longer. Petals 4-5-5 cm. long, 3-3- 5 cm. broad. 

 Anthers 7-8 mm. long. 



Pentadesma grandifolia Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter 

 arbor ramulis siccitate longitrorsum striatis ; foliis oppositis 

 amplis papyraceis oblongis. vel oblongo-lanceolatis apice obtusis 

 vel acutis basi cuneatis subtus glandulis emersis sparsim tectis 

 nervis lateralibus crebris parallelis, costa subtus prominente 

 petiole crasso sufiultis ; floribiis bermaphroditis ; sepalis 5 imbri- 

 catis crassis ovatis 2 exterioribus quam interioribus minoribus 

 quani iis J', hutijraceae Sabine brevioribus ; peialis crassis sepalis 

 interioribus: subsimilibus basin versus interne carinatis ; staminihus 

 nunierosis pentadelphis adeljjhis polyandris cum glandulis totidem 

 disci alternantibus, antheris loculis 2 parallelis linearibus angustis 

 rima longitudinali dehiscentibus ; ovario pyriformi 5-loculari in 

 stilum contracto apice radiate 5-lobe ; fruciu ignoto. 



Oban ; n. 1265. 



Leaves 25-30 cm. long, 7 -0-9 -5 cm. broad; petioles 10-20 mm. 

 long. Sepals 2 exterior ± 22-28 mm. long, interior 3 cm. long. 



The distinguishing features of this species are the large oblong 

 leaves with numerous glands and with numerous lateral nerves which 

 are about 2 mm. apart, and the exterior sepals 22-28 mm. long. The 

 leaves are larger and the exterior sepals shorter than in P. hutyracea 

 Sabine (Hooker's Icones, t. 2465). 



CLAVIS OF SPECIES. 



a. Leaves coriaceous, cuneate-oblanceolate or cuneate-obovate, 10-14 

 cm. long. Exterior sepals ± 30 mm. long. 



P. nigritana Bak. fil Nigeria. 



(i. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, 14-24 cm. long. Exterior 

 sepals 30-40 mm. long. 



P. hutyracea Sabine Sierra Leone, St. Thomas. 



y. Leaves papyraceous, oblong, 25-30 cm. long. Exterior sepals 

 22-28 mm. loner. 



P. grandifolia Bak. fil Ni 



geria. 



/'. viaritima Pien-e, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 1226 (1896), is 

 known to me only from the description. The flowers and leaves are 

 unknown. 



Gareinia Mannii Oliv. var. nov. brevipedieellata Bak. fil. 

 Arber, foli'is eblongo-ovatis vel ellipticis petiolatis ; florihus 

 tetrameris axillaribus paucis pedicellis quam iis typi manifesto 

 brevioribus. 



Oban ; n. 1503. 



A tree 7-8 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 10-12 cm. long, 

 4 -0-5 -5 cm. broad ; petioles 6-7 mm. long. 



