STERCULiACE^ (E. G. Baker) 11 



acute lobatis apice acuminatis quam foliolis intermediis minoribus 

 omnibus sessilibus foliorum petiolo longitudinaliter striate longo 

 vel longissimo ; jlorihus masculis ex ligno vetere ortis maximis ; 

 hracteis ad basin pedicelloruni ovatis ; pedicelliS brevibus ; 

 alabaslris ellipsoideis dense hirsutis ; cali/ce ellipsoideo urceolato 

 extei'ne striate lobis 5 ovatis patentibus ; antheris uniseriatis, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; carpellis 4, fulvo-tomentosis stig- 

 matibus crassis. (PI. 3, a.) 



Oban. In flower Oct. 22 ; n. 160. 



Tree 10-18 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves somewhat 

 similar to those of Cola digitata Masters. Intermediate leaflet 

 40-45 cm. long, 24-26 cm. long; petiole + 36-40 cm. long, covered 

 with wool at first, perhaps glabrous eventually. Flowers crimson- 

 purple, large, 7-8 cm. long, showy, arising two or three together from 

 the stem. 



The distinguishing features of this species are the 5-foliolate 

 lobed leaves with sessile leaflets and a long petiole, the intermediate 

 leaflets are 40-45 cm. long, the exterior leaflets much shorter ; the 

 large flowers arising from the old wood in clusters of two or three ; 

 the ellipsoidal urceolate calyx 5-lobed towards the apex, 7-8 cm. long. 



As Mr. Ridley observed to me the flowers of this species bear con- 

 siderable resemblance to those of a species of Thottea in Aristo- 

 lochiaceae. 



[Calyx very dark red ; buds bright yellow-brown. — P. A. T.J 



Cola (Cbeirocola) Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ; foliis 

 longe petiolatis digitatis foliolis 5 sessilibus foliolis exterioribus 

 inaequilateralibus quam intermediis minoribus oblongis acuminatis 

 nervis lateralibus circ. 10-11 foliolis intermediis majoribus 

 oblongo-oblanceolatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14 arcuatis 

 foliolis superne glabris subtus pallidioribus ; calyce in flore mas- 

 culo pro genere mediocri campanulato usque ad medium 5-lobo 

 lobis ovatis acutis ; flore masculo e ligno vetere fasciculato 

 androeceo uniseriato thecis linearibus ; flore foemineo ovario 

 tetramero, stigmate crasso ; folliculis pedicellatis rubris apice 

 acuminatis pendulis. 



Oban, Kwa river ; n. 4. 



Leaves, leaflets not lobed, outer leaflets 20-21 cm. long, about 

 5-6 cm. broad; middle leaflet + 31 cm. long, j; 9 cm. broad. Calyx 

 of the female flower larger than the male, j; 15 mm. long. Carpels 

 4-5 mm. long. Pod 9-10 cm. long. 



Allied to Cola piachycarpa DC. in the subgenus Cheirocola, but there 

 are fewer leaflets, and the flowers are smaller, and to Cola pndcherrima 

 Engler in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. pp. 385-337, t. 3, from which it differs 

 by the smaller calyx. 



[Flowers very dark red, stigmas cream-coloured. Pod red-pinkish 

 on the underside. — P. A. T.j 



I have added the description of the following species foimd 

 by Mr. R. H. Bunting in Liberia. 



