14 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



cl, detectorem) longe stipitato coccineo apice acuminato seminibus 

 nitidis nigris. (PI. 3, b.) 



Oban ; n. 1598. 



Small tree 3-4 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Intermediate leaflets 

 30-34 cm. long, 75-86 mm. broad ; exterior leaflets + 20 cm. long 

 ± 60 mm. broad ; petiolules 25-40 mm. long, common petiole + 30 

 cm. long. Peduncle short. Calyx of d flowers + 12 mm. long,, 

 androg^'nophore short, the anthers tetradelphous not in a complete 

 ring. 



Closely allied to Cola digitata Masters. 



The distinguishing features of this plant are the digitately 

 7-8-foliolate leaves with oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, petiolulate, 

 acuminate leaflets entire or occasionally sublobate ; the 4-lobed calyx 

 with rather thick lobes, total length + 10-12 mm. ; the anthers in 

 4 phalanges not in a continuous ring. 



I venture to place this species in a new subgenus Schizocola, on 

 account of the structure of the andrcecium. 



I have not had an opportunity of dissecting male flowers of 

 G. digitata Masters, but Schumann (Sterculiaceae Africanae, 123) 

 describes the anthers as arransred in a ring. 



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Seaphopetalum parvifolium Bak. fi.1. sp. nov. Arbuscula 

 ramis gracilibus teretibus glabratis ; foliis parviusculis breviter 

 petiolatis, petiolo fuscopubescente, oblongis vel subobovato- 

 oblongis apice in acumen longum attenuatis basi acutis inte- 

 gerrimis glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-8 nervis 

 secundariis reticulatis, stipulis subulatis quam petiolis brevioribus ; 

 floribus saepissime solitariis breviter pedicellatis ; calyce alte bi- 

 vel tri-lobo coriaceo, sepalis ellipticis ; petalis cucullatis sepala 

 subaequautibus ; tnho stnmineo obpyramidato angulato staminodiis 

 reflexis ; ovar'io oviformi quinquelobo. Ab S. BlacTcii Masters 

 differt foliis minoribus floribus saepissime solitariis non racemosis. 



Oban, Obutong Koad ; n. 1264. 



Small tree about 10 metres (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9-11 cm. 

 long, 30-35 mm. broad; petioles 3-4 mm. long. Stipules + 2 mm. 

 long. Calyx deeply generally 2-lobed, 8-9 mm. long. Petals strongly 

 veined + 7 mm. long. Staminal tube about 5 ram. high. 



This species belongs to the Sect. Euscaphopetalum K. Schum., 

 and is noticeable on account of its rather small leaves, largely 

 acuminate at the apex, and generally solitary flowers. 



[Flowers bright yellow, sepals bright palish green. — P. A. T.] 



Seaphopetalum Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramulis 

 teretibus ; foliis papyraceis oblongis basi cuneatis apice in acumen 

 longum abrupte attenuatis nervis lateralibus 9-10 erecto-patenti- 

 bus prope marginem con junctis margine undulate foliorum petiolo 

 brevi ; floribus inediocriter pedicellatis fasciculatis ; bracteolis 

 minutis ; sepnlis 5 herbaceis ovatis acutis quam petalis longioribus ; 

 petalis concavis cucullatis apice 3-denticulatis dorse papillosis ; 



