STERCULiACEiE (E. G. Baker) 15 



iuho stamineo obpyramidato angulato sinubus antheriferis ; ovario 

 oviformi quinquelobo, stylo incluso ; friiciu ignoto. 



Oban ; n. 1562. 



A small tree 7-10 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 10-18 

 cm. long, 4-6 cm. broad ; petiole 4-5 mm. long. Pedicels terete, 

 10-17 mm. long. Sepals + 15 mm. long. Petals about 10 mm. long. 



Belongs to Euscaphopetalum to the series with 5 herbaceous sepals. 



[Sepals dull pink outside, dull purplish-red on inside, petals ribbed 

 yellow, anthers cream, stigma pale dull pink, androecium deep wine- 

 red at base.— P. A. T.] 



TILIACE^. 



Pentadiplandra Brazzeana Baillon (ex descript.). Oban ; 

 n. 1241. The description of this very rare plant (in Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Paris, i. 611 (1886) ) is short and incomplete, and although 

 there seems no reason to doubt the genus to which Mr. Talbot's 

 plant should be referred, its specific identity must, in the absence 

 of material for comparison, at present remain somewhat uncertain. 

 Broadly speaking, P. Brazzeana is a Grewia with petals much 

 longer than the sepals and definite (10) stamens in two series of 

 5 each, and these characters Mr. Talbot's specimens possess. A 

 few notes are here appended. 



Rami subteretes, foliosi, glabri. Folia alterna, elliptica vel 

 anguste oblongo-obovata, apicem versus cuspidato-acuminata, 

 apice obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem cuneatim angustata, 

 tenuiter coriacea, utrinque nitentia necnon perspicue reticulata. 

 Flores polygami, longipedicellati, in racemos axillares breves 

 pauciflores dispositi. Sejmla lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, petalis 

 triplo breviora. Petala oblongo-spathulata, apice attenuata, basi 

 glandula magna suborbiculari praedita. Stamina petalis breviora, 

 toro brevi superne in discum crassum lobatum exeunte inserta. 

 Ovarium ellipsoideum in stylum crassum se ipsum breviter 

 excedentem attenuatum, 5-loculare, ovulis in loculis pluribus 

 2-serialibus. 



Leaves 10-13 x 3"5 — 5 cm. ; petioles about 5 mm. long. Axis of 

 raceme 3-10 mm. long ; pedicels 7-12 mm. long, slender. Sepals 

 8 mm,, 'p^^(^^^ about 25 mm. long ; gland of the latter shallowly 

 crateriform, nearly 3 mm. in diameter. Torus sulcate, 1"25 mm. 

 high, not counting the 1 mm. disk. — [S. Moore.] 



Oubanguia alata Bak. fil. sp. no v. Arbor mediocris ramulis 

 alatis ; foliis papyraceis vel papyraceo-coriaceis subsessilibus 

 alternis oblongis acuminatis basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 4-6 arcuatis prope marginem arcu inti'amarginali con- 

 junctis nervis secundariis tenuibus utrinque glabris foliorum 

 petiolo brevissimo ; injiorescentia paniculata ramis divaricatis 

 plus minus angulatis ; calyce cupulari margine ciliato dentibus 



