16 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; jjetali's 6 angustis valvatis calyce 

 2-3-plo longioribus ; staminibus numerosis ima basi connatis fila- 

 mentis filiformibus antheris brevibus ; stylo gracili levissime clavi- 

 formi ; ovario 4-loculari ovulis in quoque loculo 2 ab apice 

 pendulis ; fructu uniloculari, 1-spermo. 



Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1513. 



Tree about 10-12 metres {fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves grey-cinereous 

 above, 9-20 cin. long, 4-8 cm. broad ; petioles 1-2 mm. long. 

 Bracteoles small, subopposite 1 "0-1 • 5 mm. long. Petals 6, 10-12 mm. 

 long. Anthers not 1 mm. long. Fruit oblong-ovoid, pruinose + 12 mm. 

 long + 7 mm. broad. Seed obpyramidal, bearing near the tops 

 shreds of the ovarian septa + 6 mm. long. 



[Stems green. Fruit bright mauve-blue. Anthers bright aureolin. 

 Pistil white. Filaments cream. Petals shell-pink inside, white 

 outside.— P. A. T.] 



The species of this genus which have been already described 

 are : — 



(1) O. africana Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 869 (1890). 



Hab. Gaboon. 



(2) O. laurifolia Pierre ex De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905). 

 Egassea laurifolia, Pierre in De Wild. Etud. fl. Bas et Moy. 



Congo 1, 31, t. xvii. (1903). Hab. Congo. 



(3) O. Laurentii De Wild, in Durand Syll, Fl. Congo, p. 67. 

 Egassea Laurentii, De Wild. Iiltud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 2, 



310 (1908). Hab. Congo. 



(4) O. Pierreana De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 150 (1905). 

 Egassea Pierreana De Wild. I^ltud. fl. Bas et Moy. Congo 1, 



32, t. 18. Hab. Congo. 



GERANIACE^. 



Oxalis (Biopbytum) Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Species 

 habitu 0. dendroidis H. B. K. Caule lignoso elato nudo sursum 

 tomentoso ; foliis in apice caulis arete approximatis ; folioHs durius- 

 culis paripinnatis 15-20 jugis setoso-ciliatis superioribus oblique 

 rhonibeis vel oblique oblongo-obovatis inferioribus minoribus prae- 

 cipue subtus prominente nervosis ; pedunculis nullis ; 'pedicellis 

 gracilibus ; calyce profunde quinquepartito laciniis longis nervoso- 

 striatis lanceolatis conspicue acuminatis ; fetalis 5 in sicco albidis 

 oblongis calyce longioribus ; slaminibus inclusis 10 ima basi 

 connatis alternatim longioribus ; ovario quinqueloculari stylis 

 gracilibus. 



Ab 0. sensitiva L. dififert ob pedunculorum absentiam. 



Oban ; n. 1409. 



This plant is allied to Biophytum Petersianum lOotzsch, figured 

 in Peters Mossamb., Bot. t. xv. 



Stem 10-15 cm. long. Leaves 4-8 cm. long; distal leaflets 



