20 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



minoribus oblongo-ovatis supra praeter costam glabris nitidis apice 

 breviter acuminatis basi cuneatis utrinque nervis lateralibus 

 20-22, foliolis superioribus majoribus maximis nervis lateralibus 

 21-24 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis 

 secundariis reticulatis ; infiorescentiis pseudo-racemosis elongatis 

 spiciformibus e trunco erumpentibus rhachi angulata tomentella ; 

 floribns in cymulas saepissime 2-6-floras dispositis, alabastris 

 subglobosis pulcherrime atro-rubro-tomentosis ; hracteis bracteo- 

 lisque parvis ; caljjce in parte i-^ inferiore connato extrinsecus 

 tomentoso ; petalis 3-5 oblanceolatis vel late oblanceolatis calyce 

 longioribus squamula instructis ; staminibus circ. 8-9 disco maximo 

 valde excentrico, filamentis hirtellis ; ovario rudimentario ; fructu 

 non viso. 



Oban ; n. 1596. 



Tree + 20 metres (Jide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves large 5-6-jugate ; 

 proximal leaflets + 25 cm. long, 9-10 cin. broad ; distal leaflets 

 00-45 cm. long, 11-15 cm. broad ; midrib and lateral veins below 

 prominent ; rachis 40-50 cm. or perhaps longer ; petiolules thickened 

 8-10 mm. long. Inflorescence from the nodes of the old wood 

 20-35 cm. long. Calyx 7-8 mm. long. Petals 8-10 mm. long, 

 2 "5-3 "5 mm. bi-oad. 



Noticeable on account of the large leaves with 5-6 pairs of leaflets, 

 the distal leaflets being 11-15 cm. broad, the buds subglobose and 

 covered with a dark violet tomentum and the broadly oblanceolate 

 petals longer than the calyx. 



Differs from the type in the petals being distinctly longer than 

 the calyx, in the inflorescence being longer (20-35 cm.) and in the 

 leaflets being broader (11-15 cm.). 



Glossolepis Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ; foliis pinnatis 

 multifoliolatis foliolis 8-9-jugis glabris oblongis apice acuminatis 

 apice ipso obtusis nervis lateralibus utrinque 13-15 juxta 

 marginem conjunctis foliolorum petiolulo brevi crassiusculo 

 petiolo communi glabro longitudinaliter striato basi incrassato ; 

 floribus masc. pseudo-racemosis brevipedicellatis in cymulas 

 saepissime 2-4-floras dispositis ; calycis segvtentis acutis ; fetalis 

 angustis dorso birtis basin versus squamis instructis ; staminibiis 

 circ. 1 2 inajquilongis filamentis birtis ; disco magno excentrico : 

 ovario crudo ; floribus fern, ignotis. 



Oban ; n. 1686. 



Leaves 60-85 cm. long, leaflets 15-20 cm. long, 5 •5-6' cm. broad, 

 shining above, secondary nerves reticulate below ; petiolules 2-6 mm. 

 long. Inflorescence + 22 cm. long. Calyx 11 mm. long. Petals 

 + 11 mm. long. Stamens, filaments 10-12 mm. long. 



Difilers from G. tnacrohotrys Gilg in having 8-9 pairs of leaflets 

 instead of 4-5, and from G. Pilgeriana Gilg in the shorter acumen 

 to the leaf. 



Aporrhiza Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis 

 f usco-pubescentibus ; foliis magnis pinnatis rhacbi brevissime 



