24 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



CONNARACEiE. 



Spipopetalum liberosepalum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter 

 frutex, foliis imparipinnatis 1-2-jugis rhachi tereti glabra 

 foliolis distincte articulatis breviter petiolulatis rigide chartaceis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis apice in acumen attenuatis 

 basi rotundatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 arcuatis ante 

 marginem conjunctis fol. terminal! lateralibus longiore et 

 latiore ; inflorescentlis axillaribus pluri- vel multi-floris racemis 

 foliis 3-4-plo brevioribus ; pedunculis teretibus fusco-tomentellis ; 

 calcycis lobis fusco-tomentellis fere ad basin liberis ; petalis 

 lineari-ligulatis calyce circ. 3-plo longioribus sub anthesi apice 

 convolutis ; siaminibus 10 inaequilongis ; ovariis 5 sessilibus in 

 stylos 5 filiformes calyci subaequilongos productis ; fructu ignoto. 

 A S. ocloro Gilg differt racemis longioribus, calyce non ad 

 medium connato tire. 



Oban ; n. 1404a, 



Branches glabrous. Leaves lateral, leaflets glabrous, 8-10 cm. 

 long, 2-5-4"0 cm. broad, terminal leaflets 9-11 cm. long, 3 "5-4 "5 

 em. broad ; petiolules + 4 mm. long. Racemes 2-4 cm. long. Bracts 

 1-1 '5 mm. long. Calyx + 4 mm. long. Petals 12-14 mm. long. 



The distinguishing features of this plant are the 1-2-jugate 

 imparipinnate leaves with chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate leaflets ; the racemes about 2-4 cm. long ; the nearly free 

 sepals ; and the linear-ligulate petals 12-14 mm. long. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



There are six new species of Leguminosse in the collection and 

 three new varieties. Crotalaria Parson^ii sp. nov. (Section 

 Simplicifoliae) is a near ally of G. Vixjelii Benth. and C. lineari- 

 folia De Wild. Baphia obnnensis sp. nov. belongs to the Sect. 

 Delaria and has racemes of flowers from the old branches. There 

 are two species of Angylocalyx. Dr. Taubert described this genus 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 172 (1897), the short racemes of 

 flowers coming from the old wood and tlie ovary being adnate to 

 the dorsal side of the calyx-tube. In the Flora of Tropical 

 Africa, ii. 254, my father described Sophora oligophijlla, but this 

 belongs to Anijylocahjx, and as the plant is in the present 

 collection, n. 12ol, I give a description of it under this genus. 

 There is a very fine new species of BerJlnia, which I have named 

 B. Craibiana, and a new Macroluhium. 



Crotalaria (Simplicifolia?) Parsonsii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Caulis 

 erectus ramosus teres hirsutus ; stipulis angustis linearibus ; 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis adpresse pilosis apice mucronatis basi 

 cuneatis costa subtus conspicua petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus 



