26 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



subcordatis petiolo mediocri suftultis : floribus ad axillas fasci- 

 culatis ; pediceUis fusco-tomentosis, bracteolis 2 ovatis fusco- 

 tomentosis calyce brevioribus ; caJyce extus fusco-tomentoso per 

 anthesin spathaceo-fisso ; vexillo orbiculato ; alls oblongis carinam 

 aequantibus vel paullulum superantibus ; carina leviter incur va 

 obtusa petalis dorso subcohaerantibus ; staminibus liberis antheris 

 filamentis multo brevioribus ; ovario subsessili fusco-villoso stylo 

 tenui incurvo stigmate parvo terminali. 



Oban ; n. 1557. 



T7-ee about 8-12 metres [Jidc Mrs. Talbot). Leaves suborbicular, 

 coriaceous, + 6-7 cm. long and broad, upper leaves ovate or obovate, 

 lateral nerves patent, conspicuous below, petioles 1-2 cm. long. Calyx 

 13-15 mm. long. Wings + 15 uim. long. Carina + 15 mm. long. 



Noticeable on account of the suborbicular coriaceoiis leaves, fasci- 

 culate axillary flowers, thick spathaceous calyx and slightly incurved 

 obtuse carina about 15 mm. long. 



Belongs to the Sect. Delaria § 1 Geuuinae Harms. Allied to 

 B. maxima Baker ; differs in the shape of the leaves, &c. 



[Two bracts dull bronze, sepals dull bronze outside, white inside, 

 five petals white with a yellow mark down centre, stigma white, ovary 

 dull bronzy-gi-een. — P. A. T.] 



Baphia leptobotrys Harms var. nov. nigeriea Bak. fil. 

 Frutex scandens sec. cl. detectorem, ramulis teretibus ; foliis 

 oblongis acuminatis papyraceis quam iis typi longioribus et 

 angustioribus petiolo mediocri suliultis ; floribus in racemes laxos 

 dispositis ; bracteolis parvis. 



Oban, Kwa Eiver ; n. 1554. 



Leaves 8-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad ; petioles about 25 mm. long. 

 Racemes 2-6 cm. long. 



[Sepals pale green, petals white.— P. A. T.] 



Ang-yloealyx olig-ophyllus Bak. fil. comb. nov. Sophora 

 oligophylla Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 254. Frutex vel arbuscula ; 

 foliis 5 foliolatis rbacbi tereti glabra, foliolis cbartaceis proxi- 

 malibus ovatis vel ovato-oblongis apice longe cuspidato-acuminatis 

 basi rotundatis foliolis distalibus majoribus ellipticis vel oblongo- 

 ellipticis apice cuspidato-acuminatis nervis lateralibus in foliolis 

 proximalibus 5-6 in distalibus 7-8 arcuatis ; floribus breviter 

 pedicellatis racemosLs racemis brevibus e ligno adultiore erum- 

 pentibus ; calycis tubo cylindrico sursum curvato basi inferiore 

 saccato-umbonato limbo oblique cupulato tubo longiori ; vexillo 

 ovato-spatbulato basi sensim in unguem attenuate calycis limbo 

 2-3-plo longiori ; alis vexillo brevioribus anguste oblongis ; flla- 

 mentis glabris antheris oblongis ; ovario angusto. 



Oban ; n. 1251. 



Leaflets alternate, proximal leaflets 11-13 cm. long, 47-57 mm. 

 broad ; distal leaflets longer, 18-22 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad ; common 



