28 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



Oban ; n. 1524. 



Tree about 40 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). Proximal leaflets 

 ± 9 cm, long, ± 5 cm. broad ; distal leaflets 12-16 cm. long, 5-5- 

 6-5 cm. broad; leaf-rachis fusco-tomentellous. Bracts 45-50 mm. 

 long. Calyx-segments petaloid, 30-35 mm. long. Largest petal, 

 together with claw, 6-7 cm. long, others much smaller. Stamens, 

 filaments + 7 cm. long. 



Closely allied to B. acuminata Solander, but differs in the character 

 of the inflorescence and the pubescent calyx-tube ; the smaller petals 

 are distinctly shorter than the calyx. 



I have named this plant in honour of Mr. W. Craib of the Kew 

 Herbarium. 



[Petals, 5 white, 1 large, 2 small and 8 smaller ; 5 sepals palest 

 green ; 10 stamens, anthers dull brown.— P. A. T.] 



Maerolobium obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor mediocris 

 sec. cl. detectorem ramulis teretibus ; foliis paripinnatis saepissirae 

 3-jugis foliolis distalibus majoribus oblongo-obovatis apice acutis 

 basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque ± 7 subtus prominulis 

 foliolis proximalibus minoribus ovatis vel ellipticis apice acutis 

 basi late cuneatis omnibus petiolulis crassiusculis breviusculis 

 rhachi pubescente ; inflorescentiis elongatis racemoso-paniculatis 

 rhachi angulata f ulvo-pubescente ; hracteolis oblongis concavis 

 alabastrum 2-valvatim includentibus extrinsecus fulvo-pubescen- 

 tibus ; cahjcis secjmentis oblongis ; petalis saepissime 4 unguiculatis 

 in alabastro complicato-cucullatis ; staminihus perfectis longis 

 liberis ; ovario hirsute stipitato stipite calycis tube adnato 

 multiovulato, stylo filiformi ; legumine juvenili hirsute. 



Oban ; n. 1428. 



Leaves, distal pair of leaflets 15-16 cm. long, 0-5-7 "2 cm. broad, 

 proximal pair of leaflets 8-9 cm. long, 4 ■ 5-5 • cm. broad. Bracteolcs 

 10-14 mm. long. Largest petal unguiculate ± 15 mm, long. 



[Bracts bright green, shaded bronze ; 4 sepals pale green ; 5 petals 

 white, base of petals cream ; pistil pale green ; style white ; stigma 

 pale yellow ; stamens 3 white. — P. A. T.] 



Maerolobium demonstrans Oliver var. nov. Talbotii Bak. fil. 

 Arbor parva ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 3-jugis foliolis oblongo- 

 obovatis vel oblongis basi iiiaequilateraliter subcordatis ; Jlorihus 

 paniculatis ; hracteolis ovatis alabastrum 2-valvatim includenti- 

 bus ; cahjcis segmentis angustis ; petalo quinto majore reliquis 

 minoribus; staminibtis perfectis 3 ; ovario ferrugineo-hirto ; stylo 

 filiformi hirto ; legnniinibiis oblique oblongis lateraliter compressis 

 sutura superiore parum incrassata lateraliter conspicue nervosis. 



Oban, Obutong Road; n. 1504. 



Tree about 7 metres high {fide Mrs. Talbot). 



Difl"ers from type in tlie narrower leaflets and more or less liairy 

 style, that of the type being described as glabrous. 



The largest petal, together with the claw, is ± 15 mm. long, and 

 not so caudate at the base as figured by Baillon. 



