SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



sis connectivo ultra thecas lineares producto ; carpellis numerosis 

 extus pilosis ; fructu baud \tso. 



Oban ; nn. 1579, 1603. 



Leaves 15-20 cm. long, 5 • 5-7 • cm. broad ; petioles about 3 mm. 

 long. Sepals thick, 9-10 mm. long ±11 mm. broad. Petals 6, 10- 

 30 mm. long and about as broad. Stamens + 3 mm. long. Car- 

 pels + 5 mm. long. 



Noticeable on account of the subcoriaceous, almost glabrous, 

 oblong leaves, and the lateral fascicles of generally 3 flowers, with 

 thick, suborbicular petals 20-30 mm. long and broad. 



[Central petals dull orange, three outside petals dull apricot, 

 markings deepest wine-red. — P. A. T.] 



Uvaria anonoides Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex repens (fide cl, 

 detect.), ramulis novellis fusco-tomentosis ; foliis ellipticis vel 

 oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-ovatis superne praeter costam ner- 

 vosque fere glabris subtus pallidioribus apice acuminatis basi 

 rotundatis nervis lateralibus 9-12 ante marginem arcu inti*a- 

 marginali conjunctis nervis secundariis tenuibus, foliorum petiolo 

 brevi superne canaliculate ; Jiorihus mediocribus solitariis ; pedun- 

 culo stricto in sicco longitudinaliter striate ; sepalis alte connatis 

 segmentis crassiusculis ; staminihus numerosis connectivo crasso 

 thecas superante ; carpellis hirsutis staminibus parum longioribus 

 stigmatibus dilatatis. 



Oban ; n. 1558. 



Leaves 8-15 cm. long, 50-75 mm. broad ; lateral nerves and mid- 

 rib below conspicuous. Sepals + 5-7 mm. long. Petals concave, 

 suborbicular, 12-13 mm. long + 15 mm. broad. Stamens 2*5 mm. 

 long. 



Closely allied to Uvaria latifolia Engler & Diels {Anona lati- 

 folia Scott Elliot). 



TJ. anonoides Bak. fil. i 



Leaves 8-15 cm. long, 5-7 

 cm. broad. 



Calyx, total diameter 12-14 

 mm. 



Petals 12-13 mm. long, + 15 

 mm. broad. 



Stamens 2 • 5 mm. Icng. 



TJ. latifolia Engler & Diels. 



Leaves 2-3 dm. long, "7-1 

 dm. broad. 



Calyx, total diameter + 16 

 mm. 



Petals 15-20 mm. long, 18-22 

 mm. broad. 



Stamens 4-5 mm. long. 



ALPHONSEOPSIS Bak. fil. 



gen. nov. 



Flores bermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, breviter cupularis, tri- 

 angularis, 3-sepalus, petalis multo brevior. Pctala G biseriatim 

 valvata, inter se subaequalia, ovata, adscendentia, crasse coriacea. 

 Stamina go arete imbricata, receptaculo depresse subliemisphaerico 

 insidentia, crassiuscula, connectivo ultra loculos conspicue truncate ; 

 pollinis grana inter se libera. Carpella 3-4, inter se libera, stig- 

 mate subsessili pileato-capitato,ovulis circ. 22 ventralibus biseriatis. 



