FLOWERING PLANTS 



DICOTYLEDONS 



POLYPETAL^ 



By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S. 



ANONACE^. 



The collection contains a remarkable number of curious and 

 interesting members of this family. There are two new genera, 

 Dennettia and Alplionseopsis. The former belongs to the tribe 

 Xylopieae and is allied to Melodorum, the latter is allied to the 

 Indian genus Aljyhonsea. Uvaria obanensis sp. nov. is a showy 

 plant with large flowers generally in fascicles of three ; and Uvaria 

 anonoides sp. nov. is closely allied to U. Jatifolia Scott Elliot. 

 There are good specimens of Pachypodanthium Staudiii Engler 

 & Diels, which has not been previously recorded for Nigeria. 

 Unona obanensis sp. nov. is closely allied to U. hirsuta Benth. ; 

 and U. Millenii Engler & Diels was previously known only from 

 Lagos. 



There are four species of Monodora and two species of 

 Tetrastemma ; one of the latter is probably T. SoJheidii De 

 Wild., previously known from the Congo, the other has much 

 larger flowers (4-5 cm. long), but we await better material. 



Uvaria obanensis Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex scandens, ramu- 

 lis teretibus ; foliorum petiolo brevi supra canaliculato, lamina 

 oblonga subcoriacea adulta praeter costam glabra apice acuta 

 basi rotundata vel levissime subcordata nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 9-13 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis nervis secun- 

 dariis tenuibus subtus reticulatis ; floribiis magnis in fasciculos 

 saepissime 3-floros et laterales dispositis; bracteis fusco-tomentellis 

 pedicellos amplectentibus ; sepalis crassis late ovatis longitudi- 

 naliter striatis ; petalis crassis concavis semiorbicularibus basi 

 subcordatis interioribus breviter unguiculatis ; staminibus numero- 



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