40 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



Uncaria Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis tetra- 

 gonis in angulis pubescentibus ; foliis latiuscule lanceolatis bre- 

 viter acuminatis apice obtusiusculo basi rotundatis, supra glabris 

 infra praecipue super venas ferrugineo-pubescentibus, nervis 

 secundariis distantibus, petiolo breve puberulo ; _/?oj-/&ms majusculis 

 pro rata longe pedicellatis ; calyce ut pedicello dense ferrugineo- 

 sericeo, tubi parte epigyna infundibulari ovarium excedente lobis 

 triangularibus obtusis ; corollae extus griseo-sericeae tubo gracili 

 longissimo lobis oblongis mucronulatis ; stigmate parum ampliato. 



Oban ; n, 168. 



Leaves 9-11 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad ; petioles to 9 mm. long. 

 Capitulmn 8-9 cm. in diameter. Pedicels to more than 1 cm. long. 

 Part of calyx-tuhe above ovary 3 mm. long, lobes 1'5 nnn. long. 

 Corolla-hihe 2' 5 cm., lobes 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



Differs from TJ. africana G. Don, the only other African species 

 hitherto described, especially in the much longer corolla-tube and in 

 the hairy covering of the shoot. 



Pausinystalia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor Cory- 

 nanthis habitu nisi inflorescentia glabra ; foliis elliptico-oblongis 

 glaberrimis supra nitentibus, utrinque brevissime acuminatis 

 apice subacuto, petiolis longiusculis, venis prominentibus mediana 

 supra canaliculata ; stijmlis lanceolatis mox deciduis ; florihiis 

 sessilibus in paniculis multifloris trichotomis minutissime fulvo- 

 pubescentibus longiuscule pedunculatis nee folia excedentibus ; 

 calyce extus ut intlorescentiae ramulis induto dentibus deltoideis 

 minutis intus dense tomentosis ; corollae glaberrimae tubo intra 

 calycem brevissime cylindraceo supra globose sulcato, lobis linear- 

 ibus crassiusculis. 



Oban ; n. 1493. 



Leaves 12-16 cm. long, 5-6 cm. broad, with 10-12 secondary veins 

 on each side of the midrib, making with it an angle of about 50°, 

 somewhat curved. /SiipuZcs 1"5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. broad. Flowers 

 about 1 cm. long, of which about 1' mm. is occupied by the calyx. 

 Corolla-lobes 7-8 mm. 



This species is readily distinguishable from those previously 

 described by the relatively thick corolla-lobes and the conspicuously 

 pubescent calyces. 



Mussaenda Afzelioides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex scandens 

 ramulis teretibus vel sulcatis fulvo-tomentosis ; foliis ovalibus 

 breviter acuminatis acutis basi pleruraque obtusis, infra palli- 

 dioribus, utrinque breviter scabro-hispidis, venis praesertim subtus 

 conspicuis, petiolo breve ; siipulis triangularibus extus dense 

 sericeo-pubescentibus acutis saepius bifidis ; florihiis in cymis 

 pedunculatis tomentosis densis pedicellatis ; calycis lobis oblongis 

 acutis extus appresse flavo-pubescentibus, uno nonnunquam in 

 laminam petiolatam ovalem hispidam basi angustatam apice 



