44 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



Afroliamelia braeteata Wernham sp. unica. Frutex scandens 

 glabrescens ramulis tortis curvatis divaricatis novellis minute 

 pubescentibus ; foliis ovato-oblongis basi subcordatis acuminatis 

 apice obtuso, utrinque nisi infra in vena media et venarum 

 secundarum axillis minute puberulis pilis basi bulbosis glabris, 

 petiolo longiusculo pubescente ; stipulis minute pubescentibus 

 brevissimis latissimis breviter apiculatis persistentibus ; cymis 

 parvis inconspicuis, pedunculo tenui longiusculo glabro ; bracfea 

 petiolata foliis simili multo tamen majore ovali basi acuta vix 

 acuminata, petiolo ad pedunculum longiuscule adnato ; calyce 

 pubescente ; corolla extus subglabra lobis latis obtusis marginibus 

 involutis ; hacca glabra. (PI. 6.) 



Oban ; n. 1662. 



The cymes are really terminal on short axillarj- shoots, but they 

 appear to be borne laterally on the stalks of the large leaf-like bracts. 

 The true leaves are 7-10 cm. long and 3-6 cm. broad, with petioles 

 up to 2" 5 cm. long. Stijyular hand barely exceeding 1 mm. in width ; 

 apiculus about the same length. The bracts are 14-17 cm. long and 

 9-11 cm. broad, with stalk 2' 5 cm. or more long. The cymes, at 

 most 1'5 cm. long, are boi-ne, on peduncles 2-3 cm. long, terminally 

 on lateral shoots about 1 cm. in length. Calyx less than 1 mm. long ; 

 corolla-tube 9 mm. long, 4 mm. wide above ; lobes over 2 mm. long 

 and 3 mm. broad at the base. Anthers 3 mm. ; style and stigma 

 5 mm. long. Fruit 3 cm. long, including the persistent disc, 3-4 mm. 

 long, and 1 cm. in diameter. 



Tarenna Talbotii Wernbam sp. no v. Frutex ramulis sulcato- 

 quadrangularibus internodis longiusculis minute strigillosis ; foliis 

 •ellipticis utrinque angustatis breviter acuminatis apice obtuso, 

 utrinque nisi in venis strigillosis glaberrimis petiolatis ; stipulis 

 triangularibus acuminatis nigricantibus ; Jlorihus subsessilibus in 

 ■cymis trichotomis ramulis griseis strigilloso-pubescentibus con- 

 fertis, cymulis longiuscule pedunculatis bracteis stipulis forma 

 .similibus sed minoribus ; calycis extus griseo-sericei dentibus 

 brevissimis triangularibus acutis ; corollae extus glaberrimae tube 

 brevi lobos oblongos obtusos nee multo superante. 



Oban ; n. 1548. 



Leaves 15-20 x 6-8 cm., with petiole not exceeding 2 cm. 

 Stijndes to 6 mm. x 4 mm. Calyx and ovary 3*5-4 mm.; teeth 

 minute. Corolla-tube 5 mm.; lobes 4-4 '5 mm. Style exserted, 

 ■5 mm. 



Near T. conferta Hiern, from which it differs especially in the 

 very short calj^x-teeth. 



Tarenna baeonoides Wernham sp. nov. Frutex nisi inflores- 

 <3entia glabcr ramulis curvatis horizontaliter divaricatis ; foliis 

 «lliptico-oblongis breviter pedicellatis basi plerumque rotundatis 

 breviter acuminatis apice obtuso ; stipulis in brevem vaginam 

 lateraliter ciliatam connatis brevissime acute-apiculatis ; cymis 



