48 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



34 cm. long, 20 cm. broad, with petiole about 1'5 cm. long; lateral 

 veins 12-15 pairs. Stipules 4'3 cm. long, 2' 5 cm. broad. Corolla- 

 tube 1"8 cm. long; lobes about the same length and up to 5 mm. 

 wide. Anthers 8-9 mm. long. 



Distinct from the preceding species in the broader leaves and 

 stipules, the broader and more fleshy corolla-lobes, etc. 



Triealysia pleiomera Hutchinson sp. nov. Species foliis- 

 magnis, corollae lobis numerosis mox reflexis, antheris villosis- 

 valde distincta. 



Hamuli subteretes, glabri. Folia oblonga, breviter subacute 

 acuminata, basi rotundata, 20-23 cm. longa, 7 "5— 8 "5 cm. lata, 

 tenuiter chartacea, utrinque glabra, nitidula, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinqvie 9-10 arcuatim ascendentibus conspicuis infra promi- 

 nentibus, nervis tertiariis laxis subparallelis distinctis e eosta 

 sub angulo recto ortis ; petioli 1 cm. longi, plano-convexi, 

 glabri ; stipulae intrapetiolares, connatae, truncatae, 2 • 5-3 mm. 

 longae, intra appresse pubescentes, ciliatae. Gymae axillares, 

 subsessiles, 10-15-florae, circiter 3'5 cm. diametro ; bracteae 

 stipulis similes ; pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi, glabri ; bracteolae 

 connatae, calycis basin circumdantes, breviter acuminatae, extra 

 puberulae. Calyx tubulosus, 4 mm. longus, minute denticulatus, 

 extra appresse pubescens, intra pilis brevibus nigris setulosus. 

 Corollae tubus cyliadricus,. 1 cm. longus, extra costatus, glaber,, 

 intra arachnoideo-pubescens, 11-12-lobatus, lobis mox reflexis 

 oblanceolato-obovatis vel subspathulatis breviter acute acuminati& 

 circiter 8 mm. longis et 3 mm. latis extra pubescentibus intra 

 versus apicem puberulis. Stamina 11-12; filamenta corollae 

 fauci inserta, erecta, 5 mm. longa, glabra ; antherae erectae, 

 5 mm. longae, villosae. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis circiter 

 4-ovulatis ; stylus exsertus, 1 • 5 cm. longus, basin versus glaber,^ 

 superne pubescens, bilobus, lobis 2 • 5 mm. longis obtusis. 



Oban ; n. 1277 (Herb. Kew.). [J. H.] 



Cremaspora glabra Wernham sp. nov. Frutex nisi foliorum 

 basis saepe puberulus glabratus, ramulis gracilibus rectis horizontal- 

 iter divaricatis; foliis lanceolatis vel ellipticis vel oblongis utrinque 

 angustatis basi nonnunquam subrotundatis acumiaatis apice 

 obtuso, breviter petiolatis, venis secundariis infra conspicuis, 

 paucis distantibus ; stipulis deciduis brevissimis latis apiculatis ; 

 Jloribus glaberrimis in cymis sessilibus axillaribus paucifloris 

 fasciculatis ; calycis utrinque glabri lobis rotundatis ; corollae 

 tubo brevi quam lobi oblongo-lanceolati obtusi multo minoribus ; 

 stylo glabro bilobato. 



Oban; n. 1536. 



Leaves varying from an average of about 7" 5 cm. x 2'5 cm. to an 

 oblong shape 9 " 5 cm. x 4 • 5 cm. ; secondary veins 3-4 pairs ; petiole to 

 5 mm. Stipules about 1 mm. long. Ca^T/x-segments, 2 cm. x 2 mm. 



