50 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



breviusculis ; antherae dorso basi affixae, exsertae, lanceolatae basi 

 loculis discretis. Discus depressus nee lobatus. Ovarium plerumque 

 5-loculai'e ; stylus crassiusculus medio in globum depressum corollae 

 fauces claudentem inflatus utrinque attenuatus, stigmate majus- 

 cule mitraeformi peltato ; ovula in loculis solitaria infra apicem 

 loculi pendula amphitropa. Fructus drupaceus majusculus basi 

 plerumque attenuatus. 



Arbores vel frutices ; folia opposita, stipulis interpetiolaribus. 

 Flores inter mediocres in umbellis involucratis brevibus axilla- 

 ribus dispositi. 



Undoubtedly a member of the tribe Yanguerieae, and unique in 

 the structure of the style. The nearest genus is Cuviera, fi-om which 

 this new genus differs further in the regularly simply umbellate and 

 small inflorescences. 



G. Talbotii AVernbam, sp. nov. Frutex ramulis teretibus ; 

 foliis elliptico-oblongis brevissime acuminatis apice subacuto vel 

 obtuso basi acutiusculis, breviter petiolatis, venis infra promi- 

 nentibus secundariis distantibus ; stijnilis a basi lata subulatis 

 acutis ; umbellis per paria in axillis sessilibus, bracteis rotundis ; 

 calycis lobis late ovatis apice rotundato, ciliatis aliter glabris ; 

 corollae tubo conspicue 5-costato, costis prominentibus pilosis 

 superne in caudam villosam prolongatis, lobis anguste triangu- 

 laribus apicem versus implicatis ; staminihus corollae ore insertis ; 

 ovario 5-loculari, styli globo mediano flavo-bispido, obscure lobato. 

 (PI. 9.) 



Oban; n. 2051. 



Leaves 14-18 cm. long, 5-7 cm. broad ; petiole 1 cm. or more 

 long. Veins 5-6 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing in arches 

 some distance from the margin. Stipules up to 8 mm. long. Umbels 

 2-3 cm. in diameter, 2 cm. long. Bracts 2-3 mm. long. Pedicels 

 4 mm. long. Calyx-lobes 9 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, tube 2 mm. long. 

 CoroUa-tuhe 4 mm. long, the ring of cirrhi mserted at about 1"5 mm. 

 from the base; lobes 8-9 mm. (including the terminal seta), o mm. 

 broad at the base. Style 5*5 mm. long; median globe 3 mm. wide. 



G. minor Wernham sp. nov. Arbor parva ramulis gracilibus ; 

 foliis oblongis vel obovatis brevissime acuminatis apice rotundato 

 basi acutiusculis, venis distantibus, brevissime petiolatis ; stipulis 

 in brevem vaginam cobaerentibus apice in caudam brevem 

 producto ; umhellis pedunculatis, per paria in axillis dispositis pro 

 rata paucifloris, bracteis in verticillo suborbicularibus ; calycis 

 lobis late ovatis glaberrimis nee ciliatis ; corolla extus glaberrima, 

 lobis brevissime acuminatis vix caudatis glaberrimis ; stavnnihus 

 corollae ore insertis ; ovario 5-loculari, stylo brevi globo mediano 

 hispidulo ; drupa magna globosa. 



Oban ; n. 247. 



Leaves 11-13 cm. long, 4 '5-5 cm. broad; petiole 3 mm. long. 

 Stipular sheath 1 ' 5 mm. ; acumen 6 mm. long. Peduncle 6 mm. 



