52 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



distantibus nee eouspicuis brevissime petiolatis ; stipulis minimis 

 subulato-acuminatis ; injiorescentia laxiuscula sessile trichotoma 

 nee ampla ; hracteis minutis ; fioribus inter minores subsessilibus ; 

 cahjcis limbo integerrimo ; coroUae lobis 4 subobtusis tubi 

 dimidium vix aequantibus. 



Oban ; n. 2038. 



Leaves 11-12 cm. x 3-3 "5 cm. ; petioles rarely so much as 5 mm., 

 secondary lateral veins about 6 pairs manifest. Stijndes about 

 2" 5 mm. long. Inflorescence about 3 cm. long and 5-6 cm. wide. 

 Cahjx and ovari/ 2*5 mm. long. Corolla-tube 9 imu. ; lobes 

 3 '5-4 long. Anthers 3-4 mm. long. 



Near I. rijparia Hiern, but distinct in the narrower, thicker leaves, 

 and looser and larger inflorescence, etc. 



Pavetta Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex glaber ; foliis 

 magnis longe petiolatis anguste elliptico-oblongis leniter acuminatis 

 obtusis basi cuneatis valde obliquis ; stipulis deltoideis validiusculis 

 asperis ; floribiis 4-meris parvis in cymis subsessilibus glabris 

 axillaribus dispositis ; pedicellis bre\dbus validis ; cahjcis dentibus 

 deltoideis acutis patentibus ; corollae extus glaberrimae lobis 

 viridibus oblongis intus obscure puberulis apice rotundato reflexis 

 tubum albidum aequantibus vel parum excedentibus ; stylo exserto 

 stigmate clavato puberulo ; disco glaberrimo ; bacca minima. 



Oban ; n. 1638. 



Leaves 32 cm. long, 8 '5 cm. broad; petiole about 7"5 cm. long; 

 secondary veins about a dozen pairs. Stiimles 4-6 mm. long. 

 Calyx, including ovary, 2 mm. long. Corolla-tube 3*5-4 mm. long; 

 lobes the same length, and 2 mm. wide. Anthers 2 mm. long. 

 Style exserted about 3 mm. Bo-ry barely 2 mm. in diameter. 



Notable for the long, rather narrow leaves, and small flowers in 

 abbreviated axillary cymes. 



Coffea Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis gracilibus 

 pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis longius- 

 cule acuminatis apice valde obtuso, utrinque nisi infra in vena 

 media sparsissime puberulis glabris, petiole brevissimo pubes- 

 cente ; stipulis pubescentibus basi triangularibus insuper setaceo- 

 acuminatis ; floribiis parvis solitariis axillaribus, pedicello pubes- 

 cente longiusculo supra medium et basi bracteolis in calyculis 

 connatis superioribus 2 vel pluribus subulatis stipatis ; calycis 

 pubescentis limbo subinfundibulari, lobis 4-5 subulatis erectis 

 corollae tubum nonnunciuam fere aequantibus ; corollae tubo 

 breviusculo extus glabro, ore villoso, lobis 6 nisi in margine 

 obscure ciliatis basique pilosis glabris oblongis brevissime acumi- 

 natis acutis tubum subaequantibus patentibus ; antheris exsertis ; 

 bacon fusiformi minutiuscule et sparse puberula coccinea a calycis 

 limbo persistente coronata. 



Oban ; n. 1620. 



Leaves 7-14 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide; petiole 3 mm. long. 



