54 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



glaberrimis venis paucis petiolo elongate; stipulis inter majores 

 crassis ovatis fere ad medium bifidis densissime ferrugineo- 

 piibescentibus ; infloresccntia parva globosa densiuscula breviuscule 

 pedunculata ebracteata ; floribus brevibus subsessilibus penta- 

 meris ; calycis limbo subintegro ; corollae lobis demum subreflexis 

 ore barbato. 



Oban; n. 1561. 



Leaves over 20 cm. x 6 cm. ; secondary veins 7-8 pairs ; petiole 

 5-7 cm. Stipules 1-5 cm. x 1 cm. Peduncle 1-5 cm. Cyme 

 1-2 cm. in diameter. Floivers 3-3 • 5 mm. long. 



Near P. recitrva K. Schum., but differs in the size, shape and 

 venation of the leaves, and the denser, many-flowered clusters. 



Psyehotria vitieoides Wernbam sp. nov. Frutex glaber 

 ramulis nodosis teretibus levibus ; foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis 

 glaberrimis venis trans versis paucis petiolo longissimo tenero ; 

 stipulis caducissimis ; inflorescentia parva laxa ebracteata pauciflora 

 pedunculo gracili longiusculo ; fioribus pro genere majusculis 

 breviter pedicellatis ; ealycis limbo subintegro ; corollae anguste 

 infundibularis lobis parvis ore nee barbato. 



Oban ; n. 20S0. 



Leaves about 16 cm. x 6 cm. ; secondary nerves 8 pairs. Petiole 

 7-8 cm. long. Peduncle over 3 cm. long. Pedicels about 1 mm. 

 Panicle about 2 cm. X 1"5 cm. Floivers 5 mm. long. 



Near P. lancifolia K. Schum., but distinct in the long petioles, 

 larger flowers, etc. 



Psyehotria potanthera Wernbam sp. nov Frutex glaber 

 ramulis medullosis ; foliis elliptico-oblongis utrinque angustatis 

 venis secundariis distantibus infra prominentibus utrinque glabris 

 petiolo longiusculo ; stipulis ovato-oblongis caducis ; inflorescentia 

 parva laxiuscula paniculata breviter pedunculata ebracteata ; 

 floribus pentameris anguste infundibularibus brevissime pedicel- 

 latis ; calycis limbo integro ; corollae lobis longiusculis patentibus ; 

 antheris linearibus longe exsertis ; fllamentis tenerrimis. 



Oban ; n. 240. 



Leaves 15-21 cm. X 5-7 cm. ; secondary nerves, about 12 pairs. 

 Petiole up to 4 cm. long. Stipules 5 mm. X 3 mm. Peduncle barely 

 1 cm. long. Panicle less than 2 cm. across and 1 • 5 cm. long. Corolla- 

 tube 3-5 mm. ; lobes 2*5 mm. Stamens exserted up to 4 mm. 



Near P. refractiloba K. Schum., but distinct in the longer petioles, 

 looser inflorescences, and more slender flowers. 



Psyehotria Talbotii Wernbam sp. nov. Frutex glaber ramis 

 striatis teretibus ; foliis crassiuscule pergamaceis lineari-lanceolatis 

 glaberrimis, basi in petiolum longiusculum leniter angustatis 

 apice obtuso vel subacute, marginibus revolutis, costa media 

 praesertim subtus prominente, venis secundariis paucis nee 

 conspicuis ; stipnlis brevibus triangularibus apiculatis ; floribus 



