66 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



shape ; this may be due to drying ; Mrs. Talbot's excellent coloured 

 drawing gives but slight evidence of such variation. 



Ceropeg-ia aneeps S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caide volubili 

 ancipiti folioso glabro ; foliis oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato- 

 obovatis breviter caudato-acuminatis apice acutis basi in petiolum 

 gracilem quam sese breviorem cuneatim angustatis membranaceis 

 vel potius levissime crassiusculis utrobique glabris vel summum 

 in nervis microscopice puberulis ; ajmis umbellatis pedunculatis 

 pauci- necnon mediocri-floris bracteis parvis subulatis stipatis ; 

 calycis segmentis subulatis puberulis ; corollac extus fere glabrae 

 tube basi inflate inde usque ad fauces iterum dilatatas tenui lobis 

 tube manif este brevioribus oblongis replicatis apice cohaerentibus ; 

 coronas pbyllis exterioribus ima basi connatis subquadratis sursum 

 in cornua duo filiformia pilis sparsis longis donata exeuntibus 

 phyllis interioribus ut exteriora coluranam stamineam facile 

 superantibus erectis lineari-oblongis obtusis. 



Oban ; n. 174. 



Stem at most 2 mm. wide, marked with sparse longitudinal 

 striation. Leaves 4-5 cm. long in the blade and 15-20 mm. broad, 

 when dry darkish above, paler beneath, the acuminate end 7-9 mm. 

 long ; petioles 10-13 mm. long, glabrous. Cymes usually 4-6-fiowered, 

 but sometimes less, their peduncles 6-15 mm. long. Bracts about 

 1-5 mm. long. Flowers creamy-white, with dark brown blotches. 

 Calyx barely 3 mm. long. Tithe of corolla 19-22 mm. long, at the very 

 bottom 1'5 mm. wide, the inflated base 4-5 mm. wide, the narrow 

 part 1"5 mm. and the throat suddenly expanded to 6 mm.; corolla 

 lobes 7 mm. long. Leaves of the outer corona 2 mm. long, the two 

 horns or lobes proceeding from the right and left corner respectively 



1 mm. long ; leaves of inner corona 2- 25 mm. long. Staminal column 



2 mm. long. 



This also is near C. Jolinsoni N. E. Br., but its stem, leaves and 

 corona are different. 



LOGANIACE^ by Mr. S. Moore & Mr. H. F. Wernham. 



Mostuea angustifolia Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 

 gracilibus virgatis ; foliis glabris subsessilibus lanceolatis non- 

 nunquam obliquis utrinque acuminatis apice subobtuso in ramulis 

 lateralibus brevibus florescentibus confertis ; floribiis parvulis in 

 cymis subumbellatis glabris paucifloi-is tenuiter pedunculatis 

 dispositis, bracteis et bracteolis minutis vel obsoletis pedicellis 

 longiusculis glabris ; calyce brevissimo dentibus lanceolatis tubum 

 excedentibus ; coroUae tubo anguste infundibulari lobis rotundatis ; 

 capsulae lobis divaricatis oblongis rotundatis. 



Oban ; n. 1035. 



The leaves are 4-5 "5 cm. long by 1-2-1 '5 cm. broad. The pedun- 

 cles of the mature inflorescences may be as much as 1"8 cm. long. 

 Floral pedicels 1-2 mm. or more, increasing to about 1 cm. in the 



