88 SOUTH NIGEKIAN PLANTS 



puberulo ; cajysula inferne compressa superne ovoidea acuta 

 fulvo-pubescente 4-sperma. 



Oban; n. 2011. Also Cameroons ; Ze^iTier, n. 4395. 



Blade of leaf 20-28 cm. long, 7-11 cm. broad, spreading in the 

 dried state and greyish-green, the basal amides deltoid, acute, about 

 5x7 mm. ; petioles 8-20 mm. long. iSjnA-es solitary or one from 

 each axil immediately beneath the apical bud, erect, 15-18 cm. long 

 (of which a length of 5-6 cm. belongs to the peduncle) and about 1 cm. 

 broad. Bracts and hracteoles 5-6 mm. long, those of the upper flowers 

 somewhat smaller. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long, with faint longi- 

 tudinal nervation. Corolla-tuhe 4" 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, at the 

 throat contracted to 2 mm. ; upper lip galeate, oblong-ovate, 5"5 mm. 

 long; lower lip 5 '5 mm. long, its lobes oblong, obtuse, and 4' 5 mm. 

 long. Stamens ascending beneath the galea. Filaments fleshy, puber- 

 ulous, about 5 mm. long ; antlier-cells broadly oblong, rather more 

 than 2 mm. in length. Ofa?-?/ 2 mm. and s/'yZe 8"5 mm. long. Capsule 

 27 mm. long, the barren part 17 x 2-3 mm., the seed-bearing part 

 10 X 6 mm. Seeds oval-oblong, with a dark nearly smooth testa, 

 about 4 mm. long, the curved retinacula ending in a sharp point. 



The shape of the leaves and the small flowers with deeply tripartite 

 lower lip and puberulous filaments are the chief points separating this 

 from A, tristis Kees. 



Hypoestes (§ Apolyton) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov. Herba 

 caule interne radicante superne ascendente sparsim ramose quad- 

 rangular! glabro ramulos tenues minute puberulos emittente ; foliis 

 oblongo- rarius ovato-lanceolatis acutis in petiolum brevem angus- 

 tatis utrinque glabris ; involucris bifloris (flore secundo verisimiliter 

 baud maturante) inter se satis distantibus in paniculas racemosas 

 laxas elongatas minute puberulas digestis ; hracteolis exterioribus 

 liberis inter se subaequalibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 minute pubescentibus margine ciliolatis ; hracteolis interioribus 

 exterioribus similibus nisi paullo minoribus ; calyce bracteolas 

 exteriores semiaequante circa adusque medium divisis segmentis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis ; corollae extus piloso-puberu- 

 lae tube involucrum aequante sursum levassime ampliato limbi 

 tubum excedentis labio antico obovato labio postico anguste 

 lanceolato-oblongo integro ; Jilanientis pubescentibus; stylo glabro: 

 ovulis in loculis 2. 



Oban, station garden ; n. 2005. 



A lowly 7jZa«^, the stem reaching two spans' height above its 

 decumbent rooting portion. Leaves usually 4-6 x 1*5-2 "5 cm., but 

 the largest up to 12 x 4 cm., dark on the upper side when dry and 

 paler below ; petioles of the smaller leaves 5 mm. long or less, of the 

 largest 1-5-2 mm. Panicle about 8-19 cm. long and 6 cm. in 

 diameter, slender and very lax, its lower branches 6 cm. or more in 

 length, the iippermost 2-5 cm. ; intervals between the involucres 

 + 10 mm., the youngest closer together. Floral leaves, all except 

 the lowest, subulate, acute, 2-3 mm. long. Outer involucral leaves 

 9-10 mm. long, inner 8 mm. Calyx 4' 5 mm. long. Flowers bright 



