90 SOUTH NIGERIAX PLANTS 



Dieliptera obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Herba spithamea vel 

 paullo ultra canle inferne decumbente radicante superne ascen- 

 dente simplici (anne semper 1) gracili puberulo cite fere glabro ; 

 foliis petiolatis ellipticis apice saepissime acuminatis ipso obtusis 

 basi acuminatis acutisve utrinque glabris ; involucris 2-floris (flore 

 altero valde imminuto) inter se satis distantibus oppositis vel 

 alternis in paniculis racemiformibus plerumque terminalibus quam 

 folia brevioribus dispositis ; foliis floralihus parvulis lineari- 

 subulatis patentibus recurvisve ; hradeolis exteriorihus parum 

 inaequalibus ovatis acutis fere glabris laete viridibus ; hradeolis 

 interiorihus quam exteriores multo minoribus lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis decoloribus margine ciliolatis ; cahjcis bracteolas int. 

 longe excedentis segmentis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 subdistanter granduloso-ciliatis ; corolla a bracteolis ext. leviter 

 superata ejus tubo labium excedente sursum leviter amplificato 

 labiis ovatis lab. sup. apice retuso lab. inf. tridentato ; staminibus 

 exsertis ; capsula late obovoidea acuta basi longiuscule stipitata 

 sparsim pubescente 4-sperma. 



Obau ; n. 1363. 



Leaves 6-13 cm. long, 2-5-5 cm. broad, bright green when dry, 

 paler on the lower aide, those of opposite pairs sometimes unequal in 

 size ; petioles up to 3 cm. in length, but usually about 1 cm. and in 

 the case of the uppermost leaves sometimes even shorter. Inflores- 

 cences at most 7 cm. long, the axis slender and sometimes anfractuose, 

 the interspaces between the involucres 5-10 mm. long, but the upper- 

 most closer together. Floral leaves rather rigid, about 4 mm. long. 

 Peduncles up to 3 mm. long, puberulous. The larger of the outer 

 bracteoles 14-16 x 7 '5-8 "5 mm., the smaller about 13 x 6 mm.; 

 inner bracteoles 2-5 mm. long. Calyx nearly 6 mm. long. Corolla- 

 tube 8 • 5 mm. long, 1 * 5 mm. wide, increased at the throat to 2 • 5 mm. ; 

 upper lip 4 x 2-75 mm., lower lip 4-5 x 2-25 mm. Filaments 2 mm. 

 long; anther cells 1 mm. Ovary 1-5 mm. long; glabrous style 

 10 mm. Ca/psule 7 mm. long, the seed-bearing portion 4-5 mm. long. 

 Seeds rather more than 1 mm. in diameter, very minutely tubercled, 

 brown. 



To be inserted in the genus next D. alternans Lindau, which has 

 somewhat different leaves and much smaller bracteoles, corollas and 

 capsule. 



VERBENACEvE. 



Clepodendron Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 

 patule et sparsiuscule pilis articulatis longiusculis indutis ; foliis 

 ellipticis papyraceis utrinque sparse pilosis supra nitentibus 

 breviter acuminatis acutis basi rotundatis margine integro 

 petiolo breviusculo parte inferiore demum uncam validam 

 lignosam nonnunquam formante ; florihus capitatis bracteatLs 

 breviter pedicellatis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis ; calyce cam- 

 panulato fere ad medium in lobos ovatos membranaceos articulato- 



