92 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



long. Corolla-tube about 5 mm. long ; lobes 2 mm. Fruit about 

 1 cm. in diameter. 



Vitex obanensis Wernham sp. nov. Frutex subglaber 

 ramulis fistulosis ; foJiis digitatim compositis longe petiolatis 

 petiolo minutissime puberulo ; foUolis plerumque obovatis subito 

 breviter acuminatis utrinque acutis supra scabridiusculis infra 

 nisi in venis minute pubescentibus glabratis glandulosis, petiolulis 

 mediorum trium longiusculis lateralium brevissimis ; infloresceniia 

 laxissima cymorum 3-4-florum pedunculatorum panicula terminali 

 minutissime ferrugineo-pubescente ebracteata ; florum parvorum 

 pedicellis pubescentibus bracteolis minutis ; calycis limbo integro ; 

 corollae multiglandulosae tubo valde curvato multo e calyce 

 exserto, lobis superioribus brevibus latissimis labio inferiore 

 ovato longo marginibus reflexis. 



Oban ; n. 1044. 



Tertninal and lateral leaflets about equal, 12 cm. long, with 

 acumen 1*5-2 cm., and nearly 6 cm. broad; basal lateral leaflets 

 6 "5-8 '5 cm. long with acumen 1-1 "3 cm., and 3-4 '5 cm. broad. 

 Terminal petiolule 1 • 3 cm. long ; petiole 10-15 cm. long, Main 

 rachis of inflorescence over 20 cin. long, lateral branches 10 cm. or 

 more long. Pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx 2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at the 

 gaping mouth. Corolla-tube about 5 mm. long, bent almost at right 

 angles at the middle, lower lip over 2 mm. long. 



Near V. thyrsiflora Baker, differing in the shape of the leaflets 

 and characters of the inflorescence. 



MONOCHLAMYDEiE. 



By Spexcer Moore, F.L.S. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. 



Aristolochia tribraehiata S. Moore sp. nov. Planta caule 

 volubili distanter folioso cortice griseo maxime rimoso obducto ; 

 fol'ds petiolatis amplis oblongo-ovatis basi rotundatis levissimeve 

 cordatis trinervibus nitidulis coriaceis glabris ; cymis subsessilibus 

 paucifloris ; pcdiccUis (cum ovario) floribus brevioribus ; hracteis 

 parvulis ovato-lanceolatis ; perianthii extus glabri utriculo oblique 

 ovoideo tubo anguste infundibulari utriculum paullo excedente 

 intus sparsim piloso limbo inequaliter 3-lobo lobis ovato-Ianceolatis 

 acuminatis quam tubus longioribus; (jynostemio breviter stipitato; 

 stayuinibus sfylisque 9. 



Oban ; n. 1542. 



Thick twining stem twisted and somewhat compressed. Leaves 



