94 SOUTH NIGEEIAN PLANTS 



Var. longissima. Cauda maxime elongata, saepe ternatim 

 divisa, 20-25 cm. long, triente superiore usque ad 2-3 mm. diam. 

 dilatata. 



Oban ; u. 1642. 



The upper part of the perianth -tube of this supposed variety is 

 more curved than that of type specimens, otherwise except for the 

 very long tails there seems no difference. As with the type, no leaves- 

 of this are to hand. The perianth is very pale green in colour with 

 dark purple spots, and the hairs in the throat are pure white. The 

 single fruit sent consists of two oblong portions (apparently the two 

 halves, though the ends do not quite match), each 10 cin. long and 

 3 cm. in diameter, deeply 6-sulcate and in colour a dark brown ; the 

 seeds are cordate, palely shining and 1 cm. long. 



Aristoloehia tenuieauda kS. Moore sp. nov. Planta perianihii 

 extus microscopice pubervili utriculo oblique late ovoideo tubo 

 inferne cylindrico superne curvato-infundibulari quam utriculus 

 plane longiore limbo abbreviate uno latere tridentato dente 

 utroque in caudam elongatam tenuissimam exeunte ; gynosfemio 

 stipitate ; staminibus 9 ; stylis 9. 



Oban ; n. 2318. 



Stem and leaves not seen, but certainly a twiner. Perianth dark- 

 coloured and leathery when dry, traversed by several longitudinal 

 nerves, reticulum not very plainly seen; utricle 2' 5 cm. long, 

 1"5 cm. broad, projecting beyond the narrower lowest part of the 

 tube; tube arching above, inside pilose with white hairs, 4*5 cm. 

 long, 10 mm. broad at the base, 14 mm. at the middle, and 30 mm. 

 immediately below the limb, mouth emarginate at the end opposite 

 to that bearing the tails, its three teeth about 2 mm. long, tails very 

 slender up to 20 cm. long, about "3 mm. wide, but distally widening 

 to about 1 mm. Stalk of gynostcviium 2 mm. long. Anthers 

 narrowly oblong, 3 mm. long. Branches of stigma with short 

 incurved tails, nearly 3 mm. long. 



Nearly allied to the last, but the perianth of A. tenuieauda is 

 larger, the utricle more prominent, the upper part of the tube more 

 curved, the mouth wider, the place of the single tail is always taken 

 by the three slender tails, and the anthers and styles are longer. 



LAURINEiE. 



Tylostemon (§ Ennearrhena) Talbotiae S. Moore sp. nov. 

 Frutex elatus ramis subteretibus glabris cortice cinereo circumda- 

 tis ; foliis aniplis oblengo-ellipticis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso 

 obtusis basi in petiolum brevem crassum eanaliculatam angustatis 

 glandulis immersis creberrime inspersis pergamaceis utrinsecus 

 glabris vel fere glabris ; panieidis extra-axillaribus subtermina- 

 libusve eflusis minute subfulvo-pubescentibus ramulis pluribus 

 oppositis alternisve ascendentibus vel patulis pedicellis ut ramuli 

 filiformibus satis elongatis ; perianthio pro rata majviscule turbinate 



