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Fig. 1. – Keetia namoyae O. Lachenaud & Q. Luke. A in Keetia namoyae (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae), a new species from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
No full textFig. 1. – Keetia namoyae O. Lachenaud & Q. Luke. A. Flowering twig; B. Fruiting twig; C. Node with stipules; D. Detail of a domatia; E. Flower bud; F. Open flower; G. Longitudinal section of flower; H. fruit. [Bytebier & Luke 2796, BR] [Drawing: Antonio Fernandez]Published as part of Olivier Lachenaud, Quentin Luke & Benny Bytebier, 2017, Keetia namoyae (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae), a new species from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, pp. 23-26 in Candollea 72 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a2, http://zenodo.org/record/88838
Fig. 1. Cladoceras rovumense I.Darbysh., J.E.Burrows & Q in Cladoceras rovumense sp. nov. (Gentianales-Rubiaceae), a new species from southeast Tanzania and northeast Mozambique
No full textFig. 1. Cladoceras rovumense I.Darbysh., J.E.Burrows & Q.Luke sp. nov. A. Habit, fruiting shoot. B. Habit, flowering shoot. C. Stipule, external face. D. Hairs revealed beneath fallen stipule. E. Portion of flowering stem showing indumentum. F. Leaf, adaxial indumentum. G. Leaf, abaxial indumentum. H. Dissected corolla with androecium. I. Style and stigma. J. Longitudinal section of ovary. K. Mature fruit. L. Fruit, partially dissected to reveal seeds. M. Seed in two views. A, E–G, K–M from S. Bidgood et al. 1357; B, H–I from Q. Luke 13883; C–D, J from Q. Luke et al. 10116. Drawn by Andrew Brown.Published as part of Darbyshire, Iain, Burrows, John E., Luke, Quentin & Langa, Clayton, 2022, Cladoceras rovumense sp. nov. (Gentianales-Rubiaceae), a new species from southeast Tanzania and northeast Mozambique, pp. 46-59 in European Journal of Taxonomy 833 on page 51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1883, http://zenodo.org/record/694988
031. 11-10-86 Luke 12:54-56
No full textChapel Sermon by Quentin Wesselschmldt on Monday, November 10, 1986
Keetia namoyae O. Lachenaud & Q. Luke, spec. nova
No full textKeetia namoyae O. Lachenaud & Q. Luke, spec. nova (Fig. 1). Typus: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO . Prov. Maniema: Namoya, Mwendamboko Hill, 4°00’05”S 27°32’94”E, 12.IV.2008, fl. & fr., Bytebier & Luke 2796 (holo-: BR [BR000000524731]!; iso-: EA!). Foliis glabrescentibus et coriaceis venulis tertiariis inconspicuis K. tenuiflorae (Hiern) Bridson et K. mannii (Hiern) Bridson similis, sed ab ambabus speciebus conspicue differt ramis floriferis alternis (nec oppositis) cum indumento sparso et valde appresso, inflorescentiis paucifloris, floribus majoribus corollae tubo c. 4 mm longo (nec c. 2 mm) fructibusque majoribus c. 20 x 20 mm apice paullo emarginatis. Scandent shrub to 2 m high, with branches alternate and directed backwards, subtended by normal (not modified) leaves. Twigs rather sparsely covered with very stiffly appressed hairs, which persist for a long time on the woody, medium brown bark. Stipules c. 2 mm long, shortly triangular with apex laterally compressed, with same indumentum as twigs, very soon caducous. Leaves with petiole 4-7 mm long, stiffly appressedpubescent; blade elliptic, acute at base, acuminate at tip, 4-9 x 2.2-4 cm, very coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely appressedpubescent on midrib beneath, drying dull brownish-green with underside paler; lateral nerves 4-6, not strongly prominent; tertiary veins invisible or almost so; small tuft-domatia present in axils of lateral nerves along midrib. Inflorescences cymose, 10-15-flowered, c. 1.5 cm long including c. 0.5 cm long peduncle, shortly branched, sparsely pubescent. Bracts small, c. 1.5 mm, triangular and acute at apex, ciliate. Flowers (4-)5-merous; pedicels 2-5 mm, densely appressed-pubescent. Calyx split almost to the base into narrowly triangular teeth c. 0.75 mm long, shortly ciliate on the margin. Corolla cream; tube cylindrical, 4 x 1.5 mm, glabrous outside, hairy inside with a ring of long (c. 1 mm) abruptly deflexed hairs near the lower 1/4th, and short sparse hairs above reaching just under the throat; lobes 2 mm long, reflexed, glabrous. Flower buds cylindrical with a rounded head. Anthers almost completely exserted, erect, c. 1 x 0.5 mm. Disk shortly pubescent. Style glabrous, exceeding throat by 3 mm and ending in a hood-like stigma c. 0.7 mm long. Fruit slightly obovate, 20 x 20 mm, rounded at base, very shallowly emarginate at apex, glabrous; pedicel reaching c. 8 mm. Etymology. – The species is named after its only known locality. Distribution and ecology. – Keetia namoyae is only known from the type locality in Maniema Province, eastern D.R. Congo (Fig. 2). It was found only once in disturbed, open secondary rain forest, at an altitude of 977 m. The following species were recorded in the vicinity: Adenia tricostata De Wild., Aidia micrantha (K. Schum.) F. White, Aptandra zenkeri Engl., Argomuellera pierlotiana J. Léonard, Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem., Celosia globosa var. porphyrostachya C.C.Towns., Crassocephalum rubens (Jacq.) S. Moore, Cyperus distans L.f., Dichapetalum sp., Dichapetalum parvifolium Engl., Dioscorea sp., Monanthotaxis sp., Justicia tenella (Nees) T. Anderson, Lindackeria schweinfurthii Gilg, Macaranga sp. nov. (Bytebier & Luke 2805), Puelia ciliata Franch., Rhabdophyllum welwitschii Tiegh., Rutidea insculpta Bridson, Solanum welwitschii C.H. Wright, Spermacoce exilis (L.O. Williams) W. C. Burger & C. M. Taylor, Thecacoris lucida (Pax) Hutch. and Tricalysia pallens Hiern. Fig. 1. – Keetia namoyae O. Lachenaud & Q. Luke. A. Flowering twig; B. Fruiting twig; C. Node with stipules; D. Detail of a domatia; E. Flower bud; F. Open flower; G. Longitudinal section of flower; H. fruit. [Bytebier & Luke 2796, BR] [Drawing: Antonio Fernandez] Conservation status. – This plant is known from a single location sensu IUCN (2012); the extent of occurrence is therefore not calculable, and the area of occupancy is estimated as 4 km ². It was collected on a hill that was due to be mined for gold; a decline in the area of occupancy, habitat extent and quality, number of locations and number of individuals is therefore expected. No other individuals are known, although the area has several other hills and is at the edge of extensive primary forest. The species is therefore assessed to be “Critically Endangered” [CR B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+D1] of the IUCN (1991). Notes. – Keetia namoyae is a rather distinctive species due to its very large fruits, small coriaceous leaves with inconspicuous tertiary venation, and twigs with sparse and very stiffly appressed hairs. Due to the appressed-pubescent twigs and lack of conspicuous tertiary veins, K. namoyae most closely resembles K. tenuiflora (Hiern) Bridson and some forms of K. mannii (Hiern) Bridson (the latter usually has glabrous twigs, but occasional variants with pubescent twigs occur). However, these two species differ from K. namoyae in many characters, including: flowering twigs opposite, with indumentum not so stiffly appressed; flowers more numerous (at least 25 per inflorescence, often more) and distinctly smaller, with corolla tube c. 2 mm long only; fruits smaller, <12 mm long, frequently 1-seeded, or if 2-seeded then strongly bilobed. Keetia tenuiflora further differs from K. namoyae in having a pale buff-grey bark. Although BRIDSON (1991: 921) described the fruits of K. tenuiflora as “ 1.2-1.5 cm long, 2 cm wide”, this appears to be erroneous; the largest fruits we have seen in this species are 12 mm long and 17 mm wide. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Antonio Fernandez for his drawing of this new species. BB and QL would like to thank the management of Banro Congo Mining Sarl for their support during the survey and acknowledge the cheerful company of the local guides whilst in the field. They would also like to thank Caroline Henderson and SRK Consulting (SA), South Africa, for the opportunity to contribute to the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. Martin Callmander and Petra De Block are thanked for their comments on a first version of this paper. References Acknowledgements We are grateful to Antonio Fernandez for his drawing of this new species. BB and QL would like to thank the management of Banro Congo Mining Sarl for their support during the survey and acknowledge the cheerful company of the local guides whilst in the field. They would also like to thank Caroline Henderson and SRK Consulting (SA), South Africa, for the opportunity to contribute to the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. Martin Callmander and Petra De Block are thanked for their comments on a first version of this paper. ReferencesPublished as part of Olivier Lachenaud, Quentin Luke & Benny Bytebier, 2017, Keetia namoyae (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae), a new species from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, pp. 23-26 in Candollea 72 (1) on pages 24-26, DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a2, http://zenodo.org/record/88838
The author as actor: a defense of Quentin Skinner
No full textIn this thesis, I defend Quentin Skinner's work against some criticisms raised by three of his interlocutors: John Keane, Kennet Minogue, and Joseph Femia. All three of these critics take issue with Skinner's author-centered approach to the historical interpretation of texts. Femia, invoking Roland Barthes 'death of the author' thesis, argues that Skinner's attempt to recover the intentions of authors is impossible. While Minogue and Keane do not dispute the possibility of recovering an author's intentions, they question the unity of such an enterprise. In order to answer Femia's criticism of Skinner, I draw an analogy between Skinner's figure of the author, and Arendt's figure of the political actor. I argue that just as it is possible for someone to know what a political actor is doing in performing a political act, it is similarly possible for an intellectual historian to understand what political acts an author was doing in writing his or her text. To refute Minogue's and Keane's claims that a Skinnerian approach to intellectual history is of no use to the political theorist, I point to three examples of how Skinner's recovery of forgotten political discourses have been applied to contemporary debates in political theory.Graduat
Cladoceras rovumense I. Darbysh., J. E. Burrows & Q. Luke 2022, sp. nov.
No full textCladoceras rovumense I.Darbysh., J.E.Burrows & Q.Luke sp. nov. urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77302733-1 Figs 1–3 Tarenna sp. 53 sensu Degreef, Opera Botanica Belgica 14: 143 (Degreef 2006); Timberlake et al., Plant Ecology and Evolution 144: 131 (Timberlake et al. 2011); Burrows et al., Trees and Shrubs Mozambique (Burrows et al. 2018); Darbyshire et al., Plant Ecology and Evolution 153: 441 (Darbyshire et al. 2020). Diagnosis Cladoceras rovumense sp. nov. resembles C. subcapitatum in floral and fruit morphology, but differs most markedly in (a) being a free-standing tree or shrub, lacking modified spinose lateral branches (vs a scandent shrub with some lateral branches modified to form ± recurved spines to aid climbing in C. subcapitatum); (b) the leaves being obovate or obovate-elliptic, larger, up to 17.5 × 10.5 cm, with surfaces pubescent particularly on the veins beneath and midrib above, becoming scabridulous at maturity (vs leaves elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, smaller, up to 12 × 4.8 cm, glabrous); (c) the inflorescences being borne on leafless lateral branches (vs inflorescence-bearing branches with one or more pairs of leaves at least in flower, sometimes caducous at fruiting); (d) the inflorescence being dense, capitate and with 20+ flowers (vs less dense and usually with clear branching, 9–15-flowered); (e) the calyx lobes being rounded to broadly and convexly triangular, with an irregular, sometimes toothed margin (vs calyx lobes acute-triangular to -lanceolate); and (f) the style and stigma together measuring 17–19 mm long (vs 8–10 mm long in C. subcapitatum); see Table 1. Etymology The epithet denotes that this species is endemic to the proposed Rovuma CoE in coastal southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Type MOZAMBIQUE • Cabo Delgado Prov., Quiterajo, Pt. 463; 11.7676° S, 40.3743° E; alt. 115 m; 24 Nov. 2009; Q. Luke 13883; holotype: K [K000787442]; isotypes: EA, LMA, MO, P. Paratypes MOZAMBIQUE • Cabo Delgado Prov., Mueda Plateau; 11°20ʹ S, 39°26ʹ E; alt. 760 m; 14 Dec. 2003; [W.R.] Q. Luke, O. Kibure & E. Nacamo 10116; EA, K, LMA, MO, UPS • Cabo Delgado Prov., Namacubi Forest (the Banana), west of Quiterajo; 11°45ʹ55ʺ S, 40°23ʹ45ʺ E; alt. 90 m; 25 Nov. 2008; J.E. & S.M. Burrows 10748; BNRH, K, LMA. TANZANIA • Lindi Region, Rondo Plateau, Rondo Forest Reserve; 10°07ʹ S, 39°13ʹ E; alt. 750 m; 6 Feb. 1991; S. Bidgood, R. Abdallah & K. Vollesen 1357; K (2 sheets), NHT. Description Small, slender deciduous tree or shrub 1.5–7 m tall; young stems ± quadrangular, with papery maroonbrown bark that readily exfoliates in strips or patches, at first puberulous with ± patent hairs to 0.35 mm long but soon glabrescent. Stipules soon caducous, triangular, 3.7–7.5 mm long, with a thickened blackish-brown central portion and with paler, somewhat hyaline margins but these often infolded in dry material, glabrous externally, with long pale hairs internally. Leaves clustered towards ends of main and widely divergent lateral branches, ± immature at flowering, subsessile or on puberulent petiole to 7 mm long; blade of mature leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, 9–17.5 × 5.8–10.5 cm (l/w ratio 1.55–1.9: 1), base cuneate to somewhat attenuate or some leaves abruptly obtuse at base, apex shortly acuminate or (sub)attenuate, lateral veins 7–11 per side, these and the midrib prominent and often pale beneath, surfaces pubescent with hairs densest and longest on veins beneath and midrib above, conspicuous when young, becoming more sparsely hairy with maturity, the blade then scabridulous; minute pocketdomatia present in axils of lateral veins beneath but inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminating leafless lateral branches 11–28.5 cm long, flowers 20 or more, sessile, crowded in capitate corymbs with highly reduced and thickened branches; bracts subtending the main inflorescence branches maroon at least at apex, triangular with a slender apiculum, 3.2–4.5 × 3–4 mm, those subtending the flower clusters smaller, 1–2.5 mm long. Calyx tube (hypanthium) 1.9–2.7 mm long; calyx lobes pink- to maroon-tinged, rounded to broadly and convexly triangular, ± 1 mm long, with an irregular, sometimes toothed margin, glabrous or margins sparsely ciliate. Corolla white except for yellowish-green tube and central portion of lobes externally, glabrous externally; tube narrowly cylindrical, (30–)38–42 × 1.5–2 mm, pilose with long wispy hairs internally mainly in distal half; lobes oblong-elliptic, 5–9 × 3.7–4.2 mm. Stamens with anthers subsessile, held at corolla mouth, 2.6–3 mm long. Ovary bilocular, placentae affixed centrally on septum; style and stigma together 17–19 mm long, glabrous, stigma ± linear, included within corolla tube. Fruit pale green, globose-obovoid, 6–8 mm in diameter, endocarp thin, glabrous, calyx persistent, usually 6–8 seeds per fruit (as few as 2 seeds per fruit reported by Degreef 2006); seeds orange-brown, 4–5 mm in diameter, hemispheric with a slightly angular lower side and a deep circular hilar excavation ca 1.5 mm in diameter, testa smooth and glossy. Distribution and habitat Restricted to the proposed Rovuma CoE, known from the Rondo Plateau of Southeast Tanzania and the Mueda Plateau and Namacubi Forest (Quiterajo) in northeast Mozambique (Fig. 3). Occurs in deciduous and semi-evergreen coastal and lowland dry forest and thicket on sandy soils, including areas of secondary woodland/thicket, at 90–760 m altitude. At Quiterajo, it was recorded from Guibourtia schliebenii (Harms) J.Léonard dominated dry forest with species of Memecylon L., Warneckea Gilg and Strynchnos L. common in the understorey (J. E. & S.M. Burrows 10748). The type specimen from the same site was found growing in close proximity to a number of rare and globally threatened species, i.e., Xylopia tenuipetala D.M.Johnson & Goyder (Q. Luke 13884), Vismianthus punctatus Mildbr. (Q. Luke 13885), Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh. (Q. Luke 13886 A) and Warneckea cordiformis R.D.Stone (Q. Luke 13887). On the Rondo Plateau, it was noted from within forest of Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg, Dialium L., Albizia Durazz., and Pteleopsis Engl. (= Terminalia L. according to some authorities). Conservation status This species is known from three locations and has an extent of occurrence of 6601 km 2 and a calculated area of occupancy of 16 km 2. At Mueda Plateau, there has been an estimated loss of dense woodland and dry forest vegetation cover of over 96%, whilst in the Rio Messalo-Quiterajo area this figure is 71.2% (Timberlake et al. 2011). On the Rondo Plateau in Tanzania, 2755 ha of natural forest were cleared during the Rondo Forest Programme in 1952–1978 and replaced by commercial plantation of exotic tree species. Some clearance of natural forest for subsistence agriculture and for fuelwood collection is an ongoing threat at this site (Clarke 2001). However, a sizeable area of forest remains on the western slopes of the plateau, some of which has regenerated since the cessation of forestry. The gazetting of this site as a Nature Forest Reserve in 2016 may hopefully result in increased protection for the biodiversity there (Wabuyele et al. 2020). With only three locations and a continuing decline in the extent and quality of habitat at the majority of these sites, this species is provisionally assessed as Endangered – EN B 2ab(iii).Published as part of Darbyshire, Iain, Burrows, John E., Luke, Quentin & Langa, Clayton, 2022, Cladoceras rovumense sp. nov. (Gentianales-Rubiaceae), a new species from southeast Tanzania and northeast Mozambique, pp. 46-59 in European Journal of Taxonomy 833 on pages 50-54, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1883, http://zenodo.org/record/694988
Drawing Sacred Forests and Courtyards in South Benin
No full texthttps://drawingmatter.org/drawing-sacred-forests-and-courtyards-in-south-benin/The following conversation between the editors of Accattone and Quentin Nicolaï was first published in Accattone 6 (2019). It documents research carried out by Quentin Nicolaï in Abomey, Benin, between January 2014 and June 2018.Drawing Matter would like to thank the author and the magazine’s editors for allowing us reproduce the essay on www.drawingmatter.org.info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublishe
Features of auteur cinema in Quentin Tarantino's works
No full textMultimediju komunikācijaInformācijas un komunikācijas zinātnesMultimedia CommunicationInformation and Communication SciencesBakalaura darba tēmas nosaukums ir “Autorkino iezīmes Kventina Tarantīno daiļradē.”
Pētījumā izvirzītā hipotēze apgalvo, ka režisora Kventina Tarantīno (Quentin Tarantino) filmās ir
atrodamas autorkino iezīmes.
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir noskaidrot autorkino iezīmes Kventina Tarantīno sešās
ietekmīgākajās un skatītāju atzītākajās filmās, kuras tika atlasītas pēc Internacionālās filmu datu
bāzes. Darbā tiek apskatītas un analizētas sešas no Kventina Tarantīno filmām, kuras ir “Trakie
suņi” (Reservoir Dogs), “Lubene” (Pulp Fiction), “Nogalināt Bilu: 1. daļa” (Kill Bill: Vol. 1) un
“Nogalināt Bilu: 2. daļa” (Kill Bill: Vol. 2), kas pēc paša režisora uzskatiem ir, viena vesela, filma
sadalīta divās daļās, kā arī filmas “Bēdīgi slavenie mērgļi” (Inglorious Bastards), “Atsvabinātais
Džango” (Django Unchained) un “Reiz Holivdā” (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood).
Darba mērķa izpildei teorētiskajā daļā tika aplūkots autorkino jēdziens, Holivudas
klasiskais kino stils, kino valoda, kā arī Kventina Tarantīno biogrāfija, lai palīdzētu izprast un
analizēt atlasītās filmas. Par pētījuma metodi tika izvēlēta kvalitatīvā kontentanalīze.The title of the bachelor's thesis is "Features of auteur cinema in Quentin Tarantino's
works" The study’s hypothesis states that directors Quentin's Tarantino's films have the features
of an author.
The purpose of the bachelor's thesis is to find out the influence of author cinema on Quentin
Tarantino's six most influential and audience-recognized films selected from the International Film
Database. Work is discussed and analyzed in six of Quentin Tarantino films, which are “Reservoir
Dogs”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2”, which the director says is a whole
movie divided into two parts, as well as “Inglorious Bastards”, “Django Unchained” and “Once
Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”.
The theoretical part of the paper explored the concept of author cinema, Hollywood classic
cinema, film language, and the biography of Quentin Tarantino to help understand and analyze
selected films. Qualitative content analysis was chosen as the research method
Saint-Quentin et sa région
No full textThe author insists on the seriousness of the trade depression in Saint-Quentin last years (ten per cent workmen out of work, unemployed period above eleven months.). Metallurgy is the principal industry and «Motobécane» the first firm, making the famous «Mobylette» since 1951. Therefore, the difficulties of «Motobécane», of the engineering industry, have effects on the social situation. The town is, from now on, the starting point of an urban emigration. Old fortress on the right bank, protecting the crossing of the river Somme, Saint-Quentin has been destroyed during the first World War and rebuilt without large transformation. The town keeps an heptagonal shape with cross-roads on the both sides of the valley, canal and railway. The attraction area is, to-day, smaller than the Vermandois, very industrialized and populated region. For the future, Saint-Quentin shall have to expect : the «A-26 » motorway, the négociation of an employment agreement («Contrat de Bassin d'Emploi») and, later, the construction of the large-gauge canal «Seine-Nord» from Compiègne to Valenciennes.L'auteur insiste sur la gravité de la crise de remploi à Saint-Quentin aujourd 'hui (taux de chômage supérieur à 1 0%, durée moyenne de chômage supérieure à 11 mois). L'industrie est dominée par la métallurgie et celle-ci par la firme «MOTOBECANE» qui fabrique depuis 1951 les fameuses «mobylettes». Aussi les difficultés de Motobécane ou de l'industrie de la manutention rejaillissent-elles immédiatement sur la situation sociale. La ville est désormais le point de départ d'un véritable exode urbain. Ancienne place forte gardant, sur la rive droite , le passage de la Somme, presque complètement détruit en 1918, mais reconstruit largement à l'identique, St-Quentin a hérité d'une double structure heptagonale et en «patte d'oie» de part et d'autre de la coupure majeure de la vallée de la Somme (canal et voie ferrée). Son aire d'attraction s'est réduite par rapport à la région qui l'entoure, le Vermandois, relativement peuplé et industrialisé lui-même. Pour l'avenir, St-Quentin doit compter surtout, sur l'arrivée de l'autoroute A 26 et sur les efforts qui s'inscriront dans un «Contrat de Bassin d'Emploi», et, à long terme sur la liaison fluviale à grand gabarit «Seine-Nord» utilisant le tracé du canal de St-Quentin.Oudart Paul. Saint-Quentin et sa région. In: Hommes et Terres du Nord, 1981/2. Spécial Picardie. pp. 43-56
A Hundred Years of Photo Wallets:Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration's Book of the Month
Get PDFAn interview with Annebella Pollen, author of More Than a Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo Wallets, which was selected as the May 2023 Book of the Month by the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
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