110 DR. OTTO STAPF ON 
Caulis scandens, glaber. Folia glabra; petiolus 3-1 poll. 
longus; lamina 33-44 poll. longa, 2-24 poll.lata, oblonga vel 
elliptico-oblonga, acuta vel acuminata, basi cordata vel emarginata, 
lobis vel auriculis ad 1 poll. longis. Pedunculi ad flexuras 
racemum brevem sessilem gerentes, glabri. Pedicelli 4-5 lin. 
longi, glabri. Sepala 1 lin. longa, ovata, glabra. Corolle lobi 
2 lin. longi, 1 lin. lati, oblique elliptico-oblongi, apice rotundati. 
Coronc tuberculi subglobosi, fusci. Columna staminum basi non 
dilatata. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
Lankesteria brevior, C. B. Clarke (sp. nov.); L. eleganti, 
T. Anders., affinis, sed corolle tubo multo breviore distincta.— 
L. elegans, C. B. Clarke, in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 70, pro 
parte. 
Rami imo in parte superiore lignescentes. Folia anguste 
obovata (in L. eleganti elliptica, apice magis acuminata). Strobili 
bractee iis L. elegantis similes, sed plus minus pubescentes, in 
margine ciliato-villose. Calyæ į poll. longus, aut parum longior. 
Corolla alba, in centro lutescens (teste W. H. Johnson); tubus 
3 poll. longus vel brevior (in Z. eleganti 1 poll. longus vel ultra), 
limbi lobi quam Z. elegantis minores. Anthere e coroll tubo 
brevissime exserte. Capsula 2 lin. longa stipite cylindrico, 
apice rotundata, complanata, copiose hygroscopice hirsuta. 
Near Monrovia, Whyte. Also in the following localities :— 
Gold Coast, Akim, W. H. Johnston, 257, 261, and without 
precise locality, Burton and Cameron. Ashanti Country, near 
Kumassi, Cummins, 50, 199. Cameroons, in primeval forest, 
Staudt, 538 (issued as L. Barteri, Hook. f.). 
AFRODAPHNE, Stapf (gen. nov. Lauracearum). 
Affinis inter | Lauraceas gerontogeas Beilschmiedia, Nees, 
differt receptaculo cupulari vel turbinato distineto, filamentis pro 
ratione brevioribus vel subnullis, ovario in receptaculo sub- 
immerso, panieulis laxioribus, sepe amplis; inter neogeas 
accedit ad Hufelandiam, Nees, et Aioueam, Aubl., sed a priore 
receptaculo, ab altera perianthio magis herbaceo, receptaculo 
haud carnoso-incrassato nee persistente recedit. 
Flores hermaphroditi. | Perianthium herbaceum, post authesin 
totum deciduum ; receptaculum eupulare vel turbinatum ; 
segmenta 6, wqualia, parva. Stamina ordinis primi et secundi 
