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qualia, fertilia, basi eglandulosa, magis minusve papilloso- 
pilosula ; filamenta lata, brevia vel subnulla; anthere late 
ovate vel subquadrate, introrsum 2-locellate; stamina tertii 
ordinis vel fertilia filamento distincto subeylindrieo pilosulo, 
antheris extrorsum 2-locellatis, vel at filamenta conica brevia 
dense papillosa circa ovarium in conum conniventia reducta, 
semper basi utrinque glandula carnosa crassa instructa; stamina 
quarti ordinis semper sterilia, vel ad fila pilosula vel ad glandulam 
cordatam carnosam reducta. Ovarium sessile in receptaeuli 
basin subimmersum, anguste ovoideum, sensim in stylum longi- 
useulum gracilem attenuata. Drupa pedicello haud inerassato 
insidens, basi nuda, oblonga. Semen cotyledonibus magnis 
plano-convexis coreulum parvum ineludentibus. 
Arbores vel frutices, gemmis nudis sericeo-velutinis. Folia 
alterna, rarius nonnulla subopposita, coriacea glabra, pennivenia. 
Flores parvi vel minimi in panieulas multifloras laxiuseulas 
axillares parce vel vix bracteatas dispositi, pedicellis brevibus 
vel longiuseulis. 
Species circiter 15, omnes Africæ occidentalis. 
Although very homogeneous in general appearance, the genus 
consists of two clearly distinct sets which may be treated as 
sections, the difference being chiefly in the presence of 9 or of 6 
fertile stamens. Where the third series of stamens is reduced 
to staminodes, the latter connive more or less into a cone 
surrounding the ovary. I propose for these sections the names 
Ennearrhena and Hexarrhena respectively, the names explaining 
themselves. 
To the section Ennearrhena I refer the following species :— 
l. A. ErATA, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia elata, Scott Elliot). 
2. A. FRUTICOSA, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia fruticosa, Eagl.). 
3. A. GRANDIFOLIA, Stapf (= Cryptocarya ? grandifolia, Zngl.). 
4. A. Manni, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia Mannii, Hook. f.= Oreo- 
daphne Mannii, Meissn.). 
5. A. MINUTIFLORA, Stapf ( = Beilschmiedia minutiflora, Hook. f. 
= Oreodaphne minutiflora, Meissn.). 
6. A. NITIDA, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia nitida, Engl.). 
7. A. Preussin, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia Preussii, Hng/.). 
8. A. SESSILTFOLIA, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia sessilifolia, Engl.). 
9. A. Srauprir, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia Staudtii, Engl.) 
10. A. ZENKERI, Stapf (= Beilschmiedia Zenkeri, /ng/.), 
