112 DR. OTTO STAPF ON 
To the section Hexarrhena belong :— 
11. AFRODAPHNE CALABARTCA, Stapf (Mann, 2255, in part). 
12. A. CAUDATA, Stapf (sce below). 
13. A. EURYNEURA, Stapf (see below). 
14. A. aABOONENSIS, Stapf(=Beilschmiediagaboonensis, Hook.f. 
=Oreodaphne gaboonensis, Meissn.). 
15. A. OBSCURA, Stapf ( — Beilsehmiedia obscura, Engl.). 
Afrodaphne caudata, S/apf (sp. nov.); inter species sectionis 
Hexarrhene foribus majuseulis, staminibus quarti ordinis ad 
filamenta pilosa eglandulosa distincta. 
Folia oblonga, caudato-acuminata acumine acuto ultrapollicari, 
basi obtusa, 9 poll. (vel ultra) longa, ad 34 poll. lata, coriacea, 
glaberrima, lucidula, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 
areuato-connectis, nervo collectivo submarginali altero addito, 
utrinque pulehre laxe retieulata; petioli erassi, 3 lin. longi. 
Panicule laxe, ad 8 poll. longs, superne fulvo-puberule ; 
pedunculi ad 3 poll. longi; braetes pauce, decidusm, ovate, 
concave, ad 2 lin. longæ, dorso fulvo-tomentelle ; pedicelli 1-2 
lin. longi. Perianthium turbinatum, 13 lin. longum, extus 
fulvo-tomentellum ; receptaculum j lin. altum, basi haud con- 
strictum : lobi ovati, subacuti. Stamina primi et secundi ordinis 
filamentis brevissimis ad loborum bases insertis, antheris apicu- 
latis apice papillosis; tertii ordinis ad staminodia anguste conica 
dense papillosa reducta, glandulis majusculis; quarti ordinis 
ad filamenta pilosula basi eglandulosa reducta. Pistillum e flore 
haud exsertum. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
A. euryneura, Stapf (sp. nov.), affinis A. gaboonensi, Stapf, 
differt foliia majoribus basi rotundatis nervis lateralibus dis- 
tantibus, panieulis majoribus. 
Folia oblonga, breviter tenuiterque acuminata vel fere aristu- 
lata, basi rotundata, ad 8 poll. vel ultra longa, ad 34 poll. lata, 
coriacea, glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 arcuato- 
connectis subtus valde prominentibus, nervo collectivo sub- 
marginali altero addito (haud semper conspicuo), venarum re- 
tieulatione laxa utrinque prominula; petioli ad 6 lin. longi, 
crassi. JPanieule 4-8 poll. longs, laxæ, superne fulvo-cinereo- 
puberule; pedunculi 1-8 poll. longi; bractew paucæ, ovate, 
acute, concave, ad 2 lin. longe, dorso fulvo- vel cinereo-tomen- 
