Tylostemon. | CXVI, LAURINE (STAPF). 183 
filaments, loosely hairy on the back, the sides and the middle line on 
the front; staminodes of the third whorl subcylindric, hairy on the 
outer side, with a roundish gland on each side, of the fourth order 
short, oblong, hairy. Ovary glabrous.—Beilschmiedia Zenkeri, Engl. 
Jahrb. xxvi. 388. A/frodaphne Zenkeri, Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xxxvii. 111. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 6988! forming underwood in 
primeval forest, Yaunde, Staudt, 109. 
17, T’. gaboonensis, Stapf. A shrub. Branches glabrous, drying 
brown or blackish ; leaf-buds acuminate, finely greyish or fulvo-pubescent. 
Leaves oblong, acute or obscurely acuminate, subobtuse or acute at the 
base, 5-9 in. long, 14-4 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, drying brown ; 
midrib flat above and } to almost 1 lin. wide near the base, raised below ; 
lateral nerves ubout 9 on each side, obliquely ascending, indistinctly 
looping, like the loose reticulation raised on both sides; petiole 4-? in. 
long, stout, slightly grooved above. Panicles terminal or subterminal 
from the axils of the uppermost leaves, 1-2} in. long, all over very 
finely greyish or fulvous-pubescent, many-flowered ; peduncles from 
a few lines to over 1 in. long; bracts ovate, fulvo-tomentellous, up to 
2 lin. long, caducous; branchlets and pedicels filiform, the later } to 
almost 1 lin. long. Perianth turbinate, up to 1 lin. long, finely fulvous- 
pubescent ; receptacle 2 the length of the perianth; segments broad- 
ovate, obtuse. Stamens with very broad and short obovate, more or 
less villous filaments; outer staminodes oblong to cylindric, villous with 
a pair of comparatively small glands at the base, inner ovoid to oblong, 
minutely villous with the exception of the tips. Ovary glabrous, 
gradually tapering into the short style—Oreodaphne gaboonensis, Meisn. 
in DC, Prodr. xv. i.130. Beilschmiedia sp., Hook. f.in Benth. et Hook. 
f. Gen. Pl. iii. 158. <Afrodaphne gaboonensis, Stapf in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxxvii. 112. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar, Mann, 2255 (partly)! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 979! 
The panicles of the Old Calabar plant are much laxer than those from the 
Gaboon River; but the flowers (very young in both specimens) dissect alike, and the 
foliage seems to be indistinguishable. 
18. T. obscurus, Stapf. Branchlets drying blackish. Leaf-buds 
lanceolate-ovoid, acuminate, fulvous-velvety, somewhat silky. Leaves 
oblong to obovate- or elliptic-oblong, obtuse to obtusely subacuminate, 
acute or subacute at the base, 3-5 in. long and 13-2} in. wide, 
coriaceous, glabrous, drying dull and dark greenish-brown; lateral 
nerves 7~11 on each side, looping, with a frequently indistinct additional 
marginal nerve, equally prominent on both sides; midrib narrow and 
flat above, convex and very prominent below, reticulation loose and 
raised on both sides; petioles rather stout, 3-5 lin. long. Panicles 
axillary, rather remote from the branch-tips or subterminal and terminal 
