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TaBuLa 2938. 
HYPODAPHNIS ZENKERI, Stapf. 
Lauracear. Tribus PERSEEAE. 
Hypodaphnis, Stapf in Dyer, se wae =i _ vi. sect. 1, p. 185 
(anglice). Genus novum WNecta ne, sed filamentis 
distinctis, antherarum locellis longa panies exterioribus plane 
lateralibus et ovario infero differt 
H. Zenkeri, Stapf, loc. seStoiiteny, Species unica. 
rutex vel arbor, ad 9 m. alta, ramis dense foliatis, novellis dense et 
ovato- 
venae transversae tenuissimae, parallelae, supra prominulae ; petiolus 
teres, leviter canaliculatus, 18-3 em. longus. Panicula eee 
5 
cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, mu a tenuiter ferru inco-pabescens ; 
4 : 
exteriora oblonga, 4 mm. longa, interiora ovato-oblonga, omnia su 
anthesi patentia. Stamina floris ¢ 2 mm. longa ; filamenta ad latera 
tenuiter praia pubescentia, antheris sublongiora. Stylus 15-2 mm. 
longus ovarii vertice fulvo-pubescens. —Ocotea Zenkeri, Engl. 
in Engl. Talc vol. xxvi. p. 385, tab. 9, fig. a 
- West Arrica: Cameroons; in primeval ore Bipinde, Zenker, 
851, 3033, 3033a, Kiango, Zenker, 1630, Johann-Albrechtshéhe, 
Staudt, 961. 
The = eenaraan position at the locelli of the anthers and the inferior posi- 
tion of the ov. Engler’s figures, cited above. T ® 
are coasackens each of which is sufficient re exclude Ocotea.—O. Strap 
diagram of flower; 2, male flower in longitudinal section ; 3, stamen of 
Fig. 1, 
second oh 7 two stamens of third whorl, with gland between thean ; ; 4, stamen 
5, cluster of female flowers ; 6, female flower in longitudinal section. 
of first whor 
Al enlarged cece 5, which ts of natural size. 
