17C cxvi. LAURiNEJE (stapf). [Tylostemon. 



latter J lin. long ; bracts boat-shaped, subacute, 2 lin. long. Perianth 

 (not quite open) globose-turbinate,up to J lin. long, very finely puberulous 

 without ; receptacle not quite half the length of the perianth ; segments 

 rotundate. Introrse stamens with very short filaments, almost as broad 

 as the anthers, bearded laterally below the anthers ; extrorse stamens 

 with very sparingly and minutely hairy filaments, with a large gland on 

 each side of the base ; staminodes subcordate-lanceolate. Ovary glab- 

 rous, gradually passing into a style of equal length. — Beilschmiedia 

 Ji'uticosa, Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 386, t. ix. fig. B. Afvodaphne fruticoaa, 

 Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 111. 



Upper Guinea. Caineroons : Lolodorf, in tbe underwood of the primaeval 

 forest, 150-1600 ft., Siaudt, 403 ! Bipinde, Morisei waterfall, at 250-350 ft., Zenker, 

 1063! 



Engler distinguishes Zenker 1063 as a variety tetramera, characterised by 

 tetramerous flowers. The flowers of Zenker 1063 which I examined were all 

 triraerous. As the number of parts varies also in other species from 3 to 4, even in 

 the same inflorescence, I liave neglected Engler's distinction. 



3. T. Preussiiy Stapf. A shrub with glabrous green branchlets. 

 Leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate (acumen up to 10 lin. long), acute at 

 the base, up to 10 in. by not quite 3 in., thin ; lateral nerves 7-8 on 

 each side, ascending ; petiole terete, deeply channelled, about 5 lin. long. 

 Panicles as long as the leaves, very shortly rusty-pubescent, lax, with 

 long slender branches ; pedicels as long as the flowers or slightly longer. 

 Perianth j lin. in diam., wide- turbinate, hairy within and without ; 

 segments ovate, under ^ lin. long, with long hairs at the base of the 

 filaments. Extrorse stamens with a suborbicular 2-lobed gland on each 

 side of the base ; staminodes reduced to ovate glands. Ovary long- 

 hairy, passing into a short conoid style. — Beilschmiedia Preicssii, Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxvi. 387, t. ix. fig. C. Afrodaphne Preussii, Stapf in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 111. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : in open forest between Victoria and Bimbia, 

 Preuss, 1272. 



4. T. minatifloniSy Stapf. Branches glabrous, drying greenish 

 brown ; leaf -buds finely acuminate, fulvous- velvety. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminate (acumen linear, to over j in. long), shortly acute or rounded 

 at the base, (> to almost 12 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 drying greenish brown, concolourous ; midrib slightly convex (rarely 

 flat) above, moderately raised below ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, 

 very obliquely ascending, distinctly looping (at least towards the tips), 

 with an additional submarginal nerve, like the loose reticulation raised 

 on both sides; petioles 3-5 lin. long, stout, channelled above. Panicles 

 terminal and axillary, up to more than C in. long and wide, very finely 

 pubescent all over, with the exception of the flowers ; peduncle short or 

 up to 2 in. long, slender; lower branches obliquely spreading, up to 

 4 in. long, undivided almost to the middle, then much divided and 

 inany-flowered ; bracts ovate, cymbiform, up to 3 lin. long, tomentose 

 dorsally, deciduous ; pedicels J-1 lin. long during flowering, at length 



