Tylostemon.'] cxvi. laurine.e (staff). 177 



up to Ih lin. long, filiform. Perianth hemispheric, up to 1 lin. long, 

 glabrous except the ciliolate margins ; receptacle about | the length 

 of the perianth, rather thick-walled, glabrous within ; segments rotun- 

 date. Introrse stamens with very short obovate-quadrate filaments, 

 .slightly hairy on the back and bearded laterally at the base of the 

 anthers, extrorse narrower, glabrous except for a tuft of hairs on the 

 front of the filament, with a large roundish gland at each side of the 

 base ; staminodes ovate- lanceolate, villous on the back. Ovary glabrous. 

 Young fruits oblong, apiculate. — Oreodaphne 1 minutijlora, Meisn. in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. i. 130. Afrodaphne minutijlora, Stapf in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxxvii. 111. Beilschmiedia, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 158. 



IiO\irer Guinea. Gaboon Kiver, Mann 1 



5. T. grandifolius, Stapf. Branches stout, drying dull brown ; 

 leaf -buds rather large, acuminate, very finely velvety. Leaves oblanceo- 

 late-oblong, very shortly and acutely acuminate, gradually attenuated 

 at the base, G-10 in. long, o-3J in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib 

 acutely and shallowly channelled above, very prominent below ; lateral 

 nerves 6-7 on each side, very oblique, running out along the margin, 

 slightly sunk above, prominent below, reticulation very loose, raised on 

 both sides, particularly below ; petiole very stout, rugose, slightly 

 channelled above. Panicles subterminal, very many-flowered, up to 

 5 in. by 3 in., very minutely fulvous-tomentellous all over; peduncle 

 short, like the rhachis more or less compressed ; lower branches 2 in. 

 long, sometimes spreading, undivided up to |-1 in. ; ultimate branch- 

 lets and pedicels short, the latter rarely over 1 lin. long; bracts boat- 

 shaped, apiculate, up to 3 lin. long, deciduous. Perianth campanulate, 

 up to over IJ lin. long, very finely downy without; receptacle J to § 

 the length of the perianth, thick-walled ; segments ovate, the inner 

 broader, almost rotundate. Introrse stamens with papillose filaments 

 about as long as the short anthers, slightly narrower towards the base ; 

 extrorse stamens with densely tomentellous sublinear filaments and a 

 large gland at each side of the base ; staminodes subcordate-triangular, 

 pubescent on the outer side. Ovary gradually tapering into a style of 

 equal length. — Afrodaphne grandifolia, Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxxvii. 111. Cryptocarya'i grandifolia^ Engl, ex Stapf, I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Camevoons : Bipinde, Zenker, 2250 ! 2250a ! 



6. T. Staudtii, Stapf. A shrub. Branchlets very minutely rusty- 

 pubescent when quite young. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or shortly acuminate, acute at the base, 6-9 in. long, 2^3 in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, drying dull greenish-brown; midrib flat 

 above, moderately raised below ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, 

 ascending, running into a submarginal nerve, like the loose reticulation 

 more raised below than above ; petiole about 4 lin. long. Panicle 

 many-flowered, up to 3 in. long, not much over 1 in. wide, rathei 

 contracted, sparingly and very finely pubescent ; peduncle short ; lower 

 branches about 1 in. long, divided from low down ; bracts fulvous- 



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