Tylostemon.] cxvi. laurinke (staff). 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. Afrodayhne Zenkeri^ Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxxvii. 111. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 698b ! forming underwood in 

 primeval forest, Yaunde, Staudt, 109. 



17. T. gaboonensis, aS'^/)/. A shrub. Branches glabrous, drying 

 brown or blackish ; leaf -buds acuminate, finely greyish or f ulvo-pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong, acute or obscurely acuminate, subobtuse or acute at the 

 base, 5-9 in. long, lJ-4 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, drying brown; 

 midrib flat above and J to almost 1 lin. wide near the base, raised belov/- ; 

 lateral nerves about 9 on each side, obliquely ascending, indistinctly 

 looping, like the loose reticulation raised on both sides ; petiole J-| in. 

 long, stout, slightly grooved above. Panicles terminal or subterminal 

 from the axils of the uppermost leaves, 1-2 J 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 J to 

 almost 1 lin. long. Perianth turbinate, up to 1 lin. long, finely fulvous- 

 pubescent ; receptacle f 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 gahoonensis, Meisn. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. i. 130. Beilschmiedia sp., Hook, f, in Benth. et Hook, 

 f. Gen. PI. iii. 158. Afrodaphne gaboonensis, Stapf in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxxvii. 112. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Old Calabar, Mann, 2255 (partly) ! 



laower Guinea. Gaboon Eiver, 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. obscuruSy 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 1J-2J 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 



