The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerogramsThonner, Franz
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The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerograms
Thonner, Franz
Angiosperms -- Africa; Plants -- Africa
14. (1.) Ovule erect, straight. Trees. Leaves folded in the bud.
Stipules leaving an annular scar. [Subfamily =CONOCEPHALOIDEAE=.] 15
Ovule pendulous, curved or inverted. Woody plants with the leaves
rolled inwards in the bud, or herbaceous plants. 16
15. Leaves divided into 11-15 segments. Male flowers in false heads
arranged in cymes; perianth with a distinct tube. Stamen 1. Female
flowers upon a flattened, ovate receptacle. Style long.--Species 1
(_M. Smithii_ R. Br.). West Africa to the Upper Nile. Yields timber
(cork-wood) and edible fruits. The aerial roots contain much water.
=Musanga= R. Br.
Leaves undivided, 3-lobed, or 5-7-parted. Male flowers in false spikes
or heads arranged in cymes; perianth divided quite or nearly to the
base. Stamens 2-4. Female flowers in globose or subglobose false heads.
Style short.--Species 8. Central Africa. Some species yield timber or
edible fruits. =Myrianthus= Beauv.
16. Flowers in cymes arranged in spikes or panicles. Fruit dry.
Herbs. Leaves palmately lobed or dissected. Stipules free. [Subfamily
=CANNABOIDEAE=.] 17
Flowers upon a globe-, club-, disc-, or cup-shaped receptacle. Herbs
with undivided, lanceolate, penninerved leaves, or more frequently
shrubs or trees. Leaves undivided or lobed, coiled in the bud.
Stipules usually united and leaving a stem-clasping scar. [Subfamily
=ARTOCARPOIDEAE=.] 18
17. Stem twining. Leaves opposite, lobed or the upper ones undivided.
Female flowers in catkins. Embryo spirally twisted, with narrow
cotyledons.--Species 1 (_H. Lupulus_ L., hop). Cultivated in the
extratropical regions. It is used for making beer, as a vegetable and a
fibre-plant, and in medicine. =Humulus= L.
Stem erect. Leaves opposite below, alternate above, dissected. Female
flowers in panicles. Embryo curved, with broad cotyledons.--Species 1
(_C. sativa_ L., hemp). Cultivated in various regions. It yields fibre,
oil, and an intoxicating drug (hashish). =Cannabis= Tourn.
18. Flowers enclosed within a pouch-shaped, usually bisexual receptacle
provided at the top with a small opening surrounded by bracts. Embryo
curved. Shrubs or trees.--Species 160. Some of them yield timber,
bast-fibres, bark for clothing, india-rubber, shellac, vegetables,
medicaments, and edible fruits (especially the figs, from _F. carica_
L.) which are also used for making brandy and a substitute for coffee.
Some species are poisonous or serve as ornamental plants. [Tribe
FICEAE.] =Ficus= L.
Flowers collected on a globe-, club-, disc-, or cup-shaped receptacle.
19
19. Receptacles more or less cup-shaped, containing many male flowers
and a single central female one. Stamen 1. Embryo straight. [Tribe
BROSIMEAE.] 20
Receptacles of two kinds, some containing only male flowers, the others
only female or many female intermixed with several male. Shrubs or
trees. 22
20. Perianth distinctly developed. Ovary free. Herbs or
undershrubs.--Species 3. Equatorial West Africa. (Including
_Cyatanthus_ Engl.) =Scyphosyce= Baill.
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