19. Style long. Ovules 2. Peduncles thick and hooked. Climbing shrubs. (See 9.) =Artabotrys= R. Br. Style short or wanting. 20 20. Ovules 1-2 to each carpel, rarely 3-8, and then fruits constricted between the seeds, and young branches, leaves and flowers glabrous or clothed with simple hairs. Carpels usually numerous. 21 Ovules 10-30 to each carpel, rarely 8, but then fruits not constricted between the seeds, and young branches, leaves and flowers clothed with stellate hairs. Carpels usually few. 22 21. Fruit-carpels with a single seed appressed to the pericarp, or with 2-8 seeds, and then constricted between them. Style present. Flowers hermaphrodite.--Species 9. Tropics. =Unona= L. f. Fruit-carpels with a single seed not appressed to the pericarp, or with 2 seeds without a distinct constriction between them. Ovules 1-2.--Species 8. Tropics. Several species yield timber. =Polyalthia= Blume 22. Sepals small. Plants covered with stellate hairs.--Species 2. Central Africa. (Under _Unona_ L. f.) =Meiocarpidium= Engl. & Diels Sepals large. Plants covered with simple hairs or glabrous.--Species 3. Central Africa. =Uvariastrum= Engl. 23. (11.) Ovules 1-2 in each carpel. 24 Ovules numerous in each carpel. 26 24. Carpels united as to the ovary and sunk in the receptacle, numerous, one-seeded. Flowers unisexual, with two large bracteoles enclosing the bud. Sepals 3, small.--Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. (Under _Anona_ L.) =Anonidium= Engl. & Diels Carpels free. Flowers hermaphrodite. 25 25. Sepals large, leathery, cohering in the bud. Outer petals ovate, scarcely larger than the inner. Receptacle rather flat. Carpels 6-9, one-ovuled; styles linear. Shrubs.--Species 1. Southern East Africa. (Under _Unona_ L. f.) =Cleistochlamys= Oliv. Sepals small, membranous. Outer petals oblong, larger than the inner. Receptacle convex. Carpels usually 2-ovuled; stigmas usually sessile.--Species 9. West Africa. (Under _Oxymitra_ Benth.) =Cleistopholis= Pierre 26. Carpels united, at least in fruit, numerous. Petals much overlapping in the bud. Flowers on dwarf shoots, with a thick stalk and two large bracteoles enclosing the bud. Plants covered with stellate hairs.--Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. =Pachypodanthium= Engl. & Diels Carpels free. 27 27. Stigmas lanceolate; margin not rolled inwards, or at the base only. Carpels about 10. Sepals triangular. Petals lanceolate, united at the base, greatly exceeding the calyx.--Species 1. East Africa. (_Asteranthopsis_ O. Ktze., under _Uvaria_ L.) =Asteranthe= Engl. & Diels Stigmas truncate; margin rolled inwards all round. Petals usually free.--Species 55. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species yield edible fruits, dyes, or medicaments. =Uvaria= L. FAMILY 82. MYRISTICACEAE.