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
25. Median and lateral glands present. Filaments without an appendage.
Stigma 2-lobed. Fruit winged, 4-celled, indehiscent. Seeds 4; funicle
very short. Embryo spirally twisted; radicle incumbent. Plants covered
with glandular tubercles. Leaves toothed.--Species 1. North Africa.
Used medicinally. =Bunias= L.
Median glands absent. Filaments usually appendaged. Stigma obscurely
lobed. Fruit dehiscing in two valves. Embryo not spiral; radicle
accumbent. Plants without glandular tubercles.--Species 13. North
and South Africa. Some are used in medicine or as ornamental plants.
(Including _Meniocus_ Desv.) =Alyssum= L.
26. Fruit-valves with a large, wing-like appendage near the top,
projecting inwards between the seeds. Style long. Seeds 4. Leaves
toothed.--Species 1. North Africa. “Rose of Jericho.” =Anastatica= L.
Fruit-valves without an appendage. 27
27. Fruit-valves boat-shaped, laterally compressed; partition narrow.
Stigma sessile. Seeds 4.--Species 2. North Africa. (Including
_Hinterhubera_ Reichb. and _Hornungia_ Reichb.) =Hutchinsia= R. Br.
Fruit-valves flat or convex, dorsally or not compressed; partition
broad. 28
28. Fruit-valves strongly convex; partition thick, woody. Fruit
elliptical, tapering into the style. Seeds 2. Median glands wanting.
Flowers short-stalked.--Species 1. North-west Africa (Algeria).
=Euclidium= R. Br.
Fruit-valves flat or slightly convex; partition thin, membranous. 29
29. Median glands wanting. Partition of the fruit without fibres. Fruit
orbicular. Spinous undershrubs.--Species 1. North-west Africa. (Under
_Alyssum_ L.). =Ptilotrichum= C. A. Mey.
Median and lateral glands present. Partition of the fruit with
scattered fibres.--Species 6. North and South Africa, Cape Verde
Islands, and St. Helena. Some are used as ornamental or medicinal
plants. (_Koniga_ Adans., under _Alyssum_ L.) =Lobularia= Desv.
30. Petals yellow. 31
Petals white or red. 34
31. Sepals, at least the lateral, saccate at the base. Shorter
filaments with a tooth-like appendage. Fruit elliptical, flat. Seeds
numerous, winged.--Species 1. North-east Africa (Egypt). (Under
_Farsetia_ Desv.) =Fibigia= Medik.
Sepals not saccate. 32
32. Filaments, at least some of them, with an appendage, more rarely
without, but then, as usually, seeds 2-8. Fruit-valves marked with a
mid-rib at the base. (See 25.) =Alyssum= L.
Filaments without an appendage. Seeds 10 or more. Fruit-valves with the
mid-rib extending to the top. 33
33. Fruit ovate or elliptical, with rather flat valves and a faint
middle-nerve. Radicle accumbent.--Species 5. North-west Africa. Some
are used as ornamental or medicinal plants. (Including _Erophila_ DC.)
=Draba= L.
Fruit obovate or pear-shaped, with very convex valves and a strong
middle-nerve. Radicle incumbent. Leaves sagittate.--Species 3. North
Africa. They yield oil and medicaments. =Camelina= Crantz
34. Petals red. Stigma 2-cleft. Seeds winged. Hairs 2-cleft. (See 13.).
=Farsetia= Turr.
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