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
Petals white. Stigma entire or notched. Seeds not winged. 35
35. Valves of the fruit flat or slightly convex, with a faint
middle-nerve; partition broad. Radicle accumbent. Leaves undivided.
(See 33.) =Draba= L.
Valves of the fruit boat-shaped; partition narrow. Radicle incumbent.
36
36. Fruit broadened or notched at the apex.--Species 1. North Africa
and northern East Africa, also naturalized in South Africa and the
islands of St. Helena and St. Thomas. Used medicinally. “Shepherds
purse.” =Capsella= DC.
Fruit rounded or pointed at the apex. (See 27.). =Hutchinsia= R. Br.
37. (1.) Stigma equally developed all round. Style-apex entire, rarely
notched at right angles to the placentas. Cotyledons usually folded or
twisted. [Tribe THELYPODIEAE.] 38
Stigma more developed above the placentas than between them. Style-apex
entire or 2-lobed. [Tribe SINAPEAE.]. 45
38. Fruit at least 4 times as long as broad. 39
Fruit less than 4 times as long as broad. Cotyledons transversely
folded or spirally twisted. 42
39. Fruit without a partition, oblong, with convex, angled valves.
Seed-coat spongy. Cotyledons neither folded nor twisted; radicle
accumbent. Leaves roundish.--Species 1. Island of Kerguelen. Used as a
vegetable and in medicine. =Pringlea= Hook. fil.
Fruit with a partition. Cotyledons folded or twisted; radicle
incumbent. 40
40. Sepals connivent, the lateral saccate at the base. Petals white.
Fruit oblong. Seeds flat. Cotyledons twice inflected lengthwise. Leaves
reniform-cordate.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). =Chamira=
Thunb.
Sepals erect, not saccate. Cotyledons rolled inwards or folded
transversely. 41
41. Seeds turgid, separated by transverse partitions. Fruit linear.
Petals blue or red. Leaves linear.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape
Colony). =Carponema= Sond.
Seeds flat, not separated by transverse partitions, but the fruit often
constricted between the seeds.--Species 60. South Africa. Some are used
as ornamental plants. (Plate 54.) =Heliophila= L.
42. Fruit 1-seeded. Seed winged. Leaves thread-shaped.--Species 1.
South Africa (Cape Colony). =Palmstruckia= Sond.
Fruit 2-or more-seeded. 43
43. Fruit dehiscent, rather flat, with usually more than 2 seeds. (See
41.) =Heliophila= L.
Fruit indehiscent, 2-seeded. Leaves linear or lanceolate. 44
44. Fruit compressed dorsally; valves with elevated ridges radiating
from the centre. Style long. Seeds flat; cotyledons folded. Petals
red.--Species 2. South Africa (Cape Colony). =Cycloptychis= E. Mey.
Fruit compressed laterally; valves ventricose; dissepiment very narrow.
Style short. Seeds subglobose; cotyledons involute. Petals yellow or
red.--Species 2. South Africa (Cape Colony). =Brachycarpaea= DC.
45. (37.) Fruit at least 4 times as long as broad. 46
Fruit less than 4 times as long as broad, or broader than long. 77
46. Fruit transversely divided into two or more fertile cells.
Cotyledons folded; radicle incumbent. [Subtribe BRASSICINAE.] 47
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