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
Fruit turgid. Stem branched. Leaves radical and cauline. Flowers
racemose.--Species 2, one spontaneous in North Africa and naturalized
in South Africa, the second (_R. sativus_ L.) cultivated and
naturalized in various regions. The latter yields salad, oil, and
medicaments. “Radish.” (_Raphanus_ L.) =Rhaphanus= L.
58. Lower joint of the fruit 1-celled, indehiscent, 1-4-seeded.
Hispid herbs. Leaves lyrate, the upper toothed. Flowers, at least
the lower, subtended by bracts.--Species 4. North Africa to Nubia.
=Enarthrocarpus= Labill.
Lower joint of the fruit 2-celled lengthwise, usually dehiscing in two
valves, 4-12-seeded. Almost glabrous herbs. Leaves dissected. Flowers
without bracts. (See 55). =Erucaria= Gaertn.
59. (46.) Fruit 1-seeded, flat, winged, 6-nerved, indehiscent. Stigma
sessile. Radicle incumbent. Petals yellow. Leaves undivided.--Species
5. North Africa. Woad (_I. tinctoria_ L.) yields a dye, other species
are used medicinally. =Isatis= L.
Fruit 2-or more-seeded. 60
60. Fruit-valves flat, but sometimes with a prominent midrib. 61
Fruit-valves convex or keeled. 67
61. Stigmatic lobes long, erect, sometimes connate. Median glands none.
Radicle incumbent; cotyledons folded. Lateral sepals saccate. Petals
violet or purple. Glabrous plants. 62
Stigmatic lobes short or not developed. Median, sometimes confluent,
glands besides the lateral ones present, rarely only the latter, but
then radicle accumbent. Radicle accumbent or incumbent; in the latter
case cotyledons flat, rarely folded, but then sepals not saccate. 63
62. Seeds broadly winged, in a single row. Fruit broadly linear.
Petals with a broad claw. Shrubs. Leaves linear-oblong, sessile,
entire.--Species 1. North-west Africa (Algeria). (Including _Oudneya_
R. Br.) =Henophyton= Coss. & Durieu
Seeds narrowly or not winged. Fruit narrowly linear. Herbs or
undershrubs. Leaves undivided, the upper stem-clasping, or pinnately
divided. (See 50.). =Moricandia= DC.
63. Radicle of the embryo incumbent. Seeds usually in 2 rows. Leaves,
at least the lower, pinnately divided. 64
Radicle of the embryo accumbent. Seeds usually in a single row. 65
64. Seeds oblong. Cotyledons not folded. Sepals converging or erect,
the lateral saccate at the base. Petals purple or violet.--Species 2.
North Africa. =Ammosperma= Hook. fil.
Seeds ovoid or globose. Cotyledons folded. Fruit-valves 1-nerved.
Sepals erect or spreading, not saccate. (See 50.). =Diplotaxis= DC.
65. Fruit-valves without distinct veins, opening elastically. Fruit
linear or linear-lanceolate. Seeds in a single row, oblong or
elliptical, not winged. Sepals not saccate. Leaves usually pinnately
divided.--Species 8. Some of them are used as salad or in medicine.
“Bittercress.” =Cardamine= L.
Fruit-valves with distinct veins, not elastic. Fruit linear. Leaves
usually undivided. 66
66. Fruit-valves with a faint midnerve. Seeds in a single row. (See
13.) =Arabis= L.
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