1. Carpels 5-6, distinct or cohering at the base only. Petals 5. Leaves lanceolate, entire. 2 [Illustration: RESEDACEAE. _FLOW. PL. APR._ _Pl. 55._ J. Fleischmann del. Oligomeris glaucescens Cambess. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower. _C_ Petal. _D_ Stamens. _E_ Ovary cut lengthwise and across. _F_ Fruit. _G_ Seed cut lengthwise. _H_ Part of a branch with clusters of leaves.] [Illustration: DROSERACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 56._ J. Fleischmann del. Drosera Burkeana Planch. _A_ Plant in flower. _B_ Flower. _C_ Petal. _D_ Flower without the corolla (the calyx cut lengthwise). _E_ Style. _F_ Older flower. _G_ Older flower cut lengthwise. _H_ Seed.] Carpels 2-4, united at least to the middle, forming a 1-celled ovary open at the top with parietal placentation; if carpels united to the middle only, then petals 4. 3 2. Carpels with a single descending ovule attached in the middle of the cell, stellately spreading when ripe. Shrubs.--Species 1. North-west Africa (Algeria). =Astrocarpus= Neck. Carpels with 2-3 basal ovules. Herbs.--Species 3. North and Central Africa. =Caylusea= St. Hil. 3. Petals none. Sepals 6. Stamens 10-30, hypogynous. Stigmas 3. Fruit berry-like, closed at the top. Shrubs. Leaves linear.--Species 5. North Africa and northern East Africa. =Ochradenus= Del. Petals 2-8. Fruit capsular, open at the top. 4 4. Petals 2. Disc wanting. Stamens 3-10, hypogynous. Ovary sessile. Stigmas 4. Herbs or undershrubs.--Species 6. South Africa and North Africa to Nubia. (Plate 55.) =Oligomeris= Cambess. Petals 4-8. Disc present. 5 5. Petals perigynous, 6-8. Stamens perigynous, numerous. Disc double. Stigmas 2-3. Shrubs.--Species 2. North Africa and northern East Africa. =Randonia= Coss. Petals hypogynous, 4-7. Stamens hypogynous. Ovary stalked. Herbs or undershrubs.--Species 30. North Africa and northern East Africa; one species also introduced in South Africa. Some species (especially _R. luteola_ L.) yield a dye, oil, and medicaments, others (especially _R. odorata_ L.) are used as ornamental plants and in perfumery. “Mignonette.” (Including _Luteola_ Tourn.). =Reseda= L. SUBORDER MORINGINEAE FAMILY 90. MORINGACEAE Trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Stipules gland-like or wanting. Flowers in panicles, irregular, hermaphrodite. Petals 5, perigynous, imbricate in bud. Fertile stamens 5, perigynous, alternating with 5 staminodes. Anthers 1-celled, turned inwards. Ovary short-stalked, 1-celled, with 3 parietal placentas. Ovules numerous, pendulous, inverted. Style simple. Fruit capsular. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo straight. (Under _CAPPARIDACEAE_.) Genus 1, species 6. Five species spontaneous in northern East Africa, Madagascar, and Egypt; the sixth (_M. oleifera_ Lam., horse-radish-tree) cultivated and sometimes naturalized on the coasts of the tropics. This species yields gum, fibre, tanners’ bark, fodder, vegetables, oil, condiments, and medicaments. =Moringa= Juss. ORDER SARRACENIALES FAMILY 91. NEPENTHACEAE