5. Ovary 1-celled, inferior. Ovules 8-10. Style simple; stigma 2-lobed. Flowers unisexual. Leaves opposite.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Grevea= Baill. Ovary 2-7-celled. Style simple with an entire or 5-7-lobed stigma, or 2-parted. 6 6. Ovary superior, 5-7-celled. Style simple with a 5-7-lobed stigma. Fruit a berry or drupe. 7 Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 2-4-celled. Style simple with an entire stigma or 2-parted. Fruit a capsule. Leaves alternate. 8 7. Sepals persistent. Petals united at the base, campanulately connivent, rolled back at the tip. Stamens inserted between the lobes of the disc. Anthers opening outwards. Ovary pyramidal. Fruit a berry. Embryo shorter than the seed. Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters.--Species 1. Mascarene Islands. =Roussea= Smith Sepals deciduous. Petals free, blunt. Stamens inserted on the margin of the disc. Anthers opening inwards or laterally. Ovary ovoid. Fruit a drupe with a woody, 1-celled stone. Embryo as long as the seed. Low trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers in umbel-shaped cymes.--Species 2. East Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles. The fruits are edible. (_Venana_ Lam.) (Plate 60.) =Brexia= Thouars 8. Ovary 3-4-celled. Style 1, simple. Petals 5, united at the base. Seeds linear-oblong. Undershrubs. Leaves serrate. Flowers in panicles.--Species 1. Island of Réunion. =Berenice= Tul. Ovary 2-celled. Styles 2, free or united at the base (sometimes also at the top, when young). Shrubs or trees. 9 9. Ovary inferior. Flowers 4-merous, unisexual. Petals imbricate in bud. Seeds winged, exalbuminous. Leaves entire. Male flowers panicled, female solitary.--Species 1. South Africa. =Montinia= L.f. [Illustration: PITTOSPORACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 61._ J. Fleischmann del. Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower cut lengthwise. _C_ Cross-section of ovary. _D_ Fruiting branch. _E_ Fruit. _F_ Seed cut lengthwise.] [Illustration: CUNONIACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 62._ J. Fleischmann del. Weinmannia Hildebrandtii Baill. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower cut lengthwise. _C_ Cross-section of ovary. _D_ Fruit. _E_ Seed.] Ovary half-inferior. Flowers 5-merous. Petals valvate in bud. Seeds albuminous. Leaves glandular-serrate. Flowers in panicles or in umbel-shaped cymes. 10 10. Sepals subulate. Petals ovate. Filaments thin. Seeds oblong. Shrubs with thin branches. Flowers small, polygamous.--Species 2. South Africa and southern East Africa. =Choristylis= Harv. Sepals lanceolate to ovate. Petals linear or oblong. Filaments thick. Trees with thick branches. Flowers rather large.--Species 1. Island of Réunion. =Forgesia= Comm. FAMILY 97. PITTOSPORACEAE