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
Bracteoles small, not enclosing the bud, falling off early. 101
100. Petals very unequal, 3 large, 2 very small. Filaments united at
the base. Ovules numerous. Leaves with several pairs of leaflets.
Flowers in panicles.--Species 3. West Africa. They yield timber and
resin. (Under _Daniella_ Benn.) =Cyanothyrsus= Harms
Petals subequal. Ovules few. Shrubs. Leaves with 1-2 pairs of leaflets.
Flowers in racemes. Bracteoles petaloid. (See 73.) =Plagiosiphon= Harms
101. Filaments, excepting one, united high up. Petals pink, narrow;
blade passing gradually into the claw. Sepals unequal, subvalvate in
bud. Receptacle very short. Flowers in racemes or panicles. Leaflets
7-9, alternate.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa. =Tessmannia= Harms
Filaments free or united at the base. 102
102. Petals sessile or nearly so, subequal, red. Leaves with 2-16 pairs
of leaflets. Flower in panicles. (See 84.) =Schotia= Jacq.
Petals with a long or rather long claw. Trees. 103
103. Sepals slightly imbricate. Petals subequal. Filaments, excepting
one, united at the base. Leaves with 1-4 pairs of leaflets. Flowers
large, in racemes.--Species 7. West Africa to the Great Lakes.
=Baikiaea= Benth.
Sepals much imbricate. Petals white. Filaments free. Ovules few.
Leaves with one pair of leaflets. Flowers in panicles.--Species 2.
Tropics. They yield timber and resin (copal) which is used for turnery
and carving and for making lacs and varnishes. (Under _Hymenaea_ L.)
=Trachylobium= Hayne
104. (28.) Filaments free or nearly so. Shrubs or trees. 105
Filaments, all or all excepting one, united into a tube or sheath. 126
105. Stamens 4-5. Filaments very short. Anthers attached by the base,
opening at the top; 2-3 of them united. Ovary 4-winged. Ovules 2.
Stigma terminal. Calyx-lobes 4, unequal. Petals 5, shorter than the
calyx, unequal, red. Leaves pinnate. (See 56.) =Duparquetia= Baill.
Stamens 8-10. [Tribes SOPHOREAE and PODALYRIEAE.] 106
106. Leaves simple and undivided or unifoliolate. Corolla
papilionaceous. 107
Leaves pinnate or palmately trifoliolate. 112
107. Calyx shortly toothed, not slit. Corolla whitish; petals of the
keel slightly cohering. Ovules few. Shrubs with arched or climbing
branches. Stipules ovate or lanceolate. Flowers in racemes or panicles.
Bracteoles large, enclosing the flower, persistent.--Species 1. West
Africa. =Dalhousiea= Grah.
Calyx shortly toothed but slitting as the flower expands, on one or
both sides, or deeply cleft. Bracteoles not enclosing the flower,
rather large but deciduous, or small. 108
108. Calyx shortly toothed, but deeply slit in one or two places.
Corolla white or yellow; petals of the keel free or nearly so. Ovules
few. 109
Calyx subequally 4-5-cleft. Stipules awl-shaped or wanting. 110
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