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 linear, lanceolate, or oblong. 179
179. Seeds with a very short funicle. Fruit linear. Corolla yellow.
Shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers in terminal racemes.
(See 169.) =Lebeckia= Thunb.
Seeds with a long funicle. Fruit flattened or slightly inflated. Leaves
usually stipulate. (See 168.) =Lotononis= L.
180. (158.) Ovule 1. Fruit ovate, indehiscent; pericarp adhering to the
seed. Gland-dotted plants. Stipules stem-clasping. Corolla blue, rose,
or white. Bracteoles none. (See 153.) =Psoralea= L.
Ovules 2 or more. 181
181. Calyx 2-lipped. 182
Calyx subequally 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Leaves 1-or 3-foliolate. 191
182. Calyx deeply 2-lipped. 183
Calyx slightly 2-lipped. Leaves 1-3-foliolate or wanting. 188
183. Leaves reduced to scales or spines. Spinous shrubs. Calyx and
corolla yellow. Fruit oblong or ovate, 1-4-seeded.--Species 6. North
Africa; one species (_U. europaeus_ L.) also naturalized in South
Africa, the Mascarenes, and St. Helena. This species is used as
a garden-or hedge-plant and furnishes a dye-stuff, fodder, and a
substitute for tea. “Furze.” =Ulex= L.
Leaves digitate, with 2-9 leaflets. 184
184. Leaflets 5-9. Stipules adnate to the leafstalk. Keel beaked; wings
cohering at the apex.--Species 10. North and Central Africa. They yield
manure, fodder, vegetables, medicaments, and edible seeds which serve
also as a substitute for coffee; several species are used as ornamental
plants. =Lupinus= L.
Leaflets 2-4. Stipules usually free. Wings free. 185
185. Leaflets 2 or 4, very rarely 3. Lateral calyx-lobes much shorter
than the others. Fruit jointed, bristly or spiny, indehiscent. Herbs
or undershrubs.--Species 3. Tropical and South Africa. Used as fodder.
=Zornia= Gmel.
Leaflets 3. Fruit not jointed, dehiscing by two valves. 186
186. Fruit covered with glandular tubercles or hairs. Seeds without
an outgrowth at the hilum. Corolla yellow; keel curved inwards.
Shrubs.--Species 7. North and Central Africa. =Adenocarpus= DC.
Fruit not glandular, but usually hairy. 187
187. Seeds with an outgrowth at the hilum. Shrubs.--Species 15. North
Africa. Some are poisonous or are used as ornamental or medicinal
plants. (Including _Sarothamnus_ Wimm., _Spartocytisus_ Webb, and
_Teline_ Medik.) =Cytisus= L.
Seeds without an outgrowth at the hilum. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely
shrubs. Corolla yellow. (See 173.) =Argyrolobium= Eckl. & Zeyh.
188. (182.) Calyx sheath-like, split on one side after flowering.
Corolla yellow; keel and wings adnate below to the staminal tube; keel
acuminate, curved inwards; wings obovate. Stigma oblique. Fruit linear.
Seeds without an outgrowth at the hilum. Shrubs or trees. Leaves
unifoliolate, without stipules.--Species 1 (_S. junceum_ L., Spanish
broom). North Africa. Yields fibres and medicaments and is used as an
ornamental plant. =Spartium= L.
Calyx not sheath-like. Keel obtuse or free from the staminal tube. 189
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