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 deciduous. Calyx more or less top-shaped at the base.
Corolla yellow, more rarely white marked with violet; standard
glabrous. Ovules 2-6. Fruit membranous or leathery, hardened in the
middle, more or less distinctly winged. (See 247.) =Pterocarpus= L.
354. (347.) Uppermost stamen united with the others in the middle, at
least when young. 355
Uppermost stamen free throughout. 361
355. Wings free from the keel. Ovules more than two. Fruit 2-valved.
Leaflets usually with stipels. 356
Wings adhering to the keel. Leaflets usually without stipels. 357
356. Flowers in axillary racemes, without bracteoles. Corolla white.
Ovary stalked, not surrounded by a disc. Style hairy at the apex.
Stipules spine-like. (See 203.) =Robinia= L.
Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, with bracteoles. Corolla red,
bluish, or white. Ovary usually surrounded at the base by a disc. Style
glabrous.--Species 60. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species
yield timber, dyes, and poison. =Millettia= Wight & Arn.
357. Calyx-teeth distinctly developed. Fruit dehiscing by two valves.
Shrubs. Bracteoles absent. 358
Calyx-teeth very short or wanting. Fruit indehiscent. Trees or climbing
shrubs. Bracteoles present. 359
358. Petals acuminate, red; standard lanceolate; keel beaked. Style
glabrous.--Species 10. Madagascar. =Chadsia= Boj.
Petals obtuse or subacute, white or red; standard suborbicular; keel
not beaked. (See 233.) =Tephrosia= Pers.
359. Fruit winged. Seeds flat. Ovary sessile or short-stalked. (See
351.) =Derris= Lour.
Fruit not winged. 360
360. Fruit with a thick-leathery, almost woody pericarp,
oblique-oblong, not thickened at the sutures. Seed 1, kidney-shaped,
rather thick. Ovary subsessile, with 2 ovules. Climbing shrubs. Flowers
in racemes, reddish.--Species 1. Seychelles. The wood and the oily
seeds are used. (_Galedupa_ Lam.) =Pongamia= Vent.
Fruit with a membranous or leathery pericarp. Seeds flat. (See 303.)
=Lonchocarpus= H. B. & K.
361. (354.) Stem shrubby, erect or climbing. 362
Stem tree-like. 371
362. Style bearded lengthwise towards the apex. Ovules numerous. Fruit
indehiscent or dehiscing at the top only. Flowers in axillary racemes.
363
Style glabrous, or hairy at the base only, or bearing a penicillate
stigma. 365
363. Style bearded on the back or all round. Stigma terminal. Corolla
red or white; keel blunt, shorter than the standard. Fruit finally
dehiscing at the top. (See 340.) =Lessertia= DC.
Style bearded on the inner side only. Ovary stalked. Fruit inflated,
indehiscent. 364
364. Stigma terminal. Corolla red; keel pointed, exceeding the
standard. Bracteoles present.--Species 1. South Africa. Used as an
ornamental plant. =Sutherlandia= R. Br.
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