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
Disc entire, urn-shaped. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 3-5.--Species 10.
South Africa (Cape Colony). =Macrostylis= Bartl. & Wendl.
17. Petals sessile, obovate, glabrous.--Species 15. South Africa (Cape
Colony). Some are used medicinally. =Diosma= L.
Petals clawed, hairy within. 18
18. Petals oblong or lanceolate, slightly exceeding the calyx. Anthers
with a terminal gland. Flowers very small.--Species 6. South Africa
(Cape Colony). =Euchaetis= Bartl. & Wendl.
Petals obovate. (See 14.) =Acmadenia= Bartl. & Wendl.
19. (1.) Fruit a drupe. Flowers usually unisexual. Stigma sessile or
nearly so. [Subfamily =TODDALIOIDEAE=, tribe TODDALIEAE.] 20
Fruit a berry. Flowers usually hermaphrodite. [Subfamily
=AURANTIOIDEAE=, tribe AURANTIEAE.] 27
20. Fruit 1-celled. Seed 1, exalbuminous. Ovary 1-celled. Petals
imbricate in bud. Leaflets 1-3. [Subtribe AMYRIDINAE.] 21
Fruit 2-7-celled or consisting of 2-4 carpels cohering at the base
only, 1-3 of them sometimes abortive. Ovary 2-7-celled. 22
21. Flowers hermaphrodite. Fertile stamens 10. Disc cup-shaped. Style
long, with a minute stigma. Ovule 1.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa
(Cameroons). =Eriander= H. Winkl.
Flowers dioecious. Fertile stamens 4-5. Disc ring-shaped. Style short,
with a broad stigma. Ovules 2.--Species 18. Tropical and South Africa.
(Under _Toddalia_ Juss.) =Teclea= Del.
22. Carpels almost free when ripe, some of them rudimentary. Seeds
exalbuminous. Ovary distinctly 2-4-lobed. Stamens 4. Petals valvate in
bud. Leaves digitate. [Subtribe ORICIINAE.] 23
Carpels united up to maturity, forming a 2-7-celled fruit. Ovary not or
obscurely lobed. Petals imbricate in bud. [Subtribe TODDALIINAE.] 24
23. Carpels 2, one of them rudimentary at maturity. Seeds with
equal cotyledons. Ovary almost glabrous. Petals oblong. Flowers in
racemes.--Species 1. Equatorial West Africa (Gaboon). =Diphasia= Pierre
Carpels 4, of which 1-3 are rudimentary at maturity. Seeds with unequal
cotyledons. Ovary very hairy. Petals oval. Flowers in panicles,
unisexual.--Species 4. West Africa. =Oricia= Pierre
24. Fruit with 2-seeded cells. Seeds albuminous. Flowers 4-merous.
Trees. Leaves digitate, with 5 leaflets.--Species 1. Equatorial West
Africa (Gaboon). =Araliopsis= Engl.
Fruit with 1-seeded cells. Flowers unisexual. Leaves digitate with 3
leaflets, rarely pinnate with 7-9 leaflets. 25
25. Fertile stamens as many as the petals. Flowers 5-merous. Seeds
albuminous; embryo curved. Climbing shrubs. Leaves digitate.--Species
1. Tropics. Yields condiments and is used in medicine. (_Cranzia_
Schreb.) =Toddalia= Juss.
Fertile stamens twice as many as the petals. Flowers 2-4-merous. Embryo
straight or almost so. 26
26. Filaments awl-shaped. Flowers 4-merous. Seeds exalbuminous. Shrubs.
Leaves digitate.--Species 1. East Africa. =Toddaliopsis= Engl.
Filaments flattened. Seeds albuminous.--Species 30. Tropical and South
Africa. Some species yield timber and medicaments. (Under _Toddalia_
Juss.) =Vepris= Comm.
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