Trees or shrubs. Leaves without stipules, usually pinnate. Flowers regular, mostly panicled. Petals 3-6, usually free. Stamens as many or more frequently twice as many as the petals. Filaments usually united. Anthers 2-celled, opening inwards or laterally by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, usually 2-or more-celled. Ovules inverted. Style simple or wanting; stigma entire or lobed.--Genera 23, species 150. (Including _AITONIEAE_, _CEDRELEAE_, and _PTAEROXYLEAE_.) (Plate 76.) 1. Filaments free. Ovule 1 in each ovary-cell. Seeds winged. Leaves pinnate. [Subfamily =CEDRELOIDEAE=] 2 Filaments more or less united into a tube. 3 2. Ovary and fruit 2-celled. Petals 4. Stamens 4.--Species 2. South and East Africa. They yield timber (sneezewood). =Ptaeroxylon= Eckl. & Zeyh. Ovary and fruit 5-celled.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Cedrelopsis= Baill. [Illustration: BURSERACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 75._ J. Fleischmann del. Pachylobus edulis G. Don _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Male flower cut lengthwise. _C_ Stamen. _D_ Female flower cut lengthwise. _E_ Staminode. _F_ Cross-section of ovary.] [Illustration: MELIACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 76._ J. Fleischmann del. Trichilia retusa Oliv. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower. _C_ Flower cut lengthwise. _D_ Anther.] 3. Seeds winged. Ovules 4 or more, rarely 2 in each ovary-cell. Stamens 8-10. [Subfamily =SWIETENIOIDEAE=.] 4 Seeds not winged. Ovules 1-2, rarely 3-8 in each ovary-cell or on each placenta. [Subfamily =MELIOIDEAE=.] 9 4. Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Ovary 5-celled. Stigma small. Disc wanting. Anthers 10, seated between the teeth of the staminal tube. Leaves whorled, undivided. Flowers in panicles.--Species 2. West Africa. =Pynaertia= De Wild. Ovules 4 or more in each ovary-cell. Leaves pinnate. 5 5. Ovules 4 in each ovary-cell. Disc shortly stalk-shaped. Staminal tube campanulate, the mouth crenate and with short teeth bearing the anthers. Petals imbricate in bud.--Species 7. Central Africa. =Lovoa= Harms Ovules 6 or more in each ovary-cell. 6 6. Ovules 6 in each ovary-cell. Ovary sessile. Disc none. Staminal tube entire at the mouth, or with short teeth bearing the anthers. Petals with imbricate aestivation. Flowers 5-merous.--Species 2. Southern West Africa. =Wulfhorstia= C. DC. Ovules 12 or more in each ovary-cell. Petals with contorted aestivation. 7 7. Disc shortly stalk-shaped, connected with the staminal tube by longitudinal ridges. Seeds winged below. Leaflets entire.--Species 15. Central Africa. They yield timber, gum, and a dye-stuff. (Including _Leioptyx_ Pierre, under _Swietenia_ L.) =Entandophragma= C. DC. Disc cup-or cushion-shaped, not connected with the staminal tube by longitudinal ridges. 8 8. Disc cup-shaped. Fruit oblong. Seeds about 5 in each cell of the fruit, winged below.--Species 1. Central Africa. Yields timber and gum. (Under _Cedrela_ L.) =Pseudocedrela= Harms