7. Style 1, undivided, rarely (Micronychia) shortly cleft at the top, or a slightly lobed sessile stigma. 8 Styles 3, free or united at the base, sometimes recurved and adnate to the ovary, or 3 free sessile stigmas. 13 8. Leaves simple, undivided. 9 Leaves compound, pinnate. 11 9. Stamens 6-10, twice as many as the petals. Ovary with 1 fertile and 1 sterile cell. Style absent. Trees with small flowers.--Species 2. Madagascar and Seychelles. =Campnosperma= Thwait. Stamens 4-5, as many as the petals. Ovary 1-celled. Style present. 10 10. Corolla of the male flowers equalling the calyx. Disc broad, fleshy. Filaments thread-shaped. Ovary and fruit much compressed. Style short, undivided, with a 3-lobed stigma. Shrubs. Leaves serrate. Flowers small. Female inflorescence finally with broadened branches and hardened bracts.--Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). (_Botryceras_ Willd.) =Laurophyllus= Thunb. Corolla much exceeding the calyx. Disc cup-shaped. Filaments broad. Ovary and fruit slightly compressed. Style long, shortly 3-cleft at the top. Trees. Leaves entire. Flowers rather large.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Micronychia= Oliv. 11. Receptacle deeply cupular; hence petals and stamens distinctly perigynous. Calyx valvate, corolla imbricate in the bud. Stamens 5-10. Ovary sessile. Style thin. Fruit dry, indehiscent.--Species 1. West Africa. =Thyrsodium= Benth. Receptacle flattish or convex; hence petals and stamens hypogynous or nearly so. Style thick or wanting. 12 12. Petals imbricate in the bud; sepals imbricate. Stamens 4-5, as many as the petals. Ovary and fruit with a compressed stalk. Stigma sessile. Fruit sickle-shaped, dry, indehiscent.--Species 1. Madagascar. =Faguetia= March. Petals valvate in the bud. Stamens 5-20, usually more than petals. Ovary and fruit sessile, the latter drupaceous.--Species 20. Tropics. Some species yield timber, gum, and edible fruits. =Sorindeia= Thouars 13. (7.) Ovule basal or suspended from a basal funicle. 14 Ovule suspended from the top or the flank of the cavity. 16 14. Ovule subbasal, ascending. Styles lateral, thread-shaped. Ovary compressed. Stamens 5, alternating with 2-cleft scales. Petals of the male flowers longer, of the female shorter than the sepals. Sepals lanceolate, enlarged in the fruit. Flowers dioecious. Leaves pinnate; stalk winged.--Species 1. South Africa. =Loxostylis= Spreng. fil. Ovule suspended from the basal funicle. Styles terminal. Flowers polygamous. 15 15. Endocarp crusty or bony, finally separating from the mesocarp. Seedcoat thin. Leaves alternate, usually compound.--Species 100. Some of them yield timber, tanning and dyeing materials (sumac), condiments, medicaments, and edible fruits; others are used as ornamental plants. =Rhus= L.