Flowers polygamous, 4-5-merous. Anthers oblong, continuous with the filament. Ovary-cells and styles usually 3. Seeds club-shaped, somewhat [Illustration: ANACARDIACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 81._ J. Fleischmann del. Lannea Schimperi (Hochst.) Engl. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Male flower. _C_ Male flower cut lengthwise. _D_ Older female flower cut lengthwise. _E_ Fruit.] [Illustration: CELASTRACEAE. _FLOW. PL. AFR._ _Pl. 82._ J. Fleischmann del. Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC. _A_ Flowering branch. _B_ Flower cut lengthwise. _C_ Cross-section of ovary. _D_ Fruit. _E_ Seed cut lengthwise.] compressed.--Species 5. Tropical and South Africa. They yield timber, gum, dyes, oil, medicaments, and edible fruits and seeds from which a spirituous drink is prepared. =Sclerocarya= Hochst. 25. Flowers 3-merous, dioecious. Fruit 1-2-seeded. Leaflets numerous.--Species 2. West Africa. They yield timber and edible fruits (blood-plums). =Haematostaphis= Hook. fil. Flowers 4-5-merous. 26 26. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit usually 1-seeded. 27 Flowers 5-merous. Fruit 2-5-seeded. Leaflets 5 or more. Sepals united at the base only. 28 27. Sepals united high up. Petals oblong. Disc 4-partite. Style simple, club-shaped. Flowers in panicled fascicles. Leaflets numerous, alternate.--Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons). =Nothospondias= Engl. Sepals united at the base only. Petals obovate. Disc 8-crenate. Styles 3-4. Stone of the fruit with 1-2 fertile cells bearing a lid at the top and with 2-3 sterile cells. Seeds 1 or 2; in the latter case leaflets 3.--Species 30. Tropical and South Africa. Several species yield timber, bark used for making cloth, gum, edible fruits, and medicaments. (_Calesiam_ Adans., _Odina_ Roxb., including _Lanneoma_ Del.) (Plate 81.) =Lannea= Rich. 28. Male flowers with a narrow disc and 3 styles. Stone of the fruit with 2 fertile and 2 sterile cells.--Species 1. South Africa. =Harpephyllum= Bernh. Male flowers with a broad disc and 5 styles. Ovary 5-celled. Stone of the fruit with 3-5 fertile cells. Panicles spike-like.--Species 5. Madagascar and Mascarenes. They yield timber, resin, and edible fruits. (Under _Spondias_ L.) =Poupartia= Comm. SUBORDER CELASTRINEAE FAMILY 128. AQUIFOLIACEAE Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire toothed or lobed. Flowers regular, dioecious. Calyx 4-7-cleft. Petals 4-7, united at the base, imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as the petals, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled, opening inwards by longitudinal slits. Disc none. Ovary superior, 4-8-celled. Style short or absent; stigma lobed. Ovules solitary in each cell or two side by side, pendulous, inverted, covered by a cupular expansion of the funicle. Fruit a drupe with 4-8 one-seeded stones. Embryo minute, at the apex of the albumen (_ILICINEAE._) Genus 1, species 5. They yield timber, bird-lime, tea, and medicaments. The holly (_I. Aquifolium_ L.), with poisonous fruits, is also planted as a garden-or hedge-plant. =Ilex= L.