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
214. (191.) Ovules 2. 215
Ovules 3 or more. 231
215. Ovules or their funicle erect or ascending. 216
Ovules or their funicle pendulous or descending. 224
216. Ovules attached one above the other, rarely side by side; in the
latter case flowers irregular, stamens 9-10, and style terminal or
nearly so. Leaves usually stipulate. 217
Ovules attached one opposite the other or side by side. Flowers
regular, more rarely irregular, but then stamens 6 or style basal.
Leaves usually exstipulate. 218
217. Flowers regular. Calyx 5-lobed, valvate in bud. Stamens 5,
opposite the petals, hypogynous. Leaves undivided. _Waltheria_, =144.
Sterculiaceae=.
Flowers irregular, more rarely regular, but then, as usually, stamens
perigynous or more than 5. Leaves usually compound. =105. Leguminosae.=
218. Ovules straight. Stamens 5 or 10, more or less distinctly
perigynous. Leaves compound. Shrubs or trees. =104. Connaraceae.=
Ovules incurved or inverted. Leaves simple, undivided or dissected; in
the latter case herbs. 219
219. Styles 2, free or united below. Stamens 2-5, hypogynous or nearly
so. Leaves opposite. Herbs or undershrubs. =75. Caryophyllaceae.=
Style 1, with a single stigma. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, but
then shrubs or trees. 220
220. Style basal. Stamens perigynous. Leaves alternate. Shrubs or
trees. Seeds exalbuminous. =103. Rosaceae.=
Style terminal or nearly so. Stamens hypogynous; rarely perigynous, but
then leaves opposite. 221
221. Stamens 5, perigynous. Sepals united below. Leaves opposite.
Shrubs or trees. _Pleurostylia_, =129. Celastraceae=.
Stamens 6, hypogynous. Sepals free. Leaves alternate. 222
222. Flowers irregular. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Fruit a 2-seeded nut.
Herbs. Leaves dissected. _Sarcocapnos_, =86. Papaveraceae=.
Flowers regular. Sepals 3-6. Leaves undivided. 223
223. Perianth of 4 sepals and 4 petals. Anthers opening by longitudinal
slits. Style distinctly developed. Fruit a 1-seeded nut. Undershrubs.
Flowers white. _Dipterygium_, =87. Capparidaceae=.
Perianth of 3-6 sepals, 3 petals, and 6 honey-scales. Anthers opening
by valves. Style none. Fruit a berry. Shrubs. Flowers yellow.
_Berberis_, =79. Berberidaceae=.
224. (215.) Ovules suspended from a free central placenta. Stamens
4-10. Shrubs or trees. Leaves undivided, exstipulate. =59. Olacaceae.=
Ovules attached to the wall of the ovary, usually near the apex. 225
225. Ovules one above the other, rarely side by side; in the latter
case flowers irregular with 9-10 stamens. Leaves usually compound and
stipulate. =105. Leguminosae.=
Ovules side by side or one opposite the other. Flowers regular, rarely
somewhat irregular, but then stamens 3-6. 226
226. Ovules attached laterally. Stamens 3-5. Flowers usually unisexual.
Embryo large. Leaves exstipulate, usually compound. =115. Rutaceae.=
Ovules attached by the apex, rarely laterally, but then stamens more
than 5. Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Leaves simple. 227
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