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
18. Stamens inserted inside the disc; filaments short, not exceeding
the calyx; anthers linear. Sepals 5-6, hairy above. Seed 1, with an
aril. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 4-10 leaflets.--Species 2. East
Africa. =Haplocoelum= Radlk.
Stamens inserted at the edge of the disc, 5; filaments long, much
exceeding the calyx; anthers oblong or oval. Sepals 5. Leaves with a
narrowly winged rachis.--Species 4. Central Africa. =Pistaciopsis=
Engl.
19. Sepals imbricate in bud, finally slashed. Stamens 8-10, bent
twice in the bud. Ovary 3-celled. Seeds with an aril; embryo almost
straight. Trees. Flowers in axillary racemes or panicles.--Species 2.
Central Africa. Flowers fragrant, used for preparing an aromatic water.
=Lecaniodiscus= Planch.
Sepals valvate in bud. Stamens 8. 20
20. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds with an aril. 21
Ovary 3-celled. 22
21. Fruit covered with wart-like protuberances. Aril free from the
seedcoat.--Species 1 (_L. chinensis_ Sonn.) Cultivated in the tropics
and naturalized in the Mascarene Islands. It yields timber, edible
fruits, and medicaments. (Under _Nephelium_ L. or _Euphoria_ Commers.)
=Litchi= Sonn.
Fruit covered with soft spine-like processes or glabrous. Aril adnate
to the seed-coat.--Species 1 (_N. lappaceum_ L., Rambutan). Cultivated
in the tropics. It yields edible fruits and fat-containing seeds.
(Under _Euphoria_ Comm.) =Nephelium= L.
22. Fruit dehiscent. Seeds with an aril. Calyx cup-shaped. Flowers
in axillary panicles.--Species 1. Mascarene Islands. Yields timber
(iron-wood), edible fruits, and oily seeds. (Under _Nephelium_ L.)
=Stadmannia= Lam.
Fruit indehiscent. Seeds without an aril. Calyx top-shaped. Flowers
in racemes or panicles springing from the older parts of the
stem.--Species 3. Central Africa. =Placodiscus= Radlk.
23. (14.) Calyx 5-lobed; lobes open or slightly imbricate in bud.
Stamens 6-10. 24
Calyx 5-parted. 27
24. Calyx urn-shaped. Petals with a scale adnate by a ridge. Fruit
indehiscent, 3-lobed, with a leathery pericarp. Seeds without an aril.
Inflorescences arising from the older branches. Leaves pinnate. (See
13.) =Chytranthus= Hook. fil.
Calyx cup-or saucer-shaped, small. Petals with a scale adnate by the
margins, or with a free scale, or without a scale. Fruit dehiscent.
Seeds with an aril. 25
25. Petals hairy, without a scale or with the inflexed margins
prolonged into small scales. Ovary lobed. Pericarp leathery. Leaves
simple, undivided, oblong.--Species 4. East and South Africa. They
yield timber, edible fruits, and oily seeds. (Under _Sapindus_ L.)
=Pappea= Eckl. & Zeyh.
Petals with a free scale or with a scale adnate by the margins. Leaves
pinnate. 26
26. Petals with a scale adnate by the margins, hence funnel-shaped.
Disc clothing the base of the calyx. Filaments hairy. Fruit 3-angled,
almost glabrous. Inflorescences axillary.--Species 5. Central Africa.
Some yield timber. (Under _Blighia_ Koen.) =Phialodiscus= Radlk.
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