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
326. Sepals 2-4. Petals 3-4. 327
Sepals 5. Petals 2-5. 332
327. Leaves marked with glandular dots, at least at the edges. Stipules
wanting. 328
Leaves without glandular dots. 329
328. Leaves simple, undivided. Flowers hermaphrodite. Disc
cushion-shaped. Stigmas 3. Fruit separating into 3 drupe-like, 2-celled
mericarps. Seeds with curved embryo. _Chamaelea_, =114. Cneoraceae=.
Leaves compound, more rarely simple, but then fruit not drupe-like.
=115. Rutaceae.=
329. Leaves stipulate. Ovules usually erect. Corolla imbricate in bud.
Shrubs or trees. 330
Leaves exstipulate. Ovules usually pendulous. Ovary 2-celled or
transversally septate. Flowers hermaphrodite. 331
330. Disc present. =129. Celastraceae.=
Disc wanting. Flowers unisexual. Ovary 2-celled. _Azima_, =131.
Salvadoraceae=.
331. Leaves opposite. Petals valvate in bud. Receptacle without glands.
Shrubs or trees. =197. Oleaceae.=
Leaves alternate. Petals imbricate in bud. Receptacle provided with
glands. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. =88. Cruciferae.=
332. (326.) Anthers opening outwards. Stamens 3. Disc present. Ovary
3-celled. Seeds exalbuminous. =130. Hippocrateaceae.=
Anthers opening inwards. Disc reduced to separate glands or wholly
wanting. Ovary 5-celled. Stigmas 5. Seeds albuminous. =107.
Geraniaceae.=
333. (325.) Filaments united, at least at the base. 334
Filaments free. 336
334. Filaments united nearly to the apex. Petals with valvate
aestivation. Stigma 1. Leaves pinnate, exstipulate. _Quivisianthe_,
=118. Meliaceae=.
Filaments united only at the base. Petals with imbricate or contorted
aestivation. Leaves stipulate. 335
335. Petals with contorted aestivation. Stigma 1. Seeds with an aril.
Shrubs. Leaves undivided. _Phyllocosmus_, =110. Linaceae=.
Petals with imbricate aestivation. Stigmas 5. Seeds without an aril.
=107. Geraniaceae.=
336. Leaves gland-dotted, exstipulate, but sometimes with axillary
spines. =115. Rutaceae.=
Leaves not dotted, simple, stipulate. 337
337. Calyx with valvate aestivation. _Triumfetta_, =141. Tiliaceae=.
Calyx with imbricate or open aestivation. 338
338. Calyx large. Ovules pendulous. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves
alternate. _Dichapetalum_, =121. Dichapetalaceae=.
Calyx small. Ovules erect, more rarely pendulous, but then leaves
opposite, at least those of the flowering branches. =129. Celastraceae.=
339. (321.) Stamens fewer than twice as many as the petals, 5-8. 340
Stamens twice as many as the petals, or more. 343
340. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Disc outside the stamens. Stamens
8, rarely 5-6; in the latter case ovary 3-celled. Ovules ascending, at
least one of them, or horizontal. Shrubs or trees. 341
Flowers hermaphrodite. Stamens 5-7. Ovary 2-or 5-celled or
transversally septate. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. 342
341. Ovary 2-celled. Leaves opposite, lobed. _Acer_, =133. Aceraceae=.
Ovary 3-celled. Leaves alternate, pinnate. =134. Sapindaceae.=
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