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
Sepals 3-5, valvate or open in bud. Leaves stipulate. 450
450. Anthers opening by a single slit or pore. =142. Malvaceae.=
Anthers opening by two slits or pores. =144. Sterculiaceae.=
451. (189.) Styles united below or throughout their whole length. 452
Styles entirely free or loosely cohering above. 457
452. Anthers 1-celled, opening by a single slit. Stamens numerous.
Filaments united. Disc not distinctly developed. Calyx with valvate
aestivation. Seeds albuminous. Leaves simple, stipulate. =142.
Malvaceae.=
Anthers 2-celled, opening by 2 slits or pores. Calyx with imbricate,
more rarely with open or valvate aestivation, in the latter case leaves
exstipulate. 453
453. Ovules solitary in each carpel. Trees or shrubs. 454
Ovules 2 or more in each carpel. Leaves exstipulate. 456
454. Receptacle more or less elongated. Stamens 10 or more. Fruits
drupaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves undivided, stipulate. =147.
Ochnaceae.=
Receptacle expanded into a disc. Leaves exstipulate. 455
455. Stamens inserted within the disc. Ovules ascending. =134.
Sapindaceae.=
Stamens inserted outside the disc. =116. Simarubaceae.=
456. Sepals 3. Petals 6. Stamens numerous. Trees or shrubs. =81.
Anonaceae.=
Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5. Stamens 4-10. Leaves translucently dotted.
=115. Rutaceae.=
457. (451.) Ovules solitary in each carpel. 458
Ovules 2 or more in each carpel. 470
458. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 459
Leaves alternate or the uppermost whorled, or all radical. 462
459. Stamens 3-10. Carpels 3-9. Albumen scanty. Leaves undivided. 460
Stamens numerous. Carpels 2 or many. Albumen abundant. 461
460. Stamens 3-9. Petals white or reddish. Fruit dehiscent. _Crassula_,
=95. Crassulaceae=.
Stamens 10. Petals greenish, fleshy. Fruit indehiscent. Shrubs. Flowers
in racemes. _Coriaria_, =126. Coriariaceae=.
461. Carpels 2. Ovules ascending. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Seeds with an
aril. Erect shrubs or trees. Leaves undivided. _Hibbertia_, =146.
Dilleniaceae=.
Carpels numerous. Ovules pendulous. Seeds without an aril. _Clematis_,
=78. Ranunculaceae=.
462. Leaves stipulate. 463
Leaves exstipulate. 467
463. Stamens as many as the petals, 3-8, hypogynous or nearly so.
Styles terminal. Flowers unisexual. 464
Stamens twice as many as the petals or more, rarely as many as the
petals or fewer, but then distinctly perigynous and styles basal.
Ovules inverted. 465
464. Stem erect, tree-like. Leaves lobed. Flowers in heads. Ovules
pendulous, straight. Fruit dry. _Platanus_, =102. Platanaceae=.
Stem climbing. Leaves undivided. Flowers in racemes or panicles. Ovules
laterally affixed, half-inverted. Fruit fleshy. _Tiliacora_, =80.
Menispermaceae=.
465. Petals and stamens perigynous. =103. Rosaceae=.
Petals and stamens hypogynous. Leaves undivided. 466
466. Flowers regular. Sepals 3-4, valvate in bud. Stamens numerous,
with united filaments. Disc absent. Trees. _Christiania_, =141.
Tiliaceae=.
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