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
481. (188.) Ovary 1-celled, sometimes incompletely chambered. 482
Ovary completely or almost completely 2-or more-celled, rarely 2 or
more distinct ovaries. 507
482. Ovules not distinctly differentiated from the placenta. Shrubs
parasitic upon trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided. Calyx-limb little
developed. Petals 2-6, valvate in bud. Stamens as many as and opposite
the petals. Stigma 1. _Loranthus_, =61. Loranthaceae=.
Ovules distinctly developed. Herbs or non-parasitic shrubs or trees. 483
483. Ovule 1. 484
Ovules 2 or more. 490
484. Ovule erect, straight. Stigmas 2. Stamens numerous. Petals 3-4.
Flowers monoecious, in spikes. Leaves pinnate. Trees. _Juglans_, =49.
Juglandaceae=.
Ovule pendulous, inverted. Stamens as many as the petals or fewer,
rarely (_Alangiaceae_) more, but then petals 6-10 and flowers
hermaphrodite. 485
485. Filaments wholly united. Anthers 5, twisted. Flowers unisexual.
Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves angled or lobed. Climbing, tendril-bearing
plants. =223. Cucurbitaceae.=
Filaments free or united at the base only. Plants without tendrils. 486
486. Anthers opening by valves. Stigma 1. Seed exalbuminous. Trees
or climbing shrubs. Leaves palminerved. Flowers in panicles. =85.
Hernandiaceae.=
Anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Flowers hermaphrodite or
polygamous. Seed albuminous. 487
487. Flowers 4-merous, in racemes or panicles. Leaves pinnate. Shrubs
or trees. Fruit a drupe. _Polyscias_, =185. Araliaceae=.
Flowers 5-10-merous. Leaves simple, but sometimes dissected, and then
herbs or undershrubs with the flowers in umbels. 488
488. Flowers in umbels. Leaves more or less deeply divided. Herbs or
undershrubs. Fruit a nut. =186. Umbelliferae.=
Flowers in heads, spikes, or cymes. Leaves undivided. Shrubs or trees.
489.
489. Flowers in cymes. Petals valvate in bud. Fruit a drupe. Embryo
large. _Alangium_, =178. Alangiaceae.=
Flowers in heads or spikes, 5-merous. Petals imbricate in bud. Fruit a
nut. Embryo small. =100. Bruniaceae.=
490. (483.) Ovules basal or inserted on a free central placenta. 491
Ovules parietal or inserted at the apex of the ovary-cell. 499.
491. Flowers unisexual. Stamens as many as the petals or fewer, 2-5.
Fruit a berry or a nut. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. 492
Flowers hermaphrodite. 493
492. Flowers 4-merous. Styles or sessile stigmas 4, free. Seeds
albuminous. Herbs. Leaves undivided. _Laurembergia_, =183.
Halorrhagaceae=.
Flowers 5-merous. Style 1, entire or cleft. Seeds exalbuminous. =223.
Cucurbitaceae.=
493. Sepals 2. Fruit opening by a lid. Herbs. Leaves alternate,
undivided. _Portulaca_, =73. Portulacaceae=.
Sepals 4-8, sometimes united into an entire calyx. Style simple. Fruit
indehiscent. Trees or shrubs, rarely (_Bruniaceae_) undershrubs. 494
494. Stamens numerous. Petals 5. Ovules 2. Fruit a drupe. Leaves
alternate, stipulate. =103. Rosaceae.=
Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals, 4-16. Leaves undivided.
495
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