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
691. Ovary 4-8-celled. Disc wanting. Corolla deeply divided. Flowers
unisexual. _Ilex_, =128. Aquifoliaceae=.
Ovary 3-celled. Disc present. 692
692. Corolla folded in the bud. Ovules erect. Seeds albuminous.
_Ipomoea_, =202. Convolvulaceae=.
Corolla not folded in the bud. Ovules pendulous. Stigmas 3. Seeds
exalbuminous. Shrubs or trees. Leaves stipulate. =121. Dichapetalaceae.=
693. (686.) Stamens as many to twice as many as the divisions of the
corolla. 694
Stamens more than twice as many as the divisions of the corolla. 698
694. Leaves stipulate, alternate. Sepals united below, valvate in bud.
=144. Sterculiaceae.=
Leaves exstipulate, rarely (_Oxalidaceae_) stipulate, but then sepals
free and imbricate in bud. 695
695. Style 1, undivided. 696
Styles 2-8, free or partially united. 697
696. Stamens 8-10; filaments united; anthers opening by longitudinal
slits. =118. Meliaceae.=
Stamens 4-8; filaments free, rarely united, but then anthers opening by
apical pores. Leaves undivided. =189. Ericaceae.=
697. Sepals free. Corolla deeply divided. Stamens 10. Filaments united
in a cup at the base. Styles 5. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs.
Leaves alternate. Flowers hermaphrodite. =108. Oxalidaceae.=
Sepals united below. Filaments free or united in several bundles.
Shrubs or trees. =195. Ebenaceae.=
698. Leaves exstipulate, undivided. Styles 2-8, free or united at the
base. Shrubs or trees. =195. Ebenaceae.=
Leaves stipulate, rarely exstipulate, but then style 1, undivided. 699
699. Corolla with valvate aestivation. Style simple. Shrubs or trees.
Leaves undivided. =145. Scytopetalaceae.=
Corolla with contorted, calyx with valvate aestivation. 700
700. Anthers 1-celled. =142. Malvaceae.=
Anthers 2-celled. =144. Sterculiaceae.=
701. (685.) Stamens as many as and alternate with the divisions of the
corolla, or fewer. 702
Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla, or more.
708
702. Stamens fewer than the divisions of the corolla, 4. Flowers
irregular. Albumen scanty. 703
Stamens as many as the divisions of the corolla. 704
703. Anthers opening by a transverse slit. Stigma 1. Ovary 3-celled.
Leaves whorled. Shrubs. _Bowkeria_, =208. Scrophulariaceae=.
Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. Stigmas 2. =210.
Pedaliaceae.=
704. Corolla with valvate or folded aestivation. 705
Corolla with imbricate or contorted aestivation. 706
705. Leaves opposite or whorled. Calyx and corolla with valvate
aestivation. Ovary 5-7-celled. Embryo straight. Shrubs. _Roussea_, =96.
Saxifragaceae=.
Leaves alternate. Corolla with folded aestivation. Embryo curved. =207.
Solanaceae.=
706. Stamens free from the corolla or adhering to it at the base. =189.
Ericaceae.=
Stamens attached on the middle or the upper part of the corolla-tube.
707
707. Fruit a capsule. Disc wanting. Stamens 4. Leaves without stipules.
_Plantago_, =218. Plantaginaceae.=
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