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
724. Stylar head with 5 gland-like pollen-carriers alternating with and
adhering to the anthers. Styles 2, united at the top. Pollen-grains
cohering. Disc wanting. =201. Asclepiadaceae.=
Stylar head without pollen-carriers, but sometimes adhering to the
anthers. Styles partially or wholly united. Pollen-grains free. =200.
Apocynaceae.=
725. Styles 2. Ovaries 2 or 4. Ovules together 4. Stamens 5. Corolla
with folded or valvate aestivation. Herbs. =202. Convolvulaceae.=
Styles 3 or more. Ovaries 3 or more. 726
726. Sepals 2-3. Corolla-lobes 3-6. Stamens 6 or more. Albumen
abundant, ruminate. Shrubs or trees. Leaves undivided, exstipulate.
=81. Anonaceae.=
Sepals 4 or more, rarely 3, but then stamens 3. Albumen scanty or
wanting. 727
727. Flowers unisexual. Ovules solitary in each ovary. Fruits
indehiscent. Trees. Leaves alternate, lobed, stipulate. _Platanus_,
=102. Platanaceae=.
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Ovules 2 or more in each ovary,
rarely solitary, but then leaves opposite. Fruits dehiscent. Leaves
exstipulate. 728
728. Ovules 2 in each ovary. Flowers 5-merous. Leaves alternate,
pinnate. Shrubs or trees. =104. Connaraceae.=
Ovules numerous, rarely 1-2 in each ovary, but then leaves opposite and
undivided. Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. =95. Crassulaceae.=
729. (551.) Ovary single, 1-celled. 730
Ovary 2-or more-celled, or 2 separate ovaries. 747
730. Ovules 1-4, not distinctly separated from the tissues of the
ovary. Stamens as many as and opposite the divisions of the corolla.
Shrubs growing upon trees. _Loranthus_, =61. Loranthaceae=.
Ovules distinctly developed. Stamens as many as and alternate with
the divisions of the corolla, or more, or fewer, rarely opposite the
divisions, but then ovules numerous. 731
731. Ovule 1. 732
Ovules 2 or more. 740
732. Ovule erect. 733
Ovule pendulous. 734
733. Stigmas 2. Stamens 3-5; anthers coherent. Corolla with valvate or
open aestivation. Calyx little developed. Seed exalbuminous. Flowers
in heads, rarely in spikes or umbels or solitary. Leaves exstipulate.
=226. Compositae.=
Stigmas 3. Stamens 9-10; anthers free. Corolla with contorted, calyx
with imbricate aestivation. Seed albuminous. Flowers in racemes or
panicles. Leaves stipulate. Tendril-bearing shrubs. _Ancistrocladus_,
=166. Ancistrocladaceae=.
734. Leaves alternate. 735
Leaves opposite, whorled, or all radical. 737
735. Flowers unisexual. Seed exalbuminous. Climbing or prostrate
plants. Stamens 2-5. =223. Cucurbitaceae.=
Flowers hermaphrodite. Seed albuminous. Erect shrubs. Leaves undivided.
736
736. Corolla with imbricate aestivation. Stamens 4 or 5. Stigma 1.
Fruit dry, indehiscent. Flowers in terminal heads. _Berzelia_, =100.
Bruniaceae=.
Corolla with valvate aestivation. Stamens 6 or more. Stigmas 2-6. Fruit
succulent, drupaceous. Flowers in axillary cymes. _Alangium_, =178.
Alangiaceae=.
737. Style 3-parted. Stamens 5. Fruit drupaceous. Shrubs or trees.
_Viburnum_, =220. Caprifoliaceae=.
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