Chapter 24

1. Carpel 1. Style simple, lateral; stigma entire. Funicle basal. Fertile stamen 1, rarely 5. Leaves simple, entire. Trees. [Tribe MANGIFEREAE.]2Carpels 2-5, sometimes 1-4 of them rudimentary. Style simple with a lobed stigma, or more or less deeply divided, or several free styles.Fertile stamens 3 or more. Leaves usually compound.52. Stamen 1. Filament broad. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals 4. Disc one-sided.Leaves lanceolate.â€”Species 2. West Africa. The fruits are edible.(UnderMangiferaL.)FegimanraPierreStamens 5-10, but usually 1 only fertile. Petals 5.33. Fertile stamens 5. Calyx bursting irregularly.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.The juice is used for preparing varnishes and medicaments.GlutaL.Fertile stamen 1, usually accompanied by 4 or 9 sterile ones, which bear small anthers. Calyx 5-partite.44. Stamens and staminodes together 5. Disc cushion-shaped. Fruit egg-shaped, with a fleshy pericarp and a slightly thickened stalk. Leaves lanceolate.â€”Species 1 (M. indicaL., mango-tree). Cultivated in the tropics. Yields timber, gum, tanning and dyeing materials, edible fruits from which a spirituous drink is prepared, starch from the seeds, and medicaments.MangiferaBurm.Stamens and staminodes together 10. Disc indistinct. Fruit kidney-shaped, with a resinous pericarp and a much thickened, fleshy stalk.Leaves obovate.â€”Species 1 (A. occidentaleL., cashew-tree). Cultivated in the tropics. Yields timber, gum, tanning and dyeing materials, oil, vermin-poison, edible seeds and fruit-stalks from which vinegar and brandy are prepared, and medicaments.AnacardiumL.5. (1.) Ovary with 1 fertile cell and sometimes 1-2 empty and usually rudimentary ones, rarely (Protorhus) with 3 fertile cells; in this case stamens 5 and leaves simple. [Tribe RHOIDEAE.]6Ovary with 3-5 fertile cells. Stamens 6-15 and leaves compound, rarely stamens 5 and leaves simple, but then ovary-cells and styles 5.[Tribe SPONDIEAE.]206. Perianth simple, consisting of 1-2 segments in the male, of 2-5 in the female flowers. Stamens 3-5. Style 3-cleft. Leaves compound.â€”Species5, one of them only cultivated. North Africa and northern EastAfrica. They yield timber, tanning and dyeing materials, resins (mastic and turpentine) which are used industrially, in medicine, as fumigatories, masticatories, or condiments, and for preparing spirituous drinks, also edible oily fruits and seeds (pistachio-nuts) and various medicaments.PistaciaL.Perianth consisting of a calyx and a corolla.77. Style 1, undivided, rarely (Micronychia) shortly cleft at the top, or a slightly lobed sessile stigma.8Styles 3, free or united at the base, sometimes recurved and adnate to the ovary, or 3 free sessile stigmas.138. Leaves simple, undivided.9Leaves compound, pinnate.119. Stamens 6-10, twice as many as the petals. Ovary with 1 fertile and 1 sterile cell. Style absent. Trees with small flowers.â€”Species 2.Madagascar and Seychelles.CampnospermaThwait.Stamens 4-5, as many as the petals. Ovary 1-celled. Style present.1010. Corolla of the male flowers equalling the calyx. Disc broad, fleshy. Filaments thread-shaped. Ovary and fruit much compressed. Style short, undivided, with a 3-lobed stigma. Shrubs. Leaves serrate.Flowers small. Female inflorescence finally with broadened branches and hardened bracts.â€”Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony).(BotrycerasWilld.)LaurophyllusThunb.Corolla much exceeding the calyx. Disc cup-shaped. Filaments broad.Ovary and fruit slightly compressed. Style long, shortly 3-cleft at the top. Trees. Leaves entire. Flowers rather large.â€”Species 1.Madagascar.MicronychiaOliv.11. Receptacle deeply cupular; hence petals and stamens distinctly perigynous.Calyx valvate, corolla imbricate in the bud. Stamens 5-10. Ovary sessile. Style thin. Fruit dry, indehiscent.â€”Species 1. WestAfrica.ThyrsodiumBenth.Receptacle flattish or convex; hence petals and stamens hypogynous or nearly so. Style thick or wanting.1212. Petals imbricate in the bud; sepals imbricate. Stamens 4-5, as many as the petals. Ovary and fruit with a compressed stalk. Stigma sessile. Fruit sickle-shaped, dry, indehiscent.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.FaguetiaMarch.Petals valvate in the bud. Stamens 5-20, usually more than petals.Ovary and fruit sessile, the latter drupaceous.â€”Species 20. Tropics.Some species yield timber, gum, and edible fruits.SorindeiaThouars13. (7.) Ovule basal or suspended from a basal funicle.14Ovule suspended from the top or the flank of the cavity.1614. Ovule subbasal, ascending. Styles lateral, thread-shaped. Ovary compressed.Stamens 5, alternating with 2-cleft scales. Petals of the male flowers longer, of the female shorter than the sepals. Sepals lanceolate, enlarged in the fruit. Flowers dioecious. Leaves pinnate; stalk winged.â€”Species1. South Africa.LoxostylisSpreng. fil.Ovule suspended from the basal funicle. Styles terminal. Flowers polygamous.1515. Endocarp crusty or bony, finally separating from the mesocarp. Seedcoat thin. Leaves alternate, usually compound.â€”Species 100. Some of them yield timber, tanning and dyeing materials (sumac), condiments, medicaments, and edible fruits; others are used as ornamental plants.RhusL.Endocarp leathery, not separating from the mesocarp. Seed-coat thick.Leaves undivided, narrow, with numerous parallel side-nerves.â€”Species18. Tropical and South Africa. Some yield timber. (AnaphreniumE. Mey.)HeeriaMeissn.16. Leaves simple, undivided. Stamens 5.17Leaves compound, trifoliolate or pinnate.1817. Filaments broadened. Ovary 1-celled. Ovule attached laterally. Stylessickle-shaped, united at the base, with capitate stigmas. Fruit transversely oblong; endocarp very thin. Embryo with thick cotyledons.â€”Species1. Madagascar. Used medicinally.BaroniaBak.Filaments awl-shaped. Ovary usually 3-celled. Ovule attached at the top of the cell. Stigmas sessile. Fruit oblong; endocarp woody.Leaves opposite or nearly so, with numerous parallel side-nerves.â€”Species10. Madagascar and South-east Africa. Some species are poisonous or used medicinally.ProtorhusEngl.18. Leaflets 3, toothed. Stamens 5. Ovary compressed. Styles lateral, thread shaped. Fruit winged; endocarp very thin, mesocarp resinous.Shrubs.â€”Species 1. South Africa.SmodingiumE. Mey.Leaflets 5 or more. Styles more or less terminal.1919. Stamens 4-5. Fruit with a crusty endocarp, a fibrous mesocarp, and a fleshy exocarp. Embryo with a short radicle.â€”Species 30. CentralAfrica. Some have edible fruits. (EmiliomarceliaHel. et Th. Dur.)TrichoscyphaHook. fil.Stamens 10. Fruit with a hard endocarp, an oily mesocarp, and a parchment-like exocarp. Embryo with a long radicle. Shrubs.â€”Species 2.Cultivated in North Africa, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Mascarenes.They yield timber, resin used industrially and medicinally, tanning and dyeing materials, vinegar, syrup, and medicaments.SchinusL.20. (5.) Stamens 5, as many as the petals. Disc consisting of 5 scales. Styles5. Leaves simple, undivided.â€”Species 2. West Africa.SpondianthusEngl.Stamens 6-15, twice as many as the petals or more. Leaves compound.2121. Petals valvate in bud.22Petals imbricate in bud.2322. Flowers dioecious, 4-merous. Petals lanceolate, with inflexed tips. Male flowers with a sterile ovary and a simple style. Leaflets 3, serrate.â€”Species1. Equatorial East Africa.SpondiopsisEngl.Flowers polygamous, usually 5-merous. Petals oblong ovate or elliptical, finally recurved. Styles in the female and hermaphrodite flowers 4-5, free. Leaflets 5 or more, usually with a marginal nerve.â€”Species 4, two of them growing wild in equatorial West Africa, the others cultivated in the tropics. They yield timber, gum, tanning material, medicaments, and edible fruits from which a spirituous drink is prepared.(IncludingAntrocaryonPierre).SpondiasL.23. Sepals free. Stone of the fruit with 3-4 lids at the top.24Sepals more or less united.2524. Flowers dioecious, 3-4-merous. Anthers subglobose, versatile. Seeds oblong, terete.â€”Species 2. Central Africa. The fruits are edible.(UnderSpondiasL.).PseudospondiasEngl.Flowers polygamous, 4-5-merous. Anthers oblong, continuous with the filament. Ovary-cells and styles usually 3. Seeds club-shaped, somewhat

ANACARDIACEAE.FLOW. PL. AFR.Pl. 81.J. Fleischmann del.Lannea Schimperi (Hochst.) Engl.AFlowering branch.BMale flower.CMale flower cut lengthwise.DOlder female flower cut lengthwise.EFruit.

ANACARDIACEAE.

FLOW. PL. AFR.

Pl. 81.

J. Fleischmann del.

Lannea Schimperi (Hochst.) Engl.

AFlowering branch.BMale flower.CMale flower cut lengthwise.DOlder female flower cut lengthwise.EFruit.

CELASTRACEAE.FLOW. PL. AFR.Pl. 82.J. Fleischmann del.Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.AFlowering branch.BFlower cut lengthwise.CCross-section of ovary.DFruit.ESeed cut lengthwise.

CELASTRACEAE.

FLOW. PL. AFR.

Pl. 82.

J. Fleischmann del.

Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.

AFlowering branch.BFlower cut lengthwise.CCross-section of ovary.DFruit.ESeed cut lengthwise.

compressed.â€”Species 5. Tropical and South Africa. They yield timber, gum, dyes, oil, medicaments, and edible fruits and seeds from which a spirituous drink is prepared.SclerocaryaHochst.25. Flowers 3-merous, dioecious. Fruit 1-2-seeded. Leaflets numerous.â€”Species2. West Africa. They yield timber and edible fruits (blood-plums).HaematostaphisHook. fil.Flowers 4-5-merous.2626. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit usually 1-seeded.27Flowers 5-merous. Fruit 2-5-seeded. Leaflets 5 or more. Sepals united at the base only.2827. Sepals united high up. Petals oblong. Disc 4-partite. Style simple, club-shaped. Flowers in panicled fascicles. Leaflets numerous, alternate.â€”Species1. West Africa (Cameroons).NothospondiasEngl.Sepals united at the base only. Petals obovate. Disc 8-crenate. Styles3-4. Stone of the fruit with 1-2 fertile cells bearing a lid at the top and with 2-3 sterile cells. Seeds 1 or 2; in the latter case leaflets 3.â€”Species30. Tropical and South Africa. Several species yield timber, bark used for making cloth, gum, edible fruits, and medicaments.(CalesiamAdans.,OdinaRoxb., includingLanneomaDel.) (Plate 81.)LanneaRich.28. Male flowers with a narrow disc and 3 styles. Stone of the fruit with 2 fertile and 2 sterile cells.â€”Species 1. South Africa.HarpephyllumBernh.Male flowers with a broad disc and 5 styles. Ovary 5-celled. Stone of the fruit with 3-5 fertile cells. Panicles spike-like.â€”Species 5. Madagascar and Mascarenes. They yield timber, resin, and edible fruits.(UnderSpondiasL.)PoupartiaComm.

SUBORDER CELASTRINEAE

FAMILY 128.AQUIFOLIACEAE

Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire toothed or lobed. Flowers regular, dioecious. Calyx 4-7-cleft. Petals 4-7, united at the base, imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as the petals, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled, opening inwards by longitudinal slits. Disc none. Ovary superior, 4-8-celled. Style short or absent; stigma lobed. Ovules solitary in each cell or two side by side, pendulous, inverted, covered by a cupular expansion of the funicle. Fruit a drupe with 4-8 one-seeded stones. Embryo minute, at the apex of the albumen (ILICINEAE.)

Genus 1, species 5. They yield timber, bird-lime, tea, and medicaments.The holly (I. AquifoliumL.), with poisonous fruits, is also planted as a garden- or hedge-plant.IlexL.

FAMILY 129.CELASTRACEAE

Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, stipulate. Flowers regular. Sepals 4-5, imbricate or open in bud. Petals 4-5, free, imbricate in bud. Disc present.Stamens as many as and alternating with the petals. Filaments free. Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits sometimes confluent at the top. Ovary superior, but sometimes sunk in the disc and adnate to it, 2-5-celled, rarely (Pleurostylia) 1-celled. Ovules 1-8 in each cell, inverted. Style 1 or 0. Seeds usually albuminous. Embryo axile, with leaf-like cotyledons.â€”Genera 15, species 160. (Plate 82.)

1. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds with an aril. [SubfamilyCELASTROIDEAE.]2Fruit a drupe or a nut. Seeds without an aril.72. Leaves opposite, at least those of the flowering and fruiting branches. Unarmed shrubs. Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell.3Leaves alternate.43. Petals spreading. Disc thick. Anthers opening by 1 slit. Ovary-cells and stigmas 4-5. Seeds enveloped by a red aril. Leaves elliptical.â€”Species1. North-west Africa (Algeria). Yields timber and medicaments and serves as an ornamental plant; the fruits are poisonous. â€œSpindle-tree.â€EvonymusL.Petals erect. Disc thin. Anthers opening by 2 slits. Ovary-cells and stigmas 3. Seeds with a white, wing-like aril. Leaves lanceolate.â€”Species1 (C. edulisForsk.). Central and South Africa. The wood and the leaves are used, the latter for chewing and for preparing a tea and medicaments. (MethyscophyllumEckl. & Zeyh.)CathaForsk.4. Flowers in axillary racemes or umbels, or more frequently solitary or in clusters and inserted upon the leaves, 5-merous. Ovary-cells and stigmas 5, very rarely 3-4. Seeds with a laciniate aril. Unarmed shrubs or trees.â€”Species 7. Madagascar. (UnderCelastrusL.).PolycardiaJuss.Flowers in axillary fascicles or cymes. Ovary 2-3-celled, very rarely4-5-celled.55. Ovules 3-6 in each cell of the ovary. Disc thick, almost hemispherical, ribbed, red. Seeds enveloped by the aril. Spiny shrubs.â€”Species 2.South Africa. (UnderCelastrusL.)PutterlickiaEndl.Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. Ovary 2-3-celled. Disc not hemispherical.66. Fruit with usually wing-like appendages. Seeds with a gaping aril. Ovary usually ribbed. Stigmas 2-3. Disc 5-lobed or 5-parted. Flowers5-merous. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves entire.â€”Species 9.South Africa.PterocelastrusMeissn.Fruit without appendages. Ovary not ribbed. Disc faintly lobed, not ribbed.â€”Species 80. Some of them yield timber, rubber, or medicaments.(Including Scytophyllum Eckl. & Zeyh., underCelastrusL.)GymnosporiaWight & Arn.7. (1.) Fruit broadly winged, with a leathery rind. Flowers 4-merous.Stamens inserted within the disc. Anthers opening outwards. Ovary2-celled, with 1 erect ovule in each cell. Stigma 1, small. Shrubs.Leaves opposite, entire. Inflorescences terminal and axillary.â€”Species1. Madagascar. [SubfamilyTRIPTERYGIOIDEAE.]PtelidiumThouarsFruit not winged. Stamens inserted on the edge or outer face of the disc.Anthers usually opening inwards. [SubfamilyCASSINIOIDEAE.]88. Ovary 1-celled. Ovules 2-8, erect. Style lateral. Stigma peltate.Flowers 5-merous. Fruit with a thin endocarp and a thin-fleshy mesocarp. Seeds with copious albumen. Leaves opposite.â€”Species5. East and South Africa and Malagasy Islands. (IncludingCathastrumTurcz.)PleurostyliaWight & Arn.Ovary 2-4-celled, with 1-2 ovules in each cell. Style terminal, rarely lateral in the fruit.99. Ovules pendulous. Flowers 5-merous. Fruit a drupe. Glabrous shrubs.Upper leaves opposite, broad.â€”Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony).Yields timber. (UnderCassineL.)MauroceniaL.Ovules erect.1010. Stigma entire. Anthers turned inwards. Petal-like staminodes usually present. Flowers hermaphrodite. Leaves opposite, unequal, the lower lanceolate, the upper oval. Trees.â€”Species 1. Isle of RÃ©union.HeryaCordem.Stigma 2-4-lobed, very rarely entire, but then anthers turned outwards.Petal-like staminodes none.1111. Flowers in short racemes, unisexual, 4-merous. Stamens inserted at the margin of the thin disc; filaments strap-shaped. Fruit almost dry.Glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite.â€”Species 1. South Africa (CapeColony). (UnderElaeodendronJacq.)LauridiaEckl. & Zeyh.Flowers solitary or in fascicles or cymes; usually hermaphrodite.1212. Leaves alternate. Flowers 5-merous. Fruit almost dry.â€”Species 20.Tropical and South Africa. (UnderCassineL. orElaeodendronJacq.)MystroxylonEckl. & Zeyh.Leaves opposite or the upper alternate.1313. Pericarp neither fleshy nor hardened. Seeds exalbuminous. Anthers opening outwards. Glabrous shrubs. Leaves more or less distinctly toothed.â€”Species 3. South Africa and Madagascar. (UnderSchreberaThunb.)HartogiaThunb.Pericarp more or less fleshy or hardened. Seeds albuminous. Anthers usually opening inwards.1414. Pericarp fleshy. Leaves opposite.â€”Species 10. South Africa.CassineL.Pericarp dry.â€”Species 17. Tropical and South Africa. Some species yield timber, dyes, edible fruits, and medicaments. (UnderCassineL.)(Plate 82.)ElaeodendronJacq.

FAMILY 130.HIPPOCRATEACEAE

Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple. Flowers regular. Calyx 5-partite, imbricate in bud. Petals 5, free, inserted below the disc. Stamens 3-5, inserted upon or within the disc. Filaments free, strap-shaped. Ovary 3-celled, with 2-10 inverted ovules in each cell. Style 1 or 0. Fruit drupaceous or capsular or separating into several mericarps. Seeds exalbuminous.â€”Genera 3, species 110. Tropical and South Africa. (UnderCELASTRINEAE.) (Plate 83.)

1. Stamens 5. Anthers opening inwards by a transverse slit. Disc indistinct.Ovules 6-8 to each ovary-cell. Leaves opposite, serrate.â€”Species4. West Africa.CampylostemonWelw.Stamens 3. Anthers opening outwards. Disc distinct.22. Fruit drupaceous. Petals imbricate in bud. Flowers usually in fascicles or in fascicled cymes.â€”Species 60. Tropical and South Africa.Several species yield rubber or edible fruits. (Plate 83.)SalaciaL.Fruit capsular or separating into several mericarps. Anthers roundish.Leaves opposite. Flowers usually in simple cymes.â€”Species 50.Tropics to Delagoa Bay. Some are used medicinally. (IncludingHelictonemaPierre).HippocrateaL.

FAMILY 131.SALVADORACEAE.

Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, with minute stipules. Flowers solitary or in spikes, racemes or panicles, regular. Calyx 2-4-cleft. Petals 4, very rarely 5, free or united at the base, with imbricate or contorted aestivation. Stamens as many as and alternate with the petals; sometimes 4-5 staminodes also present. Ovary superior, 1-2-celled. Ovules 1-2 in each cell, erect, inverted. Style simple, short. Fruit a berry or a drupe. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo with the radicle turned downwards.â€”Genera 3, species 6.

1. Flowers dioecious. Petals 4, free, narrow. Filaments free from one another and from the corolla. Glands between the stamens absent.Ovary 2-celled. Shrubs with 2-6 spines in the axils of the leaves.â€”Species2. Tropical and South Africa. Used medicinally. (MonetiaLâ€™HÃ©r.)AzimaLam.Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Filaments united together or to the corolla. Glands between the stamens nearly always present.Ovary 1-celled. Unarmed shrubs or trees.22. Petals free, narrow. Filaments united at the base. Anthers oblong.â€”Species3. East Africa. Yielding timber. (IncludingPlatymitiumWarb.)DoberaJuss.Petals united at the base, broad, 4. Filaments free. Anthers ovoid or globose.â€”Species 1 (S. persicaGarcin). North-east and CentralAfrica to Delagoa Bay. Yields edible fruits and medicaments; the twigs are used as tooth-brushes.SalvadoraGarcin

HIPPOCRATEACEAE.FLOW. PL. AFR.Pl. 83.J. Fleischmann del.Salacia Dusenii Loesen.AFlowering branch.BFlower from above.CFlower cut lengthwise.DCross-section of ovary.

HIPPOCRATEACEAE.

FLOW. PL. AFR.

Pl. 83.

J. Fleischmann del.

Salacia Dusenii Loesen.

AFlowering branch.BFlower from above.CFlower cut lengthwise.DCross-section of ovary.

ICACINACEAE.FLOW. PL. AFR.Pl. 84.J. Fleischmann del.Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey.AFlowering branch.BFlower cut lengthwise.CFruit.DFruit cut lengthwise.

ICACINACEAE.

FLOW. PL. AFR.

Pl. 84.

J. Fleischmann del.

Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey.

AFlowering branch.BFlower cut lengthwise.CFruit.DFruit cut lengthwise.

SUBORDER ICACININEAE

FAMILY 132.ICACINACEAE

Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire toothed or lobed, without stipules. Flowers regular, 4-5-merous. Stamens as many as the petals or perianth-segments and alternate with them. Anthers opening by 2 longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 1-celled. Ovules 2, pendulous, inverted, with dorsal raphe. Style 1 or 0. Fruit a drupe. Seed 1, with a thin testa, without an aril.â€”Genera 19, species 90. Tropical and South Africa. (UnderOLACINEAE.) (Plate 84.)

1. Pericarp warty or spiny on the inner face. Embryo equalling the albumen.Climbing or twining shrubs. Leafstalk terete. [Tribe PHYTOCRENEAE.]2Pericarp smooth or wrinkled on the inside. Leaves entire.72. Perianth simple, 3-5-parted. Stigma sessile. Leaves palminerved.3Perianth, at least in the female flowers, consisting of a sometimes very small calyx and a corolla of united petals. Leaves penninerved.53. Flowers solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves, hermaphrodite. Stem tuberous, with slightly twining branches. Leaves undivided, wavy at the margin.â€”Species 1. East Africa (Somaliland).TrematospermaUrbanFlowers in heads or spikes, dioecious.44. Flowers in heads arranged in spikes or panicles. Perianth of the male flowers 3-lobed.â€”Species 3. West Africa.PolycephaliumEngl.Flowers in spikes. Perianth usually 4-parted.â€”Species 15. Tropical and South Africa.PyrenacanthaHook.5. Calyx minute. Corolla not enlarged in the fruit. Flowers in spikes arising from the lower part of the stem. Leaves oval.â€”Species 1.Madagascar.EndacanthusBaill.Calyx distinctly developed, at least in the female flowers. Corolla enlarged in the fruit.66. Calyx of the male flowers 5-toothed. Petals 5. Filaments rather long.Anthers linear. Flowers in spikes at the nodes of the older branches.Leaves lanceolate.â€”Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons).StachyanthusEngl.Calyx of the male flowers indistinct or wanting. Petals 4. Filaments short. Anthers ovate. Flowers in spikes or heads. Species 7.West Africa.ChlamydocaryaBaill.7. (1.) Flowers dioecious, with a corolla of united petals, with or without a calyx. Stamens with flat filaments; anthers opening inwards. Embryo nearly equalling the albumen. Climbing shrubs, usually with tendrils.Leaves opposite. Flowers in panicles.â€”Species 6. Tropics. [TribeIODEAE.]IodesBlumeFlowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, rarely unisexual, but then with a calyx and a corolla of free petals, or without a corolla, and the anthersopening outwards. Embryo usually much shorter than the albumen.Trees or erect, rarely climbing shrubs; in the latter case leaves alternate or flowers in spikes. [Tribe ICACINEAE.]88. Flowers unisexual, dioecious. Calyx 5-partite. Petals minute and free, or wanting. Anthers turned outwards. Ovary with a ring-shaped appendage at the top. Trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers in panicles.â€”Species2. Madagascar and neighbouring islands.GrisolleaBaill.Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Perianth consisting of a calyx and a corolla.99. Petals free. Sepals usually united high up.10Petals more or less united. Sepals usually united at the base only.1410. Embryo nearly as long as the albumen.11Embryo much shorter than the albumen.1211. Petals bearded within. Disc present. Style long; stigma small or shield-shaped.Fruit with a crusty endocarp. Embryo with flat cotyledons.Shrubs with ascending or somewhat twining branches.â€”Species 7.Tropics. Some have edible fruits or seeds.IcacinaJuss.Petals not bearded within. Disc absent. Fruit with a woody endocarp and a fleshy mesocarp. Embryo with folded cotyledons. Climbing shrubs.â€”Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. The fruits and seeds are eaten and used medicinally.LavigeriaPierre12. Stem climbing. Flowers in spikes. Petals hairy outside. Disc present.Ovary without swellings. Style terminal; stigma slightly lobed.â€”Species6. Tropics.DesmostachysPlanch. & MiersStem erect, tree-like. Flowers in fascicles or panicles. Ovary with 2 swellings. Style lateral.1313. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Filaments broadened below. Ovary usually with two narrow swellings at the top.â€”Species 12. Central Africa.(UnderApodytesMey.)RhaphiostylesPlanch.Flowers in terminal panicles. Filaments awl-shaped. Ovary with two broad swellings on the ventral face.â€”Species 10. Tropical and SouthAfrica. Several species yield timber or edible fruits. (Plate 84.)ApodytesE. Mey.14. Petals united at the base or nearly to the middle.15Petals united beyond the middle.1615. Petals imbricate in the bud. Style short. Leaves opposite. Flowers in repeatedly forked cymes.â€”Species 4. South Africa and Madagascar.CassinopsisSond.Petals valvate in the bud. Style long. Leaves alternate. Flowers in few-flowered fascicles or panicles.â€”Species 9. Central Africa. (IncludingAlsodeiidiumEngl.)AlsodeiopsisOliv.16. Petals imbricate in the bud. Sepals and stamens unequal. Disc indistinct.Stigma sessile. Leaves opposite, elliptical. Flowers in panicles.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.TridianisiaBaill.Petals valvate in the bud.1717. Petals bent backwards at the tip. Disc thick. Style short. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Flowers in few-flowered axillary cymes.â€”Species1. West Africa (Congo).AcrocoeliumBaill.Petals bent inwards at the tip. Disc absent. Leaves alternate.1818. Sepals united at the base only. Filaments adnate to the corolla-tube throughout their whole length, without appendages. Style long, filiform. Ovary and fruit without a swelling.â€”Species 5. Tropics.LeptaulusBenth.Sepals united high up. Filaments free from the corolla, with two tufts of hairs at the apex. Style short, conical. Ovary and fruit with a lateral swelling. Flowers in head-like cymes.â€”Species 1. WestAfrica.LasiantheraBeauv.

SUBORDER SAPINDINEAE

FAMILY 133.ACERACEAE

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, palmately lobed, without stipules. Flowers in terminal corymbs, regular, polygamous. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5, free. Stamens 8, very rarely 4 or 12, perigynous, inserted on the inner edge of the thick disc. Filaments free. Ovary superior, 2-lobed and 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles 2 or a single style with 2 branches or stigmas. Fruit winged, splitting into 2 mericarps. Seeds exalbuminous. (UnderSAPINDACEAE.)

Genus 1, species 4. North-west Africa. They yield timber, tanning bark, and sugar, and serve as ornamental plants. â€œMaple.â€AcerL.

FAMILY 134.SAPINDACEAE

Trees or shrubs, rarely (Cardiospermum) herbs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, usually compound. Flowers in racemes or panicles, rarely solitary or in clusters, polygamous, rarely unisexual. Petals 4-5, mostly with a scale on the inner face, or absent. Stamens 4-24, usually 8, inserted within the disc, rarely upon it; sometimes disc indistinct. Anthers opening inwards by 2 longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-8-, usually 3-celled, sometimes not quite completely septate or with a single fertile cell, frequently lobed. Ovules 1-2, rarely (Cossignia) 3 in each ovary-cell, curved. Style 1, undivided, rarely cleft. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo usually curved.â€”Genera 51, species 200. (IncludingDIDIEREACEAE.) (Plate 85.)

1. Ovary with 1 fertile cell and sometimes 2 sterile ones. Ovule 1. Style3-4-cleft. Stamens 8-10, inserted on the edge of the ring-shaped disc. Petals 4. Sepals 2. Flowers dioecious. Leaves undivided, deciduous. Spiny trees.â€”Species 6. Madagascar. Some speciesyield timber. (IncludingAlluaudiaDrake). [Tribe DIDIEREAE.]DidiereaBaill.Ovary with 2-8 fertile cells. Stamens inserted within the disc, rarely upon it (Pistaciopsis) or no distinct disc present (Dodonaea); in both these cases petals wanting.22. Ovule 1 in each cell of the ovary.3Ovules 2, very rarely 3, in each cell of the ovary.453. Ovule pendulous. Ovary 2-celled. Style undivided, with 2 decurrent stigmatic lines at the apex. Stamens 5. Disc regular. Petals 5, small. Sepals 5, slightly imbricate in bud. Fruit succulent, indehiscent.Seeds without an aril. Embryo with pinnately cut cotyledons. Branches and leaves with a resinous coating. Leaves equally pinnate, with a winged rachis.â€”Species 2. Equatorial East Africa and Madagascar.FiliciumThwait.Ovule erect or ascending. Stamens usually 8.44. Flowers irregular, with a one-sided disc. Petals 4.5Flowers regular or nearly so, with a complete disc. Petals 5 or 0. Leaves exstipulate, equally pinnate, rarely unequally pinnate (Pistaciopsis) or simple (Pappea).145. Leaves stipulate, unequally pinnate with 5 leaflets or twice ternate. Herbs or undershrubs or climbing tendril-bearing shrubs. Petals with a crested, and hooded scale. Stamens 8. Ovary 3-celled.6Leaves exstipulate, simple trifoliolate or equally pinnate. Trees or shrubs without tendrils. Seeds without an aril.86. Stem herbaceous or woody at the base only. Fruit capsular, inflated, with a membranous rind. Seeds without an aril.â€”Species 5. Tropical andSouth Africa, one species (C. HelicacabumL.) also naturalized in NorthAfrica. They yield fodder, vegetables, oil, and medicaments, and serve also as decorative plants. â€œHeartseed.â€CardiospermumL.Stem woody, climbing, bearing tendrils. Fruit capsular, not inflated, with a leathery or woody rind, or separating into mericarps. Seeds witha more or less distinct aril.77. Leaves twice ternate. Fruit 3-winged below, separating into 3 nutlets.â€”Species1. Madagascar.SerjaniaSchum.Leaves pinnate. Fruit wingless, capsular.â€”Species 1. Tropics. Poisonous and yielding fibres and medicaments.PaulliniaL.8. Leaves simple or trifoliolate. Sepals 4, broadly imbricate in bud. Petals with a crestless, notched or 2-parted scale. Stamens 8. Ovary deeply lobed. Fruit of 1-3 drupes.â€”Species 50. Tropical and SouthAfrica. Some species yield timber, edible fruits, and medicaments.(UnderSchmideliaL.)AllophyllusL.Leaves abruptly pinnate. Sepals 5.99. Sepals free, broadly imbricate in bud. Petals with a notched scale. Stamens8. Fruit separating into 3 mericarps. Seed-coat hard.â€”Species3. Naturalized in the Mascarenes and Seychelles. The wood and thefruits (soap-berries) are used; the latter afford a substitute for soap, mucilage, oil, poison, and medicaments; the seeds serve as ornaments and for making buttons and rosaries. (IncludingDittelasmaHook.)SapindusL.Sepals more or less united, narrowly imbricate or valvate in bud. Fruit furrowed or lobed, indehiscent.1010. Calyx shortly bell- or top-shaped; sepals united at the base only. Petals with a 2-crested scale. Stamens 6-8. Pericarp crustaceous or leathery.11Calyx deeply urn-shaped or almost globular; sepals united high up.Pericarp more or less fleshy.1211. Disc obliquely cupular. Ovary 2-celled. Sepals imbricate in bud. Petals with a very broad scale. Shrubs. Leaflets 10.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.PlagioscyphusRadlk.Disc not cupular. Ovary 3-celled. Leaflets 4-8.â€”Species 7. WestAfrica. (UnderErioglossumBlume)PancoviaWilld.12. Stamens 12-15. Petals sessile; scale adnate below by the margin, bearing a short crest. Ovary 6-8-celled. Trees. Leaflets 10-12.â€”Species1. West Africa (Cameroons).GlossolepisGilgStamens 6-8. Petals clawed.1313. Scales of the petals adnate below by the margins, bearing an incurved crest; claws elongate. Calyx subglobose, shortly toothed. Ovary7-celled. Trees. Leaflets numerous.â€”Species 1. West Africa(Cameroons).RadlkoferaGilgScales of the petals adnate by a ridge, more rarely free. Ovary 3-4-celled, rarely 7-8-celled, but then petals with a free and crestless scale.Species 10. West Africa. Some have edible fruits.ChytranthusHook. fil.14. (4.) Petals absent.15Petals present.2315. Sepals 4-6, united at the base only, valvate or almost valvate in bud.16Sepals 5, united high up.1916. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. Sepals 4. Leaves with 4-6 leaflets.â€”Species1. Madagascar.CrossonephelisBaill.Stamens 5-8. Ovary 3-celled.1717. Flowers in racemes or panicles. Sepals 4-5, hairy outside. Stamens7-8. Seeds without an aril. Leaves with 4-6 leaflets.â€”Species 2.Central Africa.MelanodiscusRadlk.Flowers in clusters. Stamens 5, rarely 6-7, but then seeds with an aril.1818. Stamens inserted inside the disc; filaments short, not exceeding the calyx; anthers linear. Sepals 5-6, hairy above. Seed 1, with an aril. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 4-10 leaflets.â€”Species 2. EastAfrica.HaplocoelumRadlk.Stamens inserted at the edge of the disc, 5; filaments long, much exceeding the calyx; anthers oblong or oval. Sepals 5. Leaves with a narrowlywinged rachis.â€”Species 4. Central Africa.PistaciopsisEngl.19. Sepals imbricate in bud, finally slashed. Stamens 8-10, bent twice in the bud. Ovary 3-celled. Seeds with an aril; embryo almost straight.Trees. Flowers in axillary racemes or panicles.â€”Species 2. CentralAfrica. Flowers fragrant, used for preparing an aromatic water.LecaniodiscusPlanch.Sepals valvate in bud. Stamens 8.2020. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds with an aril.21Ovary 3-celled.2221. Fruit covered with wart-like protuberances. Aril free from the seedcoat.â€”Species1 (L. chinensisSonn.) Cultivated in the tropics and naturalized in the Mascarene Islands. It yields timber, edible fruits, and medicaments. (UnderNepheliumL. orEuphoriaCommers.)LitchiSonn.Fruit covered with soft spine-like processes or glabrous. Aril adnate to the seed-coat.â€”Species 1 (N. lappaceumL., Rambutan). Cultivated in the tropics. It yields edible fruits and fat-containing seeds. (UnderEuphoriaComm.)NepheliumL.22. Fruit dehiscent. Seeds with an aril. Calyx cup-shaped. Flowers in axillary panicles.â€”Species 1. Mascarene Islands. Yields timber(iron-wood), edible fruits, and oily seeds. (UnderNepheliumL.)StadmanniaLam.Fruit indehiscent. Seeds without an aril. Calyx top-shaped. Flowers in racemes or panicles springing from the older parts of the stem.â€”Species3. Central Africa.PlacodiscusRadlk.23. (14.) Calyx 5-lobed; lobes open or slightly imbricate in bud. Stamens6-10.24Calyx 5-parted.2724. Calyx urn-shaped. Petals with a scale adnate by a ridge. Fruit indehiscent,3-lobed, with a leathery pericarp. Seeds without an aril. Inflorescences arising from the older branches. Leaves pinnate. (See 13.)ChytranthusHook. fil.Calyx cup- or saucer-shaped, small. Petals with a scale adnate by the margins, or with a free scale, or without a scale. Fruit dehiscent.Seeds with an aril.2525. Petals hairy, without a scale or with the inflexed margins prolonged into small scales. Ovary lobed. Pericarp leathery. Leaves simple, undivided, oblong.â€”Species 4. East and South Africa. They yield timber, edible fruits, and oily seeds. (UnderSapindusL.)PappeaEckl. & Zeyh.Petals with a free scale or with a scale adnate by the margins. Leaves pinnate.2626. Petals with a scale adnate by the margins, hence funnel-shaped. Disc clothing the base of the calyx. Filaments hairy. Fruit 3-angled, almost glabrous. Inflorescences axillary.â€”Species 5. Central Africa.Some yield timber. (UnderBlighiaKoen.)PhialodiscusRadlk.Petals with an almost free, notched scale. Disc free. Filaments glabrous.Fruit almost globose; pericarp crustaceous or woody, hispid on the outside, woolly within.â€”Species 3. West Africa. Yielding timber.EriocoelumHook. fil.27. (23.) Sepals narrowly imbricate in bud.28Sepals broadly imbricate in bud.3328. Stamens 5. Petals hooded, without scales. Disc 5-lobed. Ovary 2-celled.Fruit indehiscent, with a crustaceous pericarp. Seeds with an aril. Leaves with numerous leaflets. Inflorescences arising from the older parts of the stem.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.PseudopterisBaill.Stamens 6-10.2929. Stamens 6-7. Petals hairy, with 1-2 scales adnate by their edges.Ovary 2-celled. Fruit compressed, dehiscent, with a cartilagineous endocarp. Seeds with an adnate aril. Leaves with 4-11 pairs of leaflets. Flowers in terminal panicles.â€”Species 3. Central Africa.AporrhizaRadlk.Stamens 8-10.3030. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit indehiscent. Stamens 8.31Ovary 3-celled. Fruit tardily dehiscent. Stamens 8-10. Petals furnished at the base with a scale adnate at each side.3231. Leaflets in 3-4 pairs, toothed, pellucidly dotted, beset with scaly glands when young. Fruit 2-lobed, with a fleshy pericarp. Seeds without an aril.â€”Species 1. South Africa (Cape Colony). (UnderSapindusL.)SmelophyllumRadlk.Leaflets in 5 pairs, entire, beset with stellate hairs. Fruit with a crustaceous pericarp. Seeds with a free aril.â€”Species 1 (E. LonganaLam.). Cultivated in the tropics and in Egypt and naturalized in theMascarene Islands. Yields timber and edible fruits. (UnderNepheliumL.)EuphoriaCommers.32. Petals saccate at the base. Stamens 8, rarely 10. Fruit large, bluntly3-angled. Seeds enveloped at the base by an adnate aril.â€”Species3. West Africa. The aril is poisonous when unripe or over-ripe, but edible when ripe, and used for preparing oil and medicaments; from the fragrant flowers an aromatic liquid is prepared. â€œAkee-tree.â€ (UnderCupaniaL.)BlighiaKoen.Petals funnel-shaped. Stamens 10. Seeds enclosed in the fleshy testa.Leaflets in 4-6 pairs, toothed.â€”Species 3. West Africa.LychnodiseusRadlk.33. (27.) Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit compressed, dehiscent, witha spongey pericarp. Seeds with a free aril.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.TinopsisRadlk.Stamens 8-24.3434. Stamens 8.35Stamens 10-24. Seeds without an aril.4235. Leaves twice pinnate. Petals small. Fruit 1-celled, indehiscent, witha crustaceous pericarp. Seeds with a membranous aril and a crustaceous testa.â€”Species 10. Madagascar and East Africa.MacphersoniaBlumeLeaves once pinnate.3636. Petals with 1 scale. Seeds without an aril; testa membranous, leathery, or crustaceous.37Petals with 2 scales, usually formed by the inflexion of their edges, rarely(Molinaea) without scales. Seeds with an aril, rarely (Sapindus) without, but then with a bony testa.3837. Leaflets prickly toothed, in several pairs. Stem shrubby. Inflorescences springing from the older parts of the stem. Petals with a hooded scale.Disc cup-shaped, crenate.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.CotylodiscusRadlk.Leaflets entire. Stem tree-like. Fruit lobed.3838. Leaflets in 2 pairs. Fruit drupaceous, not separating into mericarps.Seeds with a thin testa; embryo nearly straight.â€”Species 1 (A. senegalensisRadlk.). Central Africa. It yields timber and edible fruits which are also used as a substitute for soap; the seeds are poisonous.(UnderSapindusL.)AphaniaBlumeLeaflets in 3 or more pairs. Fruit separating into 2-3 berry-like mericarps.Seeds with a leathery testa.â€”Species 20. Tropical andSouth Africa. Some have edible fruits. (Plate 85.)DeinbolliaSchum. & Thonn.39. Petals with large scales. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit capsular.â€”Species 10.Madagascar. (UnderCupaniaL.,JageraBlume, orRatoniaDC.).TinaRoem. & Schult.Petals with small scales or without scales. Ovary 3-celled.4040. Petals very small, with 2 linear scales at the base. Filaments bent twice in the bud. Shrubs. Leaflets in 6-10 pairs.â€”Species 1. Madagascar.EriandrostachysBaill.Petals small or rather large, with the margins bent inwards at the base or without any appendage. Usually trees.4141. Seeds with an aril and a crustaceous testa. Fruit winged, capsular.â€”Species8. Madagascar and Mascarenes. Some species yield timber and medicaments. (UnderCupaniaL.).MolinaeaComm.Seeds without an aril; testa bony. Fruit not winged, drupaceous or separating into mericarps. (See 9.)SapindusL.42. (34.) Petals without a scale. Stamens 10. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit capsular, bristly. Climbing shrubs clothed with rust-coloured hairs.Leaflets in 3-4 pairs, toothed.â€”Species 1. West Africa. (UnderCupaniaL.)LaccodiscusRadlk.Petals with a scale. Trees or erect shrubs.4343. Ovary entire. Stamens 10-12. Leaves without glands.â€”Species 1.East Africa. (UnderDeinbolliaSchum. & Thonn.)CamptolepisRadlk.

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