51. MONlMIACEAK-52. LAURACKAK 93. 



Carpels free till maturity, shortly stalked. 2. 



2. Petals imbricate in bud. Ovules many. 1 UVARIA. 

 Petals valvate in bud. Ovules 1 — 2. 3. 



3. Petals thick, spreading. Stalks of inflorescence and flowers 



usually thickened and hooked. 2 ARTABOTRYS. 

 Petals thin, not spreading. 3 POPOWIA. 



1. UVARIA L. "Mazwenda." 



caffra EM. Climber in bush. Coast and Midlands. 



2. ARTABOTRYS R.Br. 



monteiroae Oliv. Climber in bush. Coastbelt. Rare. 



3. POPOWIA Endl. "Dwaba." "Mazwenda mnyama." 



1. caffra Hk.f. and Thoms. Climber in bush. Coast and 



Midlands. '.j 



2. buchanani Engl. & Diels. Alexandra County. 



4. ANONA L. 



•enegalensis Pers. Shrub. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



FAMILY 51— MONIMIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers uni- 

 sexual. Perianth simple 3 — 6 lobed. Stamens 10 or more. Car- 

 pels 1 or more, separate, often sunk in the receptacle. Ovule 1 

 Seeds with fleshy endosperm. 1 genus 1 species. 

 XYMALOS. Baill. "uVeti," "uVeto," "Totshe," "Totshwa," 

 "uHlwehlwe," "Lemonwood." 

 monospora Baill. Tree, tlirowing dense shade. Dominant 

 or subdominant in much of the moister Midland 

 forests. 



FAMILY 52— LAURACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or parasitic herbs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. 

 Flowers regular. Perianth of 4 — 6 segments. Fertile stamens 

 4 — 14, perigynous. Ovary superior, rarely inferior, 1 celled. Ovule 

 1, pendulous, inverted. Style simple. Seed exendospermic. 3 

 genera 8 species. 



1. Twining parasitic herb, without chlorophyll. 



3 CASSYTHA. 

 Trees or shrubs. 2. 



2. Anthers 2 celled. Fruit enclosed in receptacle. 



1 CRYPTOCARYA. 

 Anthers 4 celled. Cells superposed. Fruit baccate. 



2 OCOTEA. 

 1. CRYPTOCARYA R.Br. "xoboti," "umXaleba," "umTung- 

 wane," "umCutunga." 



1. latifolia Sond. Coast and Midlands. Large tree. 

 "umCutungwa." 



