l88 71. PHYTOLACCACEAE — 72. AIZOACEAE 



3. Ovary solitary, i-celled. Stamens 3 — 5. Anthers ovate or globose. 



Flowers in spikes. Leaves linear. — Species 4. South Africa and 

 southern West Africa. (Including Lophiocarpiis Turcz. and WalUnia 



jMoq.) Microtea Swartz 



Ovary solitary, 2— i6-celled, or several separate ovaries. Stamens 6 — ^^. 

 Leaves lanceolate, elliptical, or ovate, [Tribe PHYTOLACCEAE.] . 4 



4. Carpels 2. Stamens numerous. Fruit dry, capsular. Climbing shrubs. 



— Species i. Madagascar Barbeuia Thouars 



Carpels 5 — 16. Fruit succulent, baccate. — Species 8, five of them 



spontaneous in tropical and South Africa, the others cultivated and 

 sometimes naturalized in various regions. They yield vegetables, 

 dyes (chiefly from Ph.decandra L.), a substitute for soap, and medica- 

 ments ; some are poisonous. " Poke." (Including Pircunia ]\ioq.) 



Phytolacca L. 



FAMILY 72. AIZOACEAE 



Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubs. Leaves entire, toothed, or lobed 

 Flowers regular. Perianth usually simple. Stamens 3 or more. Ovary 

 usually several-celled. Ovules curved or inverted. Fruit dry. Seeds with a 

 curved embryo and a usually mealy albumen. — Genera 20, species 480. 

 {FICOIDEAE or MESEMBRIACEAE). (Plate 43.) 



1. Perianth divided to the base or nearly so, free from the ovary. [Subfamily 



MOLLUGINOIDEAE.] 2 



Perianth with a distinct tube sometimes adnate to the ovary, simple. 

 [Subfamily FICOIDEAE.] 11 



2. Ovary solitary, i-celled. Ovule i, suspended from a basal funicle. Style i. 



Stamens 5. Perianth simple. Flowers in panicles. Leaves whcrled. 



— Species 7. South Africa Adenogramma Reichb. 



Ovary solitary but 2- or more-celled, or several separate ovaries. ... 3 



3. Ovary 2-celled. Stjde 2-cleft. Inflorescence cymose. [Tribe LIMEAE.] 



4 

 Ovary 3 — 7-celled,or3 — 5 separate ovaries 5 



4. Perianth of 4 thin-membranous, fringed segments, surrounded by bracts. 



Stamens 4, much exceeding the perianth. Fruit capsular. Flowers in 

 false spikes. Leaves stipulate. — Species i. South Africa. 



Polpoda Presl 

 Perianth of 5 herbaceous entire segments, to which 3—5 petals arc some- 

 times added. Stamens 5 — 10, not or scarcely exceeding the perianth. 

 Fruit separating in two nutlets. Leaves exstipulate. — Species 15. 

 South and Central Africa. (Including Scmonvdlta Gay). Limeum L. 



5. Carpels separate. Ovules solitary. Perianth simple. Flowers in cymes. 



Leaves opposite. — Species 5. Some of them are used as vegetables or in 



medicine Giesekia L. 



Carpels united in the ovarial portion 6 



