202 80. MF.NISPERMACEAE 



i8. Outer stamens united at the base, inner up to the anthers. Anthers 

 opening lengthwise, the inner laterally, the outer inwards. Carpels 3 ; 

 endocarp spiny. Leaves cordate-ovate. Flowers fascicled in racemes. 

 — Species i. West Africa. {M iersiophyton Engl., under Chasman- 



thera Miers) Rhigiocarya Miers 



Outer and inner stamens united to the middle or beyond 19 



19. Anthers opening by a semicircular slit. Carpels 3 ; stigmas 3-cleft. 



Endocarp spiny. Flowers in panicles. (Sec 12.) Kolobopetalum Engl. 



Anthers opening by two longitudinal slits. Endocarp smooth, wrinkled, or 



tubercled 20 



20. Carpels 6- — 30. Scar of the style basal. Cotyledons fleshy. Anthers 



opening inwards. (See 16.) Tiliacora Colebr. 



Carpels 3. Scar of the style terminal. Flowers fascicled in racemes. . 21 



21. Petals unequal. Style none. Leaves imdivided. (See 14.) 



Desmonema Miers 



Petals subequal. Stamens 6. Styles short. Stigmas cleft. Leaves 



broadly cordate. — Species 2. Central Africa. One species has edible 



tubers Chasmanthera Höchst. 



22. (3.) Inner sepals united nearly to the tip 23 



Inner sepals free or nearly so 24 



23. Stamens 6 — 9. Filaments imited at the base. Anthers opening length- 



wise. Flowers solitary or in pairs. — Species i. West Africa. 



Synclisia Benth. 



Stamens 15 — 30. Filaments united throughout their whole length. 



Anthers opening transversely. Male flowers fascicled, female solitary 



(See 8.) Epinetrum Hiern 



24. Petals none 25 



Petals 3—9, usually 6 27 



25. Stamens 3. Filaments united. Anthers opening by two transverse 



slits. Carpels 3—4. Scar of the style near the base of the fruit. Leaves 

 broad-cordate. Flowers in fascicled glomerules. — Species 2. West 



Africa Syrrheonema Miers 



Stamens 3, with Iree filaments, or 3 — 6. Anihers opening by sometimes 

 confluent longitudinal slits. Scar of the style terminal or lateral. . 26 



26. Carpels 3. Styles absent. Stigmas peltate. Anthers opening by con- 



fluent slits. Stem erect. Flowers in glomerules. (See 12.) 



Penianthus Miers 



Carpels 6 or more. Styles present. Stem climbing. Flowers in lax 



cymes or in panicles. — Species 12. Tropics. (Including Pycnostylis 



Pierre, Rameya Baill., and Welwitschiina Engl.) Triclisia Benth. 



27. Petals 9. Stamens 21. Carpels 12. — Species i. West Africa. 



Sphenocentrum Pierre 

 Petals 3—6 28 



28. Stamens 3. . . . ^ 29 



Stamens 6 — 18 31 



