80. MENISPERMACEAE — 8l. ANON ACE AE 203 



29. Filaments free. Sepals hairy. Stem climbing. (See 26.) Triclisia Benth. 

 Filaments united high up 30 



30. Sepals glabrous. Leaves distinctly 3-nerved. Stem climbing. — Species i. 



Madagascar Strychnopsis Baill. 



Sepals hairy. Leaves not distinctly 3-nerved. Stem erect. — Species 5. 

 Madagascar. (Including Gamopoda Bak. and Tripodandra Baill.) 



Rhaptonema Miers 



31. Stamens 9 — 18. Filaments united throughout their whole length. Anthers 



opening transversely. Male flowers with 6 petals, female with 3 petals 

 and 3 stamirodes. Carpels 6. Flowers in false racemes or corymbs. 

 Leaves undivided. — Species 7. Tropics to Delagoa Bay. 



Anisocycla Baill. 



Stamens 9 with the filaments free or united at the base, or 6. Anthers 



opening lengthwise, but sometimes obliquely 32 



32. Carpels 3 — 4. Flowers in racemes 33 



Carpels 6 — 30. Flowers in cymes or panicles, or the female in racemes. 



Leaves undivided 34 



33. Petals ovate. Fruits ovoid; embryo nearly straight. Stem erect. Leaves 



compound, with 3 leaflets. — Species 4. Madagascar. Burasaia Thouars 



Petals oblong, lobed. Fruits reniform ; embryo much curved. Stem 



climbing. Leaves simple, undivided. — - Species i. West Africa 



(Congo). . . Limaciopsis Engl. 



34. Sepals densely hairy. Petals minute. Staminodes in the female flowers 



present. Carpels hairy. (See 26.) Triclisia Benth. 



Sepals glabrous or scantily hairy. Staminodes in the female flowers 

 absent. (See 16.) Tiliacora Colebr. 



SUBORDER MAGNOLIINEAE. 



FAMILY 81. ANONACEAE. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves undivided, without stipules. Flowers usually 

 hermaphrodite. Sepals 3, rarely 2, usually valvate in the bud. Petals 3 — 6, 

 fiee or united at the base. Stamens hypogynous, 6 or more, usually numerous 

 rarely (Bocagea) 3. Anthers nearly always turned outwards. Carpels 3 or 

 more, separate, more rarely united and forming a one- or many-celled ovary. 

 Ovules ir verted. Fruit usually a berry. Seeds with a copious, ruminate 

 albumen and a small embryo. — • Genera 27, species 240. (Plate 48.) 



1. Carpels whorled and united, forming a i -celled ovary with parietal placen- 



tas. [Tribe MONODOREAE.] " 2 



Carpels spirally arranged, free, more rareiy imited, and then forming a 

 many-celled ovary 3 



2. Petals imequal, free or the outer united below, frequently with a wavy 



margin. — Species 15. Tropics to Delagoa Bay. The seeds of some 

 species are used as condiments and in medicine. . . Monodora Dun. 



