206 8l. ANON ACE A£ — 82. MYRISTICACEAE 



Ovules 10 — 30 to each carpel, rarely 8, but then fruits not constricted 

 between the seeds, and yoiing branches leaves and flowers clothed with 

 stellate hairs. Carpels usually few 22 



21. Fruit-carpels with a single seed appressed to the pericarp, or with 2 — 8 



seeds, and then constricted between them. Style present. Flowers 



hermaphrodite. — Species 9. Tropics Unona L. f 



Fruit-carpels with a single seed not appressed to the pericarp, or with 2 

 seeds without a distinct constriction between them. Ovules i — 2. — 

 Species 8. Tropics. Several species yield timber. Polyalthia Blume 



22. Sepals small. Plants covered with stellate hairs. — Species 2. Central 



Africa. (Under Unona L. f.) . . . Meiocarpidium Engl. & Diels 



Sepals large. Plants covered with simple hairs, or glabrous. — Species 3. 



Central Africa Uvariastrum Engl. 



23. (11.) Ovules I — 2 in each carpel 24 



Ovules numerous in each carpel 26 



24. Carpels united as to the ovary and sunk in the receptacle, numerous, one- 



seeded. Flowers unisexual, with two large bracteoles enclosing the 

 bud. Sepals 3, small. — Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. (Under 



Anona L.) . . Anonidium Engl. & Diels 



Carpels free. Flowers hermaphrodite 25 



25. Sepals large, leathery, cohering in the bud. Outer petals ovate, scarcely 



larger than the inner. Receptacle rather flat. Carpels 6 — 9, one- 

 ovuled ; styles linear. Shrubs. — Species i. Southern East Africa. 



(Under Unona L. f.) Cleistochlamys Oliv. 



Sepals small, membranous. Outer petals oblong, larger than the inner. 

 Receptacle convex. Carpels usually 2-ovuled ; stigmas usually sessile. 

 — Species 9. West Africa. (Under Oxymitra Benth.) 



Cleistopholis Pierre 



26. Carpels united, at least in fruit, numerous. Petals much overlapping in 



the bud. Flowers on dwarf shoots, with a thick stalk and two large 



bracteoles enclosing the bud. Plants covered with stellate hairs. — 



Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. Pachypodanthium Engl. & Diels 



Carpels free 27 



27. Stigmas lanceolate ; margin not rolled inwards, or at the base only. Carpels 



about 10. Sepals triangular. Petals lanceolate, united at the base, 

 greatly exceeding the calyx. — Species i. East Africa. [Aster an- 

 thopsis O. Rtze., under Uvaria L.) . . Asteranthe Engl. & Die^s 

 Stigmas truncate ; margin rolled inwards all round. Petals usually 

 free. — Species 55. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species 

 yield edible fruits, dyes, or medicaments Uvaria L. 



FAMILY 82. MYRISTICACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, penninerved, without stipules. Flowers 

 dioecious. Perianth simple, 2 — 5-, usually 3-lobed. Stamens 2 — 40 ; fila- 



