Il8. MELIACEAE 3O3 



3. Seeds winged. Ovules 4 or more, rarely 2 in each ovary-cell. Stamens 



8— 10. [Subfamily SWIETENIOIDEAE. ] ....... 4 



Seeds not winged. Ovules i — 2, rarely 3 — 8 in each ovary-cell or on 

 each placenta. [Subfamily MELIOIDEAE.l 9 



4. Ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Ovary 5-celled. Stigma small. Disc 



wanting. Anthers 10, seated between the teeth of the staminal tube. 

 Leaves whorlcd, undivided. Flowers in panicles. — Species 2. West 



Africa Pynaertia De Wild. 



Ovules 4 or more in each ovar3'-cell. Leaves pinnate. ..... 5 



5. Ovules 4 in each ovary-cell. Disc shortly stalk-shaped. Staminal tube 



campanulate, the mouth crenate and with short teeth bearing the 

 anthers. Petals imbricate in bud. — Species 7. Central Africa. 



Lovoa Harms 

 Ovules () or more in each ovary-cell 6 



6. Ovules 6 in each ovarv-cell. Ovary sessile. Disc none. Staminal tube 



entire at the mouth, or with short teeth bearing the anthers. Petals 

 with imbricate aestivation. Flowers 5-merous. — Species 2. Southern 



West Africa Wulfhorstia C. DC. 



Ovules 12 or more in each ovary-cell. Petals with contorted aestiva- 

 tion 7 



7. Disc shortly stalk-shaped, connected with the staminal tube by longitudinal 



ridges. Seeds winged below. Leaflets entire. — Species 15. Central 

 Africa. They yield timber, gum, and a dye-stuff. (Including Leioptyx 



Pierre, under Sivietenia L.) Entandophragma C. DC. 



Disc cup- or cushion-shaped, not connected with the staminal tube by 

 longitudinal ridges 8 



8. Disc cup-shaped. Fruit oblong. Seeds about 5 in each cell of the fruit, 



winged below. — Species i. Central Africa. Yields timber and 



gum. (Under Cedrela L.) Pseudocedrela Harms 



Disc cushion-shaped. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit globose. Seeds numerous 

 in each cell, winged all round. — Species 7. Tropics. They j'ield 

 timber (African mahogany), tanning bark, gum, and medicaments. 



Khaya Juss. 



9. (3.) Ovules more than 2 in each ovary-cell. Ovary 4 — 5-celled. Anthers 



8 — 10, inserted between the lobes of the staminal tube. Seeds large, 



pyramidal ; seed-coat woodv or corky 10 



Ovules I — 2 in each ovary-cell or on each placenta. Seeds small or medium- 

 sized ; testa crustaceous, leathery, parchment-like, or membranous. 11 

 10. Flowers 4-merous. Staminal tube with 2-toothed lobes. Seed-coat 

 corky or spongy. Radicle of the embryo lateral. Leaves pinnate, 

 with I — 3 pairs of leaflets, or simple. Panicles rather small, lax, few- 

 flowered. — Species 3. Tropics. They yield timber, tanning bark, 

 and oily seeds. (Under Carapa Aubl.) . . . Xylocarpus Koen. 

 Flowers 5-merous. Staminal tube with entire lobes. Ovules 6 — 8 to 

 each ovarv-cell. Seed-coat woody. Radicle superior. Leaves pinnate. 



