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versel}- oblong ; endocarp very thin. Embryo with thick cotyledons. — 

 Species i. Madagascar. Used medicinally. . . . Baronia Bak. 

 Filaments awl-shaped. Ovary usually 3-cellcd. Ovule attached at 

 the top of the cell. Stigmas sessile. Fruit oblong ; endocarp woody. 

 Leaves opposite or nearly so, with numerous parallel side-ner\'es. — 

 Species 10. Madagascar and South-east Africa. Some species are 

 poisonous or used medicinally Protorhus Engl. 



18. Leaflets 3, toothed. Stamens 5. Ovary compressed. Styles lateral, 



thread-shaped. Fruit winged ; endocarp very thin, mesocarp resinous. 



Shrubs. — Species i. South Africa. . . Smodingium E. Mey. 



Leaflets 5 or more. Styles more or less terminal 19 



19. Stamens 4 — 5. Fruit with a crusty endocarp, a fibrous mesocarp, and a 



fleshy exocarp. Embryo with a short radicle. — Species 30. Central 

 Africa. Some have edible fruits. {Emiliomarcelia Hel. et Th. Dur.) 



Trichoseypha Hook. fil. 

 Stamens 10. Fruit with a hard endocarp, an oily mesocarp, and a parch- 

 ment-like exocarp. Embryo with a long radicle. Shrubs. — • Species 2. 

 Cultivated in North A.frica, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Mascarenes. 

 They yield timber, resin used industrially and medicinally, tanning 

 and dyeing materials, vinegar, syrup, and medicaments. 



Schinus L. 



20. (5.) Stamens 5, as many as the petals. Disc consisting of 5 scales. Styles 



5. Leaves simple, undivided. — Species 2. West Africa. 



Spondianthus Engl. 

 Stamens 6 — 15, twice as many as the petals or more. Leaves compound. 21 



21. Petals valvate in bud 22 



Petals imbricate in bud 23 



22. Flowers dioecious, 4-merous. Petals lanceolate, with inflexed tips. Male 



flowers with a sterile ovary and a simple style. Leaflets 3, serrate. — 



Species i. Equatorial East Africa Spondiopsis Engl. 



Flowers polygamous, usually 5-merous. Petals oblong ovate or elliptical, 

 finally recurved. Styles in the female and hermaphrodite flowers 4 — 5, 

 free. Leaflets 5 or more, usually with a marginal nerve. — Species 4, 

 two of them growing wild in equatorial West Africa, the others culti- 

 vated in the tropics. They yield timber, gum, tanning material, medica- 

 ments, and edible fruits from which a spirituous drink is prepared. 

 (Including Antrocaryon Pierre) Spondias L. 



23. Sepals free. Stone of the fruit with 3 — 4 lids at the top 24 



Sepals more or less united 25 



24. Flowers dioecious, 3 — 4-merous. Anthers subglobose, versatile. Seeds 



oblong, terete. — Species 2. Central Africa. The fruits are edible. 



(Under Spondias L.) Pseudospondias Engl. 



Flowers polygamous, 4 — 5-merous. Anthers oblong, continuous with the 

 filament. Ovary-cells and styles usually 3. Seeds club-shaped, some- 



