127. ANACARDIACEAE — I28. AQUIFOLIACEAE — I29. CELASTRACEAE 329 



what compressed. — Species 5. Tropical and South Africa. They 

 yield timber, gum, dyes, oil, medicaments, and edible fruits and seeds 

 from which a spirituous drink is prepared. . . Sclerocarya Höchst. 



25. Flowers 3-merous, dioecious. Fruit i — 2-seeded. Leaflets numerous. — 

 Species 2. West Africa. They yield timber and edible fruits (blood- 

 plums) Haematostaphis Hook. fil. 



Flowers 4 — 5-merous 26 



2G. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit usually i-seeded 27 



Flowers 5-merous. F"ruit 2 — 5-seeded. Leaflets 5 or more. Sepals 

 united at the base only 28 



27. Sepals united high up. Petals oblong. Disc 4-partite. Style simple, 



club-shaped. Flowers in panicled fascicles. Leaflets numerous, alter- 

 nate. — Species i. West Africa (Cameroons). Nothospondias Fngl. 

 Sepals united at the base only. Petals obovate. Disc 8-crenatc. Styles 

 3 — \. Stone of the fruit with i — 2 fertile cells bearing a lid at the top 

 and with 2 — 3 sterile cells. Seeds i or 2 ; in the latter case leaflets 3. — 

 Species 30. Tropical and South Africa. Several species yield timber, 

 bark used for making cloth, gum, edible fruits, and medicaments. 

 {Calesiam Adans., Odina Roxb., including Lanneoma Del.) (Plate 81.) 



Lannea Rich. 



28. Male flowers with a narrow disc and 3 st3des. * Stone of the fruit with 2 



fertile and 2 sterile cells. — • Species i. South Africa. 



Harpephyllum Bernh. 

 Male flowers with a broad disc and 5 styles. Ovary 5-celled. Stone of the 

 fruit with 3 — 5 fertile cells. Panicles spike-like. — Species 5. Mada- 

 gascar and Mascarenes. They yield timber, resin, and edible fruits* 

 (Under Spondias L.) Poupartia Comm. 



SUBORDER CELASTRINEAE 

 FAMILY 128. AQUIFOLIACEAE 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire toothed or lobed. Flowers 

 regular, dioecious. Calyx 4 — 7-cleft. Petals 4 — 7, united at the base, im- 

 bricate in bud. Stamens as many as the petals, hypogynous. Anthers 2- 

 celled, opening inwards by longitudinal slits. Disc none. Ovary superior, 

 4— 8-celled. Style short or absent ; stigma lobed. Ovules solitary in each 

 cell or two side by side, pendulous, inverted, covered by a cupular expansion 

 of the funicle. Fruit a drupe with 4 — 8 one-seeded stones. Embrj^o minute, 

 at the apex of the albumen {ILICINEAE.) 



Genus i, species 5. They yield timber, bird-lime, tea, and medicaments. 

 The holly (/. Aquifoliiim L.), with poisonous fruits, is also planted as a 

 garden- or hedge-plant Ilex L. 



FAMILY 129. CELASTRACEAE 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, stipulate. Flowers regular. Sepals 4 — 5, 

 imbricate or open in bud. Petals 4 — 5, free, imbricate in bud. Disc present. 



