368 150- FLACOURTIACEAE 



2. IniKT perianth-lea\-cs with small, scale-like appendages at the base. . 3 

 Inner perianth-leaves without appendages 5 



3. Outer perianth-leaves much smaller than the inner, free, leathery. Style 



very short. — Species 4. East and South-east Africa. 



Rawsonia Harv. & Send. 

 Outer perianth-leaves about as large as the inner 4 



4. Stamens 5. — Species 5. West Africa. (Under Dasyhpis Oliv.; 



Scottelia Oliv. 

 Stamens numerous. — Species 3. Central Africa. . . Dasylepis Oliv. 



5. Stamens 5 — 15, hypogynous. Anthers broad-sagittalc. Stvle simple, 



with a 2 — 4-lobed stigma. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers in racemes, 

 hermaphrodite. — Species 15. Madagascar and neighbouring islands 



and East Africa Erythrospermum Lam. 



Stamens 20 or more, perigynous. Anthers oblong or linear. Style 3--4- 

 cleft or -parted 6 



6. Flowers hermaphrodite. Style 3, free. Fruit a few-seeded, loculicidal 



capsule. Low trees. Leaves stipulate. Flowers in spikes. — Species i. 



Equatorial West Africa . Pyramidocarpus Oliv. 



Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Style i, with 4 branches. Fruit a 

 many-seeded, septicidal capsule. Tall trees. Flowers in racemes. — 

 Species 2. Equatorial West Africa. [Cerolepis Pierre). 



Camptostylus Gilg 



7. (i.) Petals present. Ovar}^ i-celled 8 



Petals absent. Sepals 3 — 6, ver\' rarely 7 — 8 35 



8. Petals more than sepals, unappendaged. Stamens numerous. Ovary 



superior 9 



Petals as many as sepals 17 



9. Stamens collected in bundles opposite to the petals and alternating with 



8 glands inserted at the margin of the receptacle. Calyx 4-partite. 



Petals 8. Ovules few, suspended from the upper part of the placentas. 



Styles 3 — 4. Flowers in axillary spikes. — Species i. West Africa. 



Dissomeria Benth. 

 Stamens not in bundles. Receptacle without glands. Ovules numerous, 



parietal. Style i, simple cleft or .^-parted. (Tribe ONCOBEAE.J 10 

 10. Sepals wholly or partly united, when young, with valvate aestivation. 



Style smiple 11 



Sepals free or nearly so, with imliricate aestivation 12 



IT. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, in few-tiowered racemes. Calyx 



hood-shaped. Petals 5. Filaments free, thread-shaped. Placentas 



2 — 3. Fruit a capsule. — Species i. Madagascar. Prockiopsis Baill. 

 Flowers dioecious, in fascicles or abbreviated spikes or racemes. Calyx of 3 



sepals. Petals 6 — 7. Stamens in 2 rows, the outer longer and with 



broadened, incompletely united filaments. Placentas 3—5. — Specie? 5. 



Central Africa Buchnerodendron Guerke 



