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12. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3. Petals 9 — 12. Anthers attached by 



the back. Ovary and fruit winged. Style long, 2-cleft at the top, with 

 small stigmas. Shrubs. Leaves serrate, stipulate. Flowers in the 

 axils of undeveloped leaves, towards the ends of the branches. — Species 



3. West Africa Poggea Guerke 



Flowers polygamous or unisexual. Petals 4 — 12 13 



13. Style very short, with 2 — .| recurved stigmas. Anthers attached by the 



back near the base. Sepals 3. Petals 5- — 7. Fruit winged. Shrubs. 

 Leaves entire, stipulate. Flowers in spikes. — Species r. East Africa. 



Grandidiera Jaub. 



Style thread-shaped, simple or 3 — 7-cleft. Anthers attached by the base. 



Fruit not winged. Flowers solitary or in fascicles or racemes. . . 14 



14. Flowers rather small, in racemes. Stigma inconspicuous or slightly 



branched. Placentas 3. Seeds few. Leafstalk jointed. Branches with- 

 out spines. — Species 6. Central Africa. (I'nder Oncoba Forsk.) 



Lindackeria Presl 

 Flowers large. Placentas 4 or more 15 



15. Stigma (or style-apex) not thickened, sHghtly notched or divided into 



several branches. Fruit dehiscing incompletely ; seeds numerous, 

 minute. Leafstalk jointed. Branches without spines. — Species 15. 

 Central Africa. Some have edible fruits or serve as ornamental or 

 medicinal plants. (Under Oncoba Forsk.) . . . Caloncoba Gilg 

 Stigma thickened or divided into many branches. Leafstalk not jointed. 

 Flowers solitary or 2 — 3 together 16 



16. Branches without spines. Fruit ovoid, beaked, dehiscing by 4 — 6 valves ; 



seeds few, large. — Species 10. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some 

 species have edible fruits or serve as ornamental or medicinal plants. 



(Under Oncoba Forsk.) Xylotheca Höchst. 



Branches spinous. Fruit globose, indehiscent, with many placentas and 

 numerous seeds. — Species 2. Central Africa. L^sed medicinally ; 

 the fruits are edible and used for making ornaments. Oncoba Forsk. 



17. (8.) Petals 5, each with a scale-like appendage at the base. Sepals valvate 



in bud. Stamens 10 — 12. Anthers opening at the top. Ovary super- 

 ior. Styles 2 — 5. Flowers dioecious, in axillary cymes. Shrubs. — 

 Species 6. South and East Africa. [Tribe PAMGIEAE.] 



Kiggelaria L. 

 Petals without scales at the base. Anthers opening lengthwise. . . 18 



18. Receptacle (flower-tube) bearing a cupular or filamentous corona at its 



margin. Petals 5. Ovary superior. Seeds with an aril. [Tribe 



PAR0PS1EAE-] . 19 



Receptacle without a corona, but sometimes with glands 25 



19. Anthers peltate, 4-celled. Stamens numerous, perigynous. Corona short - 



tubular, entire. Ovules 6, apical. St5/les 3, long. Stigmas not thick- 

 ened. Low trees. Leaves entire, stipulate. Flowers in elongated 

 axillary spikes or racemes. — Species 3. West Africa. Soyauxia Oliv. 



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