I5Q. FLACOURTIACEAE — l6o. TURNERACEAE 373 



Fruit a drupe with several stones. Stipules wanting. — Species 7. 

 Tropics to Delagoa Bay. They yield timber, edible fruits (Indian 

 j:)lums), and medicaments, and serve also as hedge-plants. (Plate 104.) 



Flacourtia Juss. 



44. Flowers dioecious or polygamous, in cymes. Receptacle expanded into a 



disc. Stamens with short filaments and introrse anthers. Style very 

 short, simple or 2 — 6-cleft. Ovar}' with a single placenta and 2 ovules. 

 Fruit a drupe. Stipules minute. — Species i. Island of Reunion. 



Yields timber and condiments Guya Frapp. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Receptacle unappendaged, rarely with a disc 

 but then style distinctly developed ... 45 



45. Receptacle expanded into a glandular-toothed disc. Sepals 5 — 6, oblong, 



imbricate in bud. Placentas 2 — 4. Style filiform, 2 — 4-cleft at the 

 apex. Stipules none. — Species 2. East Africa (Sansibar), Madagascar 

 and neighbouring islands. They yield timber and are used in medicine. 



Ludia Lam. 



Receptacle without a disc and without glands. Sepals 4 — 5, roundish, 



or 3. Styles 3 or o 46 



46. Sepals 3, valvate in bud. Anthers attached by the base. Placentas 3. 



Stales 3, free, filiform ; stigmas not thickened. Stipules linear. Flowers 

 in racemose indorescences. — Species 6. Madagascar. . Tisonia Baill. 

 Sepals 4 — 5, imbricate in bud. Anthers attached by the back near the 

 base Placenta i. Style none ; stigma peltate. Fruit a berry. 

 Flowers solitary or in clusters. — Species 5. Madagascar and neighbour- 

 ing islands, East and South-east Africa. Some species yield edible 

 fruits, a substitute for tea, and medicaments. {ApJihia Benn.) 



Neumannia Rich. 



FAMILY 160. TURNERACEAE 



Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, 

 furnished with a gland or a callosity, imbricate in bud, deciduous. Petals 5, 

 with contorted aestivation. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals. Filaments 

 free. Anthers versatile, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, i-celled 

 with 3 parietal placentas. Ovules inverted. Styles 3, often divided. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule. Seeds arillate, pitted, with a large embryo and copious albu- 

 men. — Genera 7, species 20. Tropical and South Africa. (Plate 105.^ 



1. Sepals free or nearly so 2 



Sepals united below into a distinct tube. . . , 3 



2. Stigmas nearly entire. Sepals with ovate glands. Petals white. Fruit 



dehiscing throughout its whole length. Aril formed of long hairs. 

 Trees with simple hairs. Leaves stipulate, w'ith two glands on the 

 stalk. Flowers pendulous, solitar}' or in clusters of 3, bracteolate. — 

 Species i. Mascarene Islands Mathurina Balf. fil. 



