28 LXXXIV. AFOCYNACE^ (sTAPF). 



Tribe III. Bcliitoldeae- — Corolla various ; lobes overlapping to the right, 

 very rarely to the left, or induplicate-valvate or valvule. Anthers usually sagittate ; 

 anther-cells diverging below^ the outer halves passing into barren tailed appendages ; 

 foot of the connective free, generally provided with projections and regularly 

 arranged groups of spreading hairs. Ovary apocarpous, rarely syncarpous ; stigma 

 various, exuding a glutinous matter and tightly agglutinated or adnate to the 

 foot of the connective, very rarely to the base of the filaments. Fruit dry, folli- 

 cular. Seeds comose, very rarely not ; or with a basal or apical plumose aicn ; 

 endosperm smooth, often scanty. Cotyledons flat, semiterete, convolute or con- 

 tortuplicate. 

 •Leaves ppposite, rarely whorled ; trees or shrubs with 

 woody stems. 

 Anthers not sagittnte; outer halves of the cells usually 

 more or less (sometimes minutely) decurrent on 

 and adnate to the glabrous foot of the connective ; 

 leaves deciduous . . . . . .28. Holarrhen:^. 



AiitheiiJ distinctly sagitt.ite ; empty tails free ; leaves 



persistent, rarely deciduous. 



Corolla with numerous appeinlages in the throat, 



partly opposite and partly alternate with the 



lubes ; seeds covered all over with long silky 



wool 29. Pleiocehas. 



Corolla with paired or solitary appendages alternate 



with the lobes, or (usually) naked ; seed 



glabrous, pubescent or shortly tomentose. 



Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate from a 



cylindric basal tube with paired appendages 



between the usually long-tailed lobes . . 30. Strophanthus. 



Corolla salver-shaped or funnel-shaped to cam- 

 panulate without a cylindric basal tube or 

 paired appendages. 

 Corolla-lobes very asymmetric ; anther-cone 



exserted from the corolla-tube . . 31. ISONEMA. 



Corolla-lobes notor s ightly asymmetiic ; anther- 

 cone included, rarely more or less exserted 

 Intracalycular glands numerous. 



Corolla fleshy; tube stout; Icb.s over- 

 lapping to the right ; seeds with a 

 plumose basal awn . . .32. Funtumia. 



Corolla not fleshy ; tube generally slender ; 

 lobes induplicate-valvate ; seeds with 



a se>sile apical coma . . . 33. Mascabenhasia. 



Intracalycular glands 5-0. 



Autlier-cone exseited; seeds without a 



coma or awn .... 34. Malouetia. 



Anther-cone included; seeds with a 

 sessile apical coma. 

 Corolla- mouth much constricted. 



Ovary apocarpous .... 35. ALAriA. 

 Ovary sync.irpous .... 36. Holalafia. 

 Corolla-mouth wide. 



Leaves extremely closely nerved ; 



carpels 4-ovuled . . . 37. Pycnobotrya. 

 Leaves loosely nerved ; carpels roany- 

 ovultd. 



