118. 75. RUTACEAfi-76. BURSERACEAE. 



FAMILY 75— RUTACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves gland dotted, usually strongly 

 scented. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual. Mostly regu- 

 lar. Sepals 4 — S. Petals 4 — S, free, rarely 0. Disc usually present. 

 Anthers versatile. Stamens usually 1 — 2 times petals. Ovary 

 usually 4 — S celled. Ovules usually 2 in each cell. Seeds with 

 or without endosperm. 6 genera 7 species. 



1. Fruit dehiscent and more or less fleshy. Leaves trifoliolate or 



pinnate. 4. 



2. Leaves pinnate. (Xanthoxylon.) 6 FAGARA. 



Leaves simple. 3. 



3. Tree. Flowers large, paniculate. 1 CALODENDRON. 



Shrub or undershrub. Flowers small axillary. 



2 BAROSMA. 



4. Fruit a berry. Leaves pinnate. 5 CLAUSENA. 

 Fruit a drupe. Leaves trifoliate. 5. 



5. Stamens as many a6 petals, 4 — S. 4 TECLEA. 

 Stamens twice as many as petals 8. 3 VEPRIS. 



1. CALODENDRON Thb. 



capense Thb. "Cape Chestnut." "umBaba." Important 

 timber tree in all forest, except where frosts occur. 



2. BAROSMA Willd. 



lanceolata Sond. Around margins of bush. Coast and Mid- 

 lands. 



3. VEPRIS Comm. (Under Toddalia Juss.) "uMozane." 'um- 



Bozana.'' "umGana.'' 

 lanceolata A. Juss. "White Ironwood." Common tree in all 

 types of forest and tree veld. 



4. TECLEA Del. (Under Toddalia Juss.) 



natalensis (Sond.) Engl. Coastbelt and Midland tree veld. 



5. CLAUSENA Burm. ''umKhambiba." "umSanga." "um- 



Nukambhiba." 

 inaequalis Bth. Common tree. Coast and Midland bush. 

 Frequent in Tree veld. 



6. FAGARA L. (Xanthoxylon L.) 



1. capensis Thb. Common tree. Coast and Midlands. Bush 



and Thorn veld. "'umNungumabele." 



2. davyi Verdoorn. Forest tree. Midlands. 



FAMILY 76— BURSERACEAE- 



Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves usually pinnate. Bark resinous, 

 thick. Flowers regular, mostly potygamous. Calyx 3 — S — fid or 

 parted. Petals 3 — 5 free, deciduous. Stamens twice as many as 

 petals inserted outside the disc. Anthers versatile. Ovary 2 — 5 

 celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous or lateral. Style simple 



