Trees or shrubs. Leaves without stipules, usually pinnate. Flowers regular, mostly panicled. Petals 3-6, usually free. Stamens as many or more frequently twice as many as the petals. Filaments usually united. Anthers 2-celled, opening inwards or laterally by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, usually 2-or more-celled. Ovules inverted. Style simple or wanting; stigma entire or lobed.—Genera 23, species 150. (Including AITONIEAE, CEDRELEAE, and PTAEROXYLEAE.) (Plate 76.)
1. Filaments free. Ovule 1 in each ovary-cell. Seeds winged. Leaves pinnate. [Subfamily CEDRELOIDEAE] 2
Filaments more or less united into a tube. 3
2. Ovary and fruit 2-celled. Petals 4. Stamens 4.—Species 2. South and
East Africa. They yield timber (sneezewood). Ptaeroxylon Eckl. & Zeyh.
Ovary and fruit 5-celled.—Species 1. Madagascar. Cedrelopsis Baill.
BURSERACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 75.
J. Fleischmann del.
Pachylobus edulis G. Don
A Flowering branch. B Male flower cut lengthwise. C Stamen. D Female flower cut lengthwise. E Staminode. F Cross-section of ovary.
