[FAMILY 83.] MONIMIACEAE
Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, without stipules. Flowers unisexual. Perianth simple, 3-6-lobed. Stamens 10 or more. Carpels solitary or several and then separate at the time of flowering, often sunk in the receptacle. Ovule 1. Seeds with a small embryo and fleshy albumen.—Genera 6, species 30. (Plate 50.)
1. Anthers opening by valves. Stamens numerous. Carpels 4 or more, sunk in the receptacle. Ovules erect. Perianth irregular, strap-shaped.
Leaves alternate. Flowers solitary or in clusters.—Species
3. West Africa. (Plate 50.) [Subfamily ATHEROSPERMOIDEAE, tribe SIPARUNEAE.] Glossocalyx Benth.
Anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Ovule pendulous. Perianth regular or nearly so. [Subfamily MONIMIOIDEAE.] 2
2. Receptacle (floral axis) small. Perianth-segments of the female flowers falling off singly. Stamens numerous. Carpel 1. [Tribe TRIMENIEAE.] 3
Receptacle large, cup- or urn-shaped, at length bursting. Perianth falling off entire and lid-like, or little developed and persistent. Carpels several or many. 4
3. Perianth of the male flowers protruding beyond the stamens. Flowers on long stalks, in lax racemes. Leaves alternate.—Species 2. Equatorial
West Africa (Cameroons). Chloropatane Engl.
Perianth of the male flowers concealed by the stamens. Flowers on short stalks, in dense racemes. Leaves opposite.—Species 3. Tropical and
South Africa. They yield timber. (Including Paxiodendron Engl.) Xymalos Baill.
4. Receptacle cup-shaped, subsequently spreading, not enclosing the carpels.
Perianth falling off as a whole, lid-like. Stamens 10-12. Anther-halves confluent above. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary or in
MYRISTICACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 49.
J. Fleischmann del.
Pycnanthus Kombo (Baill.) Warb.
A Part of a flowering branch. B Male partial inflorescence. C Male flower. D Fruit, the pericarp cut lengthwise.