PAPAVERACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 52.
J. Fleischmann del.
Trigonocapnos curvipes Schlecht.
A Flowering branch. B Flower. C Petals (a the upper, b one of the lateral, c the lower). D Bundle of stamens (the third anther not visible). E Pistil (the ovary cut lengthwise).
14. Perianth yellow, with oblong segments, deciduous. Fruit large, greenish.—Species
1 (P. gratissima Gaertn., avocado-pear). Cultivated in the tropics. It yields edible fruit, from which also a fat and a dye are prepared, and is used in medicine. Persea Gaertn.
Perianth white, with ovate segments, persistent. Fruit small, blackish.—Species
1. Canary Islands and Azores. Yields timber. (Under
Persea Gaertn.) Phoebe Nees
[FAMILY 85.] HERNANDIACEAE
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, palminerved, without stipules. Flowers in panicles, regular, hermaphrodite polygamous or monoecious. Perianth 4-10-parted. Fertile stamens 3-5, alternating with the inner perianth-segments. Anthers 2-celled, turned inwards, opening by valves. Ovary inferior, 1-celled. Ovule 1, pendulous, inverted. Style and stigma simple. Seed exalbuminous. Embryo with folded or coiled cotyledons.—Genera 3, species 7. Tropics. (Under LAURACEAE or COMBRETACEAE.)