Agauria
salicifolia
var. salicifolia
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These are trees or bushes with simple, alternate and persistent leaves without stipules. The flowers are hermaphrodites with 4-5 sepals, which may be free or fused. The corolla is gamopetalous with 4-5 lobes. The flowers contain 8-10 fused or free stamens with anthers bearing appendages and pores that open either apically or obliquely. The ovary is superior and bears 4-5 chambers. The style is simple but the stigma may be almost undifferentiated to very developed, peltate, cylindrical or one that bears appendages. There are numerous ovules and placentation is axile. The seeds are very small, oval or fusiform, while the embryo stands in an upright position.
This family consist
of about fifty genera and more than 1000 species, mostly in temperate and
cold regions or in mountainous tropical regions. There exist two
indigenous genera in the Mascarenes: Agauria and Philippia. Only
Agauria salicifolia var salicifolia, Philippia abietina and Philippia brachyphylla
are endemic to Mauritius and of these three only Agauria salicifolia var
salicifolia is found in Mondrain.
Agauria
They are trees or bushes
with simple and alternate leaves. They have either a racemose inflorescence
or an axilliary one. Flowers are accompanied by an axilliary bract
and two bracteoles found on the pedicel, which is joint to the receptacle.
There are 5 free, deltoid and persistent sepals. The corolla is gamopetalous,
deciduous and fleshy with 5 lobes. The flowers have 10 stamens, folded
at the top and enlarged at the base. The ovary consists of 5 locules
with a depression at the top from where the style emerges. There
are numerous ovules that are borne by axial placentation. The grains are
fusiform and contain albumen.