. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classifu-atioH of Plants -/i become very ragged. The flower-stalk comes from the rhizome, and is surrounded at base by the leaves. The flowers are with large brightly coloured bracts. Kaempferia is a genus of low herbs. There is one perfect stamen and the staminodia, like those of the related genus Canna, are conspicuous. The flowers are large, rose-coloured with yel- low markings. Fls. perfect or Rhizome often aromatic. Strelitzia has large elliptical leaves on long petioles arranged in two ranks. The flower-stalks push thro
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classifu-atioH of Plants -/i become very ragged. The flower-stalk comes from the rhizome, and is surrounded at base by the leaves. The flowers are with large brightly coloured bracts. Kaempferia is a genus of low herbs. There is one perfect stamen and the staminodia, like those of the related genus Canna, are conspicuous. The flowers are large, rose-coloured with yel- low markings. Fls. perfect or Rhizome often aromatic. Strelitzia has large elliptical leaves on long petioles arranged in two ranks. The flower-stalks push through the sheathing petioles. S. augusta, Th., is a tall banana-like species with a stem iS or 20 feet high, the petals and sepals are Fk;. 246. — Floral di;i- 17ranl of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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