. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. 268 Plants and tlicir Wars in South Africa Like other flowers of this group, their beauty is fleeting, as they wither quickly. Homeria, formerly called Monea, has a much smaller pistil, and the parts of the perianth are equal or nearly so. The flowers are pale yellow or pink occurring with the leaves. H. lolliiia. Vent., is the " Groot Tulp " which is poisonous to cattle. Dr. Pappe writes of a whole family being killed by eating the little bulbs. "^M. i MsBun 12 m \ ^^^^^. * 4 mm '^n}' '^^^1 Fig. 241.—Munra Iri/'chila, Ker
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. 268 Plants and tlicir Wars in South Africa Like other flowers of this group, their beauty is fleeting, as they wither quickly. Homeria, formerly called Monea, has a much smaller pistil, and the parts of the perianth are equal or nearly so. The flowers are pale yellow or pink occurring with the leaves. H. lolliiia. Vent., is the " Groot Tulp " which is poisonous to cattle. Dr. Pappe writes of a whole family being killed by eating the little bulbs. "^M. i MsBun 12 m \ ^^^^^. * 4 mm '^n}' '^^^1 Fig. 241.—Munra Iri/'chila, Ker. Fig. 242.—Gladiuln^ gracilii, ].\cc\. which are produced in great abundance in the bulbs and axils of the leaves. Transport drivers use a decoction of the bark of the thorn tree [Acacia lioi't'ida, Willd.) as an antidote. This plant covers large areas ill the western region. Romulea (" Frutang ").—Flowers reddish-purple, lilac, or yellow. Leaves narrow, usually over-topping the flowers. Aristea is a widely distributed genus, with bright blue flowers, which twist up in a spiral and become inky after flower- ing. The inner bract is papery, brown or white, and often deeply fringed. Rootstock of slentler fibres or a rhizome, never bulbous. Leaves in a dense two-sided rosette. 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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