. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Fig. 154.—Melon. I. [distillate. " South African Flowering Plants ".) II. Staminate flowe (From Henslow's The Silver Tree {Lfiicadendron argeiiteum, R. Br.) and its more humble relatives, which make the veld bright in spring with their pale yellow leaves and bracts, have also their flowers of two kinds on separate trees or shrubs. Sometimes the different species grow so sociably that it is difficult to decide which pistillate and staminate flowers grow together, as is true also of the Resiiacea. The Pumpkin family has large yel
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Fig. 154.—Melon. I. [distillate. " South African Flowering Plants ".) II. Staminate flowe (From Henslow's The Silver Tree {Lfiicadendron argeiiteum, R. Br.) and its more humble relatives, which make the veld bright in spring with their pale yellow leaves and bracts, have also their flowers of two kinds on separate trees or shrubs. Sometimes the different species grow so sociably that it is difficult to decide which pistillate and staminate flowers grow together, as is true also of the Resiiacea. The Pumpkin family has large yellow flowers. Some of them open for a day and their glory is departed. They con- tain stamens. Hidden sometimes beneath the foliage are flowers, with large ovaries below, which were wanting in the. 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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