Plants and their ways in South Africa . star-like hairs and stipulate leaves. Flowersin cymose umbels. Anthers with two pollen sacs distinguishthis order from Malvaceae as well as the absence of a staminaltube. Flowers 4-parted :— Sparmannia is a handsome tree growing from George toNatal. The flowers are showy, with white or purple sepalsand petals. The stamensare sensitive, and springoutward on being outer filaments are sta-minodia. In South Africathe stamens are yellow, thestaminodia purple - on long petioles. Flowers five-parted :— Grewia. — Trees orshrubs with pur
Plants and their ways in South Africa . star-like hairs and stipulate leaves. Flowersin cymose umbels. Anthers with two pollen sacs distinguishthis order from Malvaceae as well as the absence of a staminaltube. Flowers 4-parted :— Sparmannia is a handsome tree growing from George toNatal. The flowers are showy, with white or purple sepalsand petals. The stamensare sensitive, and springoutward on being outer filaments are sta-minodia. In South Africathe stamens are yellow, thestaminodia purple - on long petioles. Flowers five-parted :— Grewia. — Trees orshrubs with purple or yel-low flowers and a 4-lobeddrupe, containing 2-4 hard-shelled nuts. Triumfetta.— Shrubsor herbs with small yellowor orange flowers. Capsulecovered with long hookedor straight bristles. Corchorus. — Herbsor shrubs. Leaves alter-nate, often bordered withlong sharp points. Flowersyellow, on simple or branched stalks. The plants are culti-vated in India for their fibres, which are woven into coarsecloth for gunny Fig. 308. —Gretvia occidentalism I^.Botanical Magazine.) (After Order Malvace^. Flowers perfect, regular. Sepals valvate, often surroundedby a circle of bracts (epicalyx). Petals 5, twisted in the bud. 330 Plants and their Ways in South Africa The stamens are always joined to form a tube (monadelphous),and attached to the petals at the base, so that the corollais slightly gamopetalous. The stamens branch at the top,so that a great many half anthers are present (anthers with butone cell). The fruit is a capsule or a schizocarp with severalcarpels ; placentation axile. The flower-stalk is jointed belowthe flower. Seeds often hairy. The cotton plant {Gossypium)belongs to this order. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with alternate, stipulate solitary or in cincinni. A. Fruit of separate carpels. Stamens bearing anthers at or to thevery Stigmas as many as the Styles thread-like. Althea.—Epicalyx 6-9-leavedMalva.—Epicalyx
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