Plants and their ways in South Africa . cleswinged. Mostly Kalahari and Eastern Stamens with a double crown. Sarcostemma.—Corona of an outer fleshy ring and 5inner leaves. Erect or climbingleafless shrubs, \vith fleshy jointedstems and wheel-shaped corollas. AAA. Pollen masses 10, erect^with the gland below. Coro?ia — Corolla bell-shaped, swollen at the base, theslender tips meeting to form an arch. Half shrubby graceful climbers, withheart-shaped petiolate leaves and greenishor dark purple flowers, and tuberous roots. Stapelia.—Flowers large, star-shaped, green
Plants and their ways in South Africa . cleswinged. Mostly Kalahari and Eastern Stamens with a double crown. Sarcostemma.—Corona of an outer fleshy ring and 5inner leaves. Erect or climbingleafless shrubs, \vith fleshy jointedstems and wheel-shaped corollas. AAA. Pollen masses 10, erect^with the gland below. Coro?ia — Corolla bell-shaped, swollen at the base, theslender tips meeting to form an arch. Half shrubby graceful climbers, withheart-shaped petiolate leaves and greenishor dark purple flowers, and tuberous roots. Stapelia.—Flowers large, star-shaped, greenish purple, strong and disagreeable odourattracts carrion flies, which aid infertilization. The tufted stems areleafless, 4-angled, and swollen. Inthe central portion water is has large showy flowersover an inch in diameter; stem stout, cylindrical bushilybranched, leafless; with many tubercled angles; tuberclesspine or bristle tipped. The plant resembles Cactus or Eu-phorbia (fleshy species) in Fig. 332.—5/(2/^/?a. Stemand flowers. (From Hen-slows South AfricanFlowering Plants.) Order Labiate. Calyx gamosepalous, 5-toothed, remaining on, and oftenshowy after flowering. Corolla more or less zygomorphic, and2-lipped. Stamens 2 or 4, of two lengths or nearly equal,borne on the petals. Ovary of 2 carpels, becoming 4-celledeach cell containing one basal, erect seed. The style comesfrom the base instead of the top of the carpels. Whenripe the fruit separates into four nuts. The order may be re- Classification of Plants 351 cognized by the four nuts in the persistent calyx, the squarestem, opposite and decussate, ex-stipulate leaves, and strongodour, due to oil secreted in hairs on the stem and main stem continues growing, but the branches are tippedby a flower. 1 , - ^^ ? ^?i. ^ if •> ..i^m^ ^m,:. fe> ^ y^ f m,: Fig, 333.—Leonotis Leonorus, R. Br. Elementary Botany for South Africa .) (From Edmonds and Marloths There a
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