Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 233.—Lachenalia tricolor,Thunb. Fig. 234.—Sandersonia aurantiaca,Hook. Ornithogalum (Chinkerinchee, Viooltje).—Perianth with-ering on the stalk. Stamens hypogynous. Style short. Leavesall radical. Flower in a raceme. The lower flower-stalkslengthen so as to make a flat-topped corymb, which elongatesafter flowering. Classification of Plants 259 About seventy species are found in South Africa. The large bulbs ofsome species store so 1 much food that if the bulbs are gathered in early. Fig, 235.—Ornithogalum thyrsoides, Jacq. Esq.) (Photographed by E.

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Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 233.—Lachenalia tricolor,Thunb. Fig. 234.—Sandersonia aurantiaca,Hook. Ornithogalum (Chinkerinchee, Viooltje).—Perianth with-ering on the stalk. Stamens hypogynous. Style short. Leavesall radical. Flower in a raceme. The lower flower-stalkslengthen so as to make a flat-topped corymb, which elongatesafter flowering. Classification of Plants 259 About seventy species are found in South Africa. The large bulbs ofsome species store so 1 much food that if the bulbs are gathered in early. Fig, 235.—Ornithogalum thyrsoides, Jacq. Esq.) (Photographed by E. J. Steer, flowering time and placed in the dark, the flower will continue to openfor several months. These beautiful flowers so much in demand at 17 * 26o Plants and their Ways in South Africa Christmas time are a pest to farmers owing to the poisonous principlefound in all parts of the plant. Gloriosa.—Perianth segments clawed, spreading. Fila-ments slender; anthers versatile. Style long, sharply bent at

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