. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Cldssijjcatioii of Plants 255 Series III.âFruit a capsule. Anthers opening outward. (Extrorse.) A. Rootstock a bulb or corni. Perianth segments narrowed into a distinct claw. Capsule dehiscing septicidallw Wurmbea.âFlowers spicate. Peri- anth segments joined at the base. Androcymbium. â Flowers in a head, overtopped by bracts; stem short; perianth lobes separate. AA. Rootstock not bulbous. Capsule dehis- cing loculicidally. Gloriosa.âStem 'climbing by leaf f'=- 231-Floral dia- â . ^, : 1 J gram of .-/&â . (From tips. Perianth segment
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Cldssijjcatioii of Plants 255 Series III.âFruit a capsule. Anthers opening outward. (Extrorse.) A. Rootstock a bulb or corni. Perianth segments narrowed into a distinct claw. Capsule dehiscing septicidallw Wurmbea.âFlowers spicate. Peri- anth segments joined at the base. Androcymbium. â Flowers in a head, overtopped by bracts; stem short; perianth lobes separate. AA. Rootstock not bulbous. Capsule dehis- cing loculicidally. Gloriosa.âStem 'climbing by leaf f'=- 231-Floral dia- â . ^, : 1 J gram of .-/&â . (From tips. Perianth segments clawed, Edmonds and Mar- free spreadmg. loth's " Elementary Sandersonia. â Stem erect Peri- Botany for South anth tubular with short free tips. Ainca .) Flowers solitar)', hanijing on slender pedicels from the a-xils of a few of the upper leaves. Littonia.âStem climbing by leaf tips. Walleria.â-Anthers opening by terminal pores. Smilax.âFlowers dicecious, small, greenish, borne in umbels. Staminate flowers witii 6 slender filaments and erect anthers. Pistillate flowers with 6 thread-like staminodia. Berry round, often only i- or 2-seeded. .A climbing shrub, supported by stipules, which are rarely found in monocotyledons. The many-ribbed stem is often armed with prickles, which help the stipules to support the plant. ; oval, gloss}', net- veined. In woods, usually on mountains. Kalahari region : Transvaal, around Barberton. Eastern region : near Durban, Port Natal, Inanda. South Western region : about George and Bedford. Asparagus.âFlowers perfect; stamens with versatile anthers. Berry round, seeds often solitary. Stem woody, erect or climbing, or spreading by means of spines produced from the base of papery scale-like leaves. Clusters of small green branches (Cladodia) take the place of foliage leaves. In some species a single flattened branch i^Phylloclade) is borne in the axil of a leaf. These species are often called "Smilax''. The thorny specie
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