Plants and their ways in South Africa . kebulb on the surface of the soil. A slender wavy stem has manypinnate branches bearing slender Asparagus-like branchlets,which are subtended by scale leaves. Flowers small, i- to ^ inchin diameter, borne from the main stem on long slender curvedpedicels. One species, B. volubilis, Harv. Found in the Eastern and Kalahari regions. Albuca.—Outer perianth lobes spreading, inner shorter,having a hood-shaped process at the tip, and furnished with a 17 258 Plants and their Ways in South Africa large gland. Stamens all fertile, or the three anthers of theouter,
Plants and their ways in South Africa . kebulb on the surface of the soil. A slender wavy stem has manypinnate branches bearing slender Asparagus-like branchlets,which are subtended by scale leaves. Flowers small, i- to ^ inchin diameter, borne from the main stem on long slender curvedpedicels. One species, B. volubilis, Harv. Found in the Eastern and Kalahari regions. Albuca.—Outer perianth lobes spreading, inner shorter,having a hood-shaped process at the tip, and furnished with a 17 258 Plants and their Ways in South Africa large gland. Stamens all fertile, or the three anthers of theouter, small or wanting; filaments often winged at all radical. Flowers in racemes, large yellow or white,banded with green or brown, rarely quite green. Found in the Coast, Central, Kalahari regions. Hucomis may be easily recognized by its crown of leafyempty bracts. Perianth segments joined just at the adnate to the perianth : flowers greenish, marked withpurple. From the Malmesbury district to
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