. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classificatio)i of Plants 269 fnilicosa, Pers., and A. curymbosa, Bcnth., have tall shrubby stems, rough below with the sears of fallen leaves. Hesperantha (" Avond-bloemetjes ").—Perianth with a tube and regular limb. Stamens borne on the throat of the tube. Style as long as the tube, with three long, slender, curved branches. Flowers white or yellow. The sepals frequently. Fig. 243.—CiladioUi^ ahitiis, red outside. The flowers are delightfully scented at evening when their insect guests are abroad. Ixia.—Perianth tube
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classificatio)i of Plants 269 fnilicosa, Pers., and A. curymbosa, Bcnth., have tall shrubby stems, rough below with the sears of fallen leaves. Hesperantha (" Avond-bloemetjes ").—Perianth with a tube and regular limb. Stamens borne on the throat of the tube. Style as long as the tube, with three long, slender, curved branches. Flowers white or yellow. The sepals frequently. Fig. 243.—CiladioUi^ ahitiis, red outside. The flowers are delightfully scented at evening when their insect guests are abroad. Ixia.—Perianth tube long and slender, with a regular spreading limb. Stamens borne on the throat. Style longer than the perianth tube, with three short, spreading recur\cd branches. Flowers in simple or panicled spikes of beautiful and \"aried colours. The I.\ias are abundant in the West. , Lam., has a pale green perianth with a purplish-black throat. One variety of this species has a pale lilac flower \\ith a black centre; another has a pale blue perianth. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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