Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 252.—Disa jnelaleuca, Sw. Orthopoithea bivalvata (Rolfe), sessile lip, and, like that of Disperis^ it is often bent back overthe column into the helmet. Habenaria is a large genus found chiefly in the East. Itmay be recognized by the long spur of the three-parted lip andthe usually 2-parted petals. The lip is sometimes entire. Stem either leafy at the base or the entire length. Flowers in spikesor racemes, large or small, sometimes quite beautiful, though not brightcoloured. Found in February and March. Corycium is nearly like Pterygodium, but the t
Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 252.—Disa jnelaleuca, Sw. Orthopoithea bivalvata (Rolfe), sessile lip, and, like that of Disperis^ it is often bent back overthe column into the helmet. Habenaria is a large genus found chiefly in the East. Itmay be recognized by the long spur of the three-parted lip andthe usually 2-parted petals. The lip is sometimes entire. Stem either leafy at the base or the entire length. Flowers in spikesor racemes, large or small, sometimes quite beautiful, though not brightcoloured. Found in February and March. Corycium is nearly like Pterygodium, but the two sepalsjoin in front to form a lower lip. The stigmas are two, separate,or one 2-lobed. Capsule usually much narrowed toward theapex. Stem leafy. Leaves flat or crinkled. The genusmerges into Pterygodium. Classification of Plants 28 Order Amentace^ orders Salicaceae, Myricaceae, Juglandaceae,. Vi^^f Fig. 253.—Floral diagrams of Qnerais. A, staminate ; B, pistillate flower(Hooker). Betulaceae, and Fagaceae of cohorts 3, 4, 7, and 8 (Engler),
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