Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 154.—Melon. I. African Flowering Plants .) II. Staminate flower. (From Henslows The Silver Tree {Leucadendron argenteum, R. Br.) and itsmore humble relatives, which make the veld bright in spring withtheir pale yellow leaves and bracts, have also their flowers oftwo kinds on separate trees or shrubs. Sometimes the differentspecies grow so sociably that it is difficult to decide whichpistillate and staminate flowers grow together, as is true also ofthe Restiacece, The Pumpkin family has large yellow flowers. Some ofthem open for a da
Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 154.—Melon. I. African Flowering Plants .) II. Staminate flower. (From Henslows The Silver Tree {Leucadendron argenteum, R. Br.) and itsmore humble relatives, which make the veld bright in spring withtheir pale yellow leaves and bracts, have also their flowers oftwo kinds on separate trees or shrubs. Sometimes the differentspecies grow so sociably that it is difficult to decide whichpistillate and staminate flowers grow together, as is true also ofthe Restiacece, The Pumpkin family has large yellow flowers. Some ofthem open for a day and their glory is departed. They con-tain stamens. Hidden sometimes beneath the foliage areflowers, with large ovaries below, which were wanting in the 56 Plants and their Ways in South Africa. Fig. 155.—Zea mays is monoecious, thestaminate and pistillate flowers are on thesame plant. The staminate flowers formthe tassel at the top, the pistillate formthe ears . Other flowers; these givepromise of becomingpumpkins, or Kafir water-melons or calabashes, ac-cording to the plant. Are the two kinds offlowers on the same or ondiflerent plants ? Do theyopen again after closing ?What time of day do theyopen? Zea mays, or Maize, isshown in Fig. 155. Atthe top of the stalk thetassel is composed ofstaminate flowers. Twoflowers are in each clusterprotected by two glumeseach. When ripe, thelong slender filamentshang out and dangletheir anthers in the large fields ofIndian Corn are growingthe air is heavy withpollen which they will find no pistil inthese flowers. Pistils pro-duce the seed, and we donot look for seed in thetassels. Down below, ifall goes well, seeds willripen in the the long silks atthe top of the ears. Turnback the large bracts(husks
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