Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 246. —Floral dia-gram of Fig. 247.~Strelitzia Kegince, Banks, a, Cross-section of odd petal. S. Regime, Banks, is a low species. The curious flowerconsists of three bright orange sepals, two standing erect. Asmall blue petal arches over the entrance to the nectar; theother two join, making a large arrow-shaped lip containingthe five stamens on long filaments and the style, within a 18 2/4 Plants and their Ways in South Africa central groove. The flowers are in a cincinnus in the axil ofa large spathe. Nectarinia afra, one of the sun-bir
Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 246. —Floral dia-gram of Fig. 247.~Strelitzia Kegince, Banks, a, Cross-section of odd petal. S. Regime, Banks, is a low species. The curious flowerconsists of three bright orange sepals, two standing erect. Asmall blue petal arches over the entrance to the nectar; theother two join, making a large arrow-shaped lip containingthe five stamens on long filaments and the style, within a 18 2/4 Plants and their Ways in South Africa central groove. The flowers are in a cincinnus in the axil ofa large spathe. Nectarinia afra, one of the sun-birds, corresponding in colour to theflowers, probes for the honey with its long slender beak, and rubs firstthe stigma and then the anthers, which are exposed, by pressing down onthe lip. The fruit is a capsule containing several black seeds with a brightorange feathery arillus. Eastern plants. Musa (banana).—The sheaths of leaves, rolled aroundone another, give the appearance of long stems. The flowersare enclosed in brightly coloured bracts, and are also pollinatedby birds. I
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