Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 233.—Lachenalia tricolor,Thunb. Fig. 234.—Sandersonia aurantiaca,Hook. Ornithogalum (Chinkerinchee, Viooltje).—Perianth with-ering on the stalk. Stamens hypogynous. Style short. Leavesall radical. Flower in a raceme. The lower flower-stalkslengthen so as to make a flat-topped corymb, which elongatesafter flowering. Classification of Plants 259 About seventy species are found in South Africa. The large bulbs ofsome species store so 1 much food that if the bulbs are gathered in early

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