Plants and their ways in South Africa . f colours is found in theflowers. Perianth tube curved, limb irregular, lobes oftennarrowed into a claw, the three lower often vividly flattened, winged, numerous. Painted Ladies and Kalkoentjes belong here. Eighty-onespecies of this large genus are found in South Africa. Six species are known as Painted Ladies . Of these the ChristmasPainted Lady, G. tabnlaris, Ker, with white perianth tinged with pink,and leaves sheathing nearly their whole length, is confined to Table Moun-tain. G. debilis, Ker, has a very slender stem sheathed with three
Plants and their ways in South Africa . f colours is found in theflowers. Perianth tube curved, limb irregular, lobes oftennarrowed into a claw, the three lower often vividly flattened, winged, numerous. Painted Ladies and Kalkoentjes belong here. Eighty-onespecies of this large genus are found in South Africa. Six species are known as Painted Ladies . Of these the ChristmasPainted Lady, G. tabnlaris, Ker, with white perianth tinged with pink,and leaves sheathing nearly their whole length, is confined to Table Moun-tain. G. debilis, Ker, has a very slender stem sheathed with three leaveswith long slender points. Its flowers are lilac or claret-coloured. It ex-tends from the Peninsula up to the Caledon and Worcester aispidatus, Jacq., may be known by the wavy points and the spade-shaped purple blotch on the three lower perianth segments. ^ This position of the stamens is assumed by the zygomorphic generaof the Order. Classification of Plants 271 Antholyza.—Perianth tube suddenly widening at the 1S. Fig. 244.—Gladiolus cardinalis, Curt. middle, often twisted below. Seeds large, globose, not winged. Order H^modorace/e. (The blood roots.) Flowers perfect. Perianth regular or nearly so. Stamens6, or 3 opposite the petals. Ovary wholly or partly superior,or inferior. Fruit 3-celled or becoming i-celled. Seeds one,few, or many. Herbs often covered with dense hairs. Neverbulbous. Leaves often in two rows and firm. Roots oftenwith a blood-red juice. Flowers in panicles. The order formsa connecting link between Liliaceae and Iridaceae, Amaryl-lidaceae and Orchidacese. Herbs with panicled inflorescence. Perianth remaining hairy, —Stamens 3. Fruit free, —Stamens 3. Fruit free, i-celled. 2/2 Plants and their Ways in South Africa Dilatris.—Stamens 3. Fruit inferior, 3-celled,Lanaria.—Stamens 6, Fruit inferior, not hairy, —Perianth with a long tube. Fruit fre
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