Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 230.—Floral diagram. Xyris, A, Sect. Nematopus ; B, Sect. Euxyris. The plants are tufted with grass-like radical single, terminated by a head or spike of are found in damp places. Chiefly Eastern. Order Liliace^e. Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla similarly coloured,usually regular. Perianth lobes separate or united in a 3 + 3. Ovary superior. Fruit a 3-celled septicidalor loculicidal capsule or berry. The flower-stalks are usuallyjointed, just under the flower, at the middle or near the stalk separa

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Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 230.—Floral diagram. Xyris, A, Sect. Nematopus ; B, Sect. Euxyris. The plants are tufted with grass-like radical single, terminated by a head or spike of are found in damp places. Chiefly Eastern. Order Liliace^e. Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla similarly coloured,usually regular. Perianth lobes separate or united in a 3 + 3. Ovary superior. Fruit a 3-celled septicidalor loculicidal capsule or berry. The flower-stalks are usuallyjointed, just under the flower, at the middle or near the stalk separates here when the seeds are ripe, or if theovules are not fertilized. This large order includes trees, shrubs, or bulbous or fibrousrooted herbs. The flowers may be large and showy or small 2 54 Plants and their Ways in South Africa and greenish. Honey glan<^s in the flowers attract flowers may be arranged in umbels/ spikes, racemes, orpanicles. One of the largest orders of flowering plants; 200genera, 2500 species. Co

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