. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. 33'5 Plants and tlicir Ways in South Afiica aiitlicrs versatile, seeds eiidospermous. Capsule loculicidal, seed solitary. Clanwilliam, Swellendam. A shrub with opposite, ovate-cordate leaves and axillary solitary flowers. Perianth membranous. The photograph, Fig. 314, shows the oldest flowers at the top, the younger below. Order 'E. Flowers perfect, with a long coloured tube and a 4-parted calyx (sometimes 5). The petals are wanting, or possibly re- presented by 2 or 8 scales at the throat of the long " calyx tube "
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. 33'5 Plants and tlicir Ways in South Afiica aiitlicrs versatile, seeds eiidospermous. Capsule loculicidal, seed solitary. Clanwilliam, Swellendam. A shrub with opposite, ovate-cordate leaves and axillary solitary flowers. Perianth membranous. The photograph, Fig. 314, shows the oldest flowers at the top, the younger below. Order 'E. Flowers perfect, with a long coloured tube and a 4-parted calyx (sometimes 5). The petals are wanting, or possibly re- presented by 2 or 8 scales at the throat of the long " calyx tube " or hollow receptacle. The fruit is an achene, or a berry. I'"le,. y^.—Sli-Klhiola. (I'l-om Edinonds anil Marlolli's " for South Africa ",) which fits so closely within the hollow receptacle that it looks like an inferior ovary. The tube olten breaks off just above the ovary. Stamens as many or twice as many as se[)als, home on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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