Plants and their ways in South Africa . yclic. Theflowers are usually regular. In the garden flowers Aconitumand Delphinium a single spur of the perianth makes the flowerszygomorphic. Nectaries occur between the stamens and perianth; theyare possibly suppressed stamens. The flowers are visited byvarious insects. Leaves alternate except in Clematis^ with broad sheathingbases. Herbs or twining shrubs, mostly perennial with years shoot ends in a definite inflorescence, a lateral budcontinuing the rhizome. A, Climbing shrubs with opposite leaves. Clematis.—Sepals valvate, 4-8. Carpel
Plants and their ways in South Africa . yclic. Theflowers are usually regular. In the garden flowers Aconitumand Delphinium a single spur of the perianth makes the flowerszygomorphic. Nectaries occur between the stamens and perianth; theyare possibly suppressed stamens. The flowers are visited byvarious insects. Leaves alternate except in Clematis^ with broad sheathingbases. Herbs or twining shrubs, mostly perennial with years shoot ends in a definite inflorescence, a lateral budcontinuing the rhizome. A, Climbing shrubs with opposite leaves. Clematis.—Sepals valvate, 4-8. Carpels with feathery tails. B. Erect herbs with alternate or radical leaves.* Sepals coloured. Petals none. Thalictrum.—Sepals 4-5, shorter than stamens. Carpels without —Sepals many, longer than the stamens. Carpels tailed. 298 Plants and their Ways in South Africa ** Sepals green. Petals —Sepals 5. Petals many. Carpels —Sepals 3-5. Petals 5-10, each with a honey scaleat the Fig. -Flowering branch of Clematis. Two stamens have changed to Clematis.—Flowers white or delicate green in definiteclusters. No petals or honey secre-tion. Climbing by means of the sensi-tive petioles. Klimop or Tra-vellers Joy . Each indehiscent fruit is wafted by the feathery styles, carrying the seed to its final resting-place. Found east of Swellendam. The fleecy clusters of feathery fruits render as much joy to the traveller as do the ^ ^, flowers themselves. fiG. 270.—Floral diagram of Clematis (Hooker). Thalictrum.—Sepals soon falling, leaving the tufts of purplish stamens with slender filaments
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