Plants and their ways in South Africa . usters of smallgreen branches {Cladodid) take the place of foliage some species a single flattened branch {Phylloclade) isborne in the axil of a leaf. These species are often calledSmilax. The thorny species are known as Wacht eenbietje . Forty-four species of this large genus are found in South do not favour one locality, but are found in all the five botanicalregions. 256 Plants and their Ways in South Africa Kniphofia.—Perianth with a long tube. Stamens slightlycurved toward the lower side of the flower (declinate), thoseopposite
Plants and their ways in South Africa . usters of smallgreen branches {Cladodid) take the place of foliage some species a single flattened branch {Phylloclade) isborne in the axil of a leaf. These species are often calledSmilax. The thorny species are known as Wacht eenbietje . Forty-four species of this large genus are found in South do not favour one locality, but are found in all the five botanicalregions. 256 Plants and their Ways in South Africa Kniphofia.—Perianth with a long tube. Stamens slightlycurved toward the lower side of the flower (declinate), thoseopposite the petals longest. Ovary with a long style; ovariesmany-seeded; seeds 3-cornered. A genus of handsome African plants with a short rootstock, long,narrow, radicle leaves and scapes bearing dense racemes of yellow orscarlet flowers. K. alooides, Moench, • The Red Hot Poker, is the mostfamiliar. Many species are cultivated. They occur from the Transvaal and Natal to the Cape Peninsula, andare also found in Tropical Africa and Fig. 232.—A/oe rupestris. (Photograph by Dr. Marloth.) Aloe.—Perianth a short tube and long overlapping seg-ments spreading only at the tips. Three outer lobes swollenat the base. Stamens equal to or longer than the perianth;filaments sometimes curved. Ovary somewhat many, flattened or winged. Classification of Plants 25^ Aloes are more numerous in the East, but A. riipestns, Baker, is foundas far west as Port Nolloth. Aloes form a characteristic feature of thescenery in the Grahamstown region. They grow over the sun-burned hills,and cling along low broken sandstone ledges. Some have thick stems,shaggy below, with blackened remains of leaves, crowned with a bunch ofspear-like leaves, above which rises a majestic stalk of flaming red oryellow flowers. A. arborescens, Mall., grows to a height of 15 feet. , Baker, which grows in grass, has a spike only 6 or g inches high,rising from a rosette of leaves. The so-called Amer
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