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THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA.

A MAGAZINE CONTAINING HAND-COLOURED FIGURES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO SOUTH AFRICA.

The veld which lies so desolate and bare Will blossom into cities white and fair, And pinnacles will pierce the desert air, And sparkle in the sun.

R. C. MACFIE'S "EX UNITATE VIRES."

LONDON: L. REEVE & CO., LTD., 6 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

SOUTH AFRICA: THE SPECIALITY PRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA, LTD., P.O. BOX 3958, JOHANNESBURG; P.O. BOX 388, CAPETOWN. 1924.

PERCIVAL ROSS FRAMES, ESQUIRE, C.M.G.

LOVER, COLLECTOR, AND MOST SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATOR OF HIS COUNTRY'S SUCCULENT PLANTS, THIS VOLUME OF "THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA" IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF HELP MOST GENEROUSLY GIVEN.

PLATE 121.

STAPELIA FLAVOPURPUREA.

It is not a common species, and as far as our records go has only been collected in the Tanqua Karroo by Dr. Marloth, and recently the Division of Botany received specimens from Mr. E. Anderson, Matjesfontein. This flowered at Pretoria in February 1923, and our Plate was prepared from these specimens.

PLATE 121.--Fig. 1, surface view of flower; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 3, sepal; Fig. 4, petal; Fig. 5, outer corona; Fig. 6, inner corona and pollen sac; Fig. 7, pollinia.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 122.

ANSELLIA GIGANTEA.

The plant is found in the mountainous parts of the eastern Transvaal, on the coast of Natal, and near Delagoa Bay. Our figure was prepared from a specimen which flowered at the Division of Botany in June 1922, and which was collected by Mrs. Sinclair Allen on the Lebombo Mountains in Swaziland.

PLATE 122.--Figs. 1, 2, front and side view of flower; Fig. 3, lip; Fig. 4, column; Fig. 5, pollinia.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 123.

PLATE 123.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of the flower; Fig. 2, stamen; Fig. 3, portion of style with the stigma; Fig. 4, the 2 carpels with a cupular disk at the base.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 124.

ALOE VERECUNDA.

PLATE 124.--Fig. 1, portion of leaf showing white spots; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of the flower; Fig. 3, outer perianth-segment; Fig. 4, inner perianth-segment; Fig. 5, anther with part of the filament; Fig. 6, top of style showing the simple stigma.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 125.

GLADIOLUS LUDWIGII var. CALVATUS.

PLATE 125.--Fig. 1, leaf; Fig. 2, portion of leaf showing ribs; Fig. 3, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 4, inner spathe-valve; Fig. 5, outer spathe-valve; Fig. 6, cross-section of ovary; Fig. 7, style and stigmas; Fig. 8, stamen.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 126.

VELTHEIMIA ROODEAE.

PLATE 126.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of a flower; Fig. 2, stamen; Fig. 3, pistil; Fig. 4, cross-section through the ovary.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 127.

STRUMARIA TRUNCATA.

AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.

PLATE 127.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of the flower; Fig. 2, a perianth segment; Fig. 3, style, showing the dilated 3-angled lower portion of the 3 stigmas; Fig. 4, a stamen.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 128.

MIMETES ARGENTEA.

PROTEACEAE. Tribe PROTEEAE.

PLATE 128.--Fig. 1, a single head; Fig. 2, an involucral bract; Fig. 3, a single flower; Fig. 4, complete perianth segment and a limb showing position of the stamen; Fig. 5, stigma; Fig. 6, ovary.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 129.

POLYXENA ENSIFOLIA.

LILIACEAE. Tribe SCILLEAE.

PLATE 129.--Fig. 1, inflorescence; Fig. 2, a single flower; Fig. 3, flower laid open, showing position of stamens and pistil; Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, pistil.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 130.

HABENARIA FOLIOSA.

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