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HABENARIA FOLIOSA.

ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe OPHRYDEAE.

PLATE 130.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2, front of flower, showing lip and column; Fig. 3, sepals; Fig. 4, a petal; Fig. 5, ovary; Fig. 6, pollinium.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 131.

SUTERA GRANDIFLORA.

SCROPHULARIACEAE. Tribe MANULEAE.

PLATE 131.--Fig. 1, portion of branch, showing leaves; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 3, bud showing folding of petals; Fig. 4, corolla laid open; Fig. 5, calyx; Fig. 6, front view of petals; Fig. 7, ovary; Fig. 8, upper portion of style; Fig. 9, anther.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 132.

AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.

PLATE 132.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2, cross section of leaf; Fig. 3, a single perianth-segment; Fig. 4, a stamen, showing position of appendage at the base; Fig. 5, anther; Fig. 6, fruit, showing cup formed of staminal appendages; Fig. 7, tip of style; Fig. 8, fruit.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 133.

PROTEA ROUPPELLIAE.

PROTEACEAE. Tribe PROTEAE.

PLATE 133.--Fig. 1, receptacle; Fig. 2, inner bract; Fig. 3, single flower; Fig. 4, pistil.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 134.

NERINE LUCIDA.

AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.

The specimens from which the accompanying Plate was prepared were collected at Vryburg by Mr. A. O. D. Mogg, and flowered at the Division of Botany, Pretoria, in 1924.

PLATE 134.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of a flower; Fig. 2, upper portion of perianth lobe, showing apex; Fig. 3, cross-section through the peduncle.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 135.

EULOPHIA LEONTOGLOSSA.

ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAE.

PLATE 135.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2, lip; Fig. 3, sepal; Fig. 4, petal; Fig. 5, column; Fig. 6, pollinia.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 136.

HAEMANTHUS KATHARINAE.

AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.

We are indebted to Mr. P. S. Follwell, Isezela, Natal, for our specimen, which was cultivated at the Division and flowered in January 1923.

PLATE 136.--Fig. 1, plant much reduced; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of the flower; Fig. 3, perianth segment showing attachment of stamen.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 137.

DIPLOCYATHA CILIATA.

ASCLEPIADACEAE. Tribe STAPELIEAE.

PLATE 137.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of the flower with corona removed; Fig. 2, sepals; Fig. 3, corona; Fig. 4, pollinia; Fig. 5, inner corona lobe showing pollen-sac; Fig. 6, cross-section of stem.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 138.

LILIACEAE. Tribe SCILLEAE.

The specimen figured on the accompanying Plate was grown and flowered in the garden of the Division of Botany, Pretoria.

PLATE 138.--Fig. 1, surface view of flower; Fig. 2, perianth-segment with stamen; Fig. 3, pistil; Fig. 4, bract.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

PLATE 139.

NERINE FLEXUOSA

AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.

The plants from which this Plate was prepared were grown at the Division of Botany, Pretoria, but no information is available as to where the bulbs originally came from.

PLATE 139.--Fig. 1, bulb; Fig. 2, leaf; Fig. 3, cross-section of peduncle; Fig. 4, median longitudinal section of a flower; Fig. 5, upper portion of perianth-segment, showing tuft of papillose hairs.

F.P.S.A., 1924.

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