Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 299.—Floral dia-gram. Melianthusmajor, L. (Engler).. Fig. 300.—Melianthus minor, L. Fig. 301.—Woody capsuleof Melianthus dregeana,Sond. During flowering the flowers turn on their axis halfway dregeana^ Sond., has a woody capsule. Ptaeroxylon (Sneezewood) and Sapindus (Wild Plum)belong to this order. Sneezewood furnishes beautiful wood,which takes a polish like mahogany. Classification of Plants 323 Order Flowers perfect, or unisexual, regular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals4 or 5, twisted or imbricate. Stamens as many, or twice asmany, a

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Plants and their ways in South Africa . Fig. 299.—Floral dia-gram. Melianthusmajor, L. (Engler).. Fig. 300.—Melianthus minor, L. Fig. 301.—Woody capsuleof Melianthus dregeana,Sond. During flowering the flowers turn on their axis halfway dregeana^ Sond., has a woody capsule. Ptaeroxylon (Sneezewood) and Sapindus (Wild Plum)belong to this order. Sneezewood furnishes beautiful wood,which takes a polish like mahogany. Classification of Plants 323 Order Flowers perfect, or unisexual, regular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals4 or 5, twisted or imbricate. Stamens as many, or twice asmany, as the petals, mostly obdiplostemonous. Those op-posite the petals may be without anthers. Honey is made ina ring or cup-shaped disk around the ovary. Handsome shrubsor trees known by their gland-dotted leaves, often dots are cavities containing a strongly scented oil. Leavesopposite or alternate, without stipules. Some of the more familiar genera :— A. Fruit a 5-1-celled simple. Staminodia absent. Petals neither clawed nor bearded . . 5.

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