. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classification of Plants 30s would fear to tread if they but knew the doom awaiting thenn. Another still smaller insect lives within the flower and pays for its food b)' setting off a little spring in the hinged stamen which flies up and scatters the pollen. Order Crassulace.'e. Flowers perfect, regular. Sepals and petals 4-7. Petals separate or united. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals. When more than one whorl, the outer are op- posite the petals, obdiplostemonous. Carpels separate, as many as the petals, with a honey glan
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Classification of Plants 30s would fear to tread if they but knew the doom awaiting thenn. Another still smaller insect lives within the flower and pays for its food b)' setting off a little spring in the hinged stamen which flies up and scatters the pollen. Order Crassulace.'e. Flowers perfect, regular. Sepals and petals 4-7. Petals separate or united. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals. When more than one whorl, the outer are op- posite the petals, obdiplostemonous. Carpels separate, as many as the petals, with a honey gland at the base of each. Fruit a group of follicles. Flowers in cymes. The plants are mostly herbs or half shrubs, living in hot, dry climates with the necessary adaptation for such situations. Water is stored in the stems and leaves. The leaves are often packed closely, as in Crassula pyramidalis, L. (p. 106), and have a waxy, or a lime-encrusted surface. The lime attracts and retains moisture. A. Stamens as many as the petals. Grammanthes.—A small annual growing in sandy soil, with orange or cream - white flowers commonly marked with a V-shaped dark spot on each petal. Stems wiry, with distant pairs of leaves. Rochea. — Corolla gamo- petalous. A half shrub with handsome flowers, crimson, white, or yellow. Stamens borne on the corolla tube. Leaves opposite, sheathing or joined at base. Four species. Western. Crassula.—Corolla pol)petalous. Shrubby or herbaceous plants, with white, red, or yellow flowers. Flowers smaller than in Rocliea, arranged in cymes. Leaves usually opposite 20. Fig. 277. — Crassula arborescens, Willd. (From "Botanical Maga- zine ".). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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