ADAPTATIONS FOR DISPERSAL OF FRUIT & SEEDS 251 



2. Lcucandendron sp. (winged fruit). 



3. Staticc purpurata (fruit with enlarged and persistent 



calyx). 



4. .]farkhaiuia (iciinunata (seed Avith two wings). 



5. >>t)opha}ithi(s spcciosa (seed with apical tuft of 



hairs). 

 G. Cassia arachnoidcs (flattened pod). 

 7. Aitonia capensis (inflated fruit). 

 0. Emex sagittatus (fruit with three wings). 



10. Triptcris (flandulosa (fruit with three wings). 



11. Sphedautnocarpus lyruriens (mericarp with a wing). 



12. Couihretum Zeijhcri (4-winged fruit). 



13. Lcucadendron plumosum (fruit at end of style and 



persistent perianth above). 

 11. Welwitschia )nira'bilis (winged seed). 



15. t^emonvillea fenestfata (winged fruit). 



16. Seciiridaca longipedunculata (mericarp with a wing). 

 IT. Dimorphotheca spectahilis (winged fruit). 



18. Aristida uniplionis (feathery glume). 



19. Sesammi sp. (seed with two wings). 



20. Same as 19, but side yiew. 



21. Ftcrocarpus angolensis (fruit with well developed 

 wing) . 



22. Geranium iiicanum (showing seed being thrown from 

 fruit). 



23. Pelargonium sp. (fruits splitting from central torus 



and twisting spirally). 



Plate III. 



1. Fruit of Vrginea altissima showing opening of fruit 



to allow the seeds to escape. 



2. Fruit of Pretrea zangueharica (side view). 



