200 M.OWKRS OI' rHK SKA-COAST 



smooth sc;i[)(.', soiiielinics iTairy. I'hc anthers ai'(- \clIow, on loni( 

 anther-stalks. The 4 sepals are not \vin<;ecl, the tube of the c:orol!a 

 is downy, the placenta 2-\vintretl, and the seeds are sin^^^lc in each 

 cell, the; capsule heiiii^' J-celled. 



1 he plant is o in. to 1 tl. hii^h. I he (lowers hlooni in Jul), o|)en- 

 in:^ in tine weather closing when it is wet, and the plant is perennial, 

 propagated by seeds. 



The flowers are complete;, homoniorphous, the tube ot the corolla 

 downy, to catcii ])ollen, and thi; stamens ai'e Ion:,; and thm, pale \cllo\\. 



Pholn, Messrs. Flatters ,^- Carnett. 



Sl-:.\ l'L.\.\T.\IX [Phmtmrn martliiint, I..) 



sensitive, easily shaken by wind. In I'/aii/aj^v lauccolata the flower is 

 proterogynous, the stigmas maturing;" lirst. and the plant is oviiodiarnvis, 

 with female and complete flowers on different plants, while P. media 

 is intermediate between them, being pollinated by the wind and also 

 bv insects, and less proterogynous, being dimorphic, with two forms 

 of flower. Some of the species are cleistogamic with clcsed flowers. 

 This one is pollinated by the wind. The style has two lines of hair.s. 

 The stigma is feathery. Tlie anther cavity is small, and pollen is only 

 dispersed if the stamens are violently shaken. The anthers open 

 above. The pollen is a dry dust and is moistened by bees. 



The ca])sule when ripe s|)]its across, and sets free the large seeds, 

 whicli tall around the plant, and being winged they may be blown some 

 little distance bv the wind. 



