2 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



as roots, stems, branches, leaves, and bulbs the Vegeta- 

 tive Organs, since any part of a plant which has some- 

 thing to do is called an Organ. 



It is usnal to call the flowers and fruit the Rejjro- 

 ductive Organs, as their use is to make seed with which 



Fig. 1.— I. Ox'alis cer'nua at day-time. Flowers and leaflets spreading. 



to raise new plants ; but this Ox! alls can and does also 

 propagate itself by means of little luUis, which are 

 formed upon a long underground stem, and so this 

 process is called Vegetative Multiplication. 



If a plant of this Ox'alis be growing among loose 



