i6 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



plant requires two figures, because the many stamens 

 are all in one flower (I.), and the pistil (II.) is in another. 

 Moreover, ' they are not even on the same plant ; and 

 as the flowers have nothing to attract an insect, they 

 must depend upon the wind. 



There are other families besides Crrasses which have 

 no attractions, such as the '' Sedges " and the family 



I. II. 



Fig. 6. — Bes'tio. I. Male flower. 11. Pistil of female flower. 



called Ilcstiacecc. This latter abounds in Cape Colony 

 and Australia, but is quite unknown in England. 

 Fig. 6, I. is a male flower with stamens only ; II. is 

 the pistil of the female flower, having two very long 

 hairy stigmas. They belong to a Bes'tio, the genus 

 which gives the name to the family. Pines and their 

 kith and kin, such as the Yellow-woods and South 

 African " Cedars," have an enormous amount of pollen. 



