20 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



flower No. II. ; and, alighting on the outspread stigmas, 

 dusts them with the pollen brought from No. I. 



No. IV. is a Diagraiii of the flower. It is supposed 

 to stand for the cut edges of the parts of a flower cut 



Fig. 11. — RoeVla cilia'ta. I. Section of flower in its first (male) stage, one stamnn 

 removed Q). II. Flower in its second (female) stage (^). III. Pollen grain. IV. 

 Diagram of flower. 



across, to show their relative positions. The outer 

 brackets stand for the sepals, and, being all united in 

 one circle, shows that the five sepals are coherent. The 

 smaller brackets stand for the petals, which are also 

 coherent. The black spots represent the anthers, and 



