ISO SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



three to five minutes, till they radiate in a star-like 

 manner. The narrow opening to the seeds lies hehvccn 

 each of the rays. (VIII.) is a seed with a tuberculated 



T. III. IV. 



Fig. 62.— 3fesemhrian'fhemum. T. Flowering shoot. II. Vertical section of flower. 



III. Stamens, IV. Diagram, 



testa, and (IX.) the same cut through to show the 

 embryo curved round the endosperm. 



The fruits of some species, as 31. cdu'le, are edible, 

 called the Hottentot fig. The ice-plant, M. crystalU'num, 



