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SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Cauna-bosch {Carojc-ylon) is a prickly but fleshy-leaved 

 herb, occurring on the shores of the Peninsula, etc. 



Chenopo'dium. — The leaves and sepals of species of 

 this genus are often more or less covered, specially 

 when young, with a white, mealy appearance. This 



Fig. 88. — Chenopo'dium (Goosefoot;. (For descripiion, see text.) 



is due to the presence of minute cells filled with water 

 (Fig. 88, 1, 2). The flowers are minute and densely 

 clustered. 



The calyx (3) has five sepals. The corolla is want- 

 ing, but the five stamens standing in front of them show 

 that the flower has been derived from one in which a 

 corolla was present, and would have alternated with 



