^32 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS, 



sepals ; but the pistil is abortive, with a sterile style 

 and stigma. The female has four sepals, but no 

 stamens. The fruit is a' globose nut in L. argeiiJteiim, 



x'iijter 



PIG. 92.— Silver-tree. I. Male iuflorescence ( ',)• H Smglo flu^\er with barren style 

 (X 2). III. Nut with persistent style and calyx, the latter split at its base and 

 prevented from slipping oEf by the knobby stigma. 



the Silver- tree. The style remains, and when the calyx 

 is detached at the base, it is prevented from slipping 



