248 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



germinates. Thousands of seedling pines may be seen 

 in the woods below Table Mountain. 



II III IV 



Fig. 9T.— Yellow-wood. I. Branch (^) with 3 male catkins, n. Female inflorescence 

 ( X 3). III. Section through the latter, showing one ovule. IV. Ripe pseudocarp : 

 r, fleshy receptacle ; &, seed enclosed in green resinous scale. 



Podocar'pus. — This genus represents the pines in 

 South Africa (Fig. 97). The flowers are both monoecious 



