244 Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



solid. Leaves all 3 -ranked with an entire sheath. Flowers 



^ 



Fig. ix-j. — Typka (reed-mace, cat's tail, bulrush). I. showing habit of 

 plant ; r, rhizoids ; s, staminate ; p, pistillate portion of inflorescence. II. 

 staminate. III. pistillate flower. IV. pollen grains cohering in tetrads. 



Fig. 218. — Unisexual flower of Carex 

 (after Eichler) ; z/, utricle ; a, axis. 



Fig. 219. — Flower of Cyperus, 

 with the parts separated. 



in the axils of glumes ; perianth of bristles, hairs, or none, 



