Classification of Plants 



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Kig^elia. — A tree with panicles of pendulous flowers, on 

 long peduncles, springing from dormant buds of old wood. 

 Flowers claret-coloured. Ovary i -celled, fruit indehiscent. 



" The sausage plant," named from the fruits, sometimes a 



Fig. 344. — Tecomaria capensis, Spach. a, Pistil with disc below. 



foot long, that hang from the long stalks. K. pinfiuta, D.C., is 

 found about Delagoa Bay, it has ternate leaves. 



Jacaranda is a handsome tree with racemes of purple 

 flowers frequently cultivated in gardens. It is from South 

 America. 



Order Rubiace^e. 



Flowers usually perfect, regular. Perianth epigynous. 

 Sepals 4-5, often very small, one frequently enlarged. Petals 

 4-9. Stamens 4-5, borne on the corolla, alternate with 

 the petals. Ovary 1-2- or more celled, 2- or many-seeded. 



