Classification of Plants 



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 Salix 



They are introduced from the northern hemisphere. 

 capetisis is a native of South Africa. 



MYRiCACEiE. — Flowers dioecious or moncecious. Fruit 

 indehiscent, dry, or covered with waxy scales. Myrica, the 

 wax berry plant, referred to on p. 206, is the only genus. 



Fagace^. — This order contains trees with scale-like 

 stipules, which drop off as the leaves open. Stamens often 

 surrounded by perianth leaves. Fruit a nut surrounded by an 

 involucre, the cup of the acorn and the burr of chestnuts. 



Fig. 207. — Protca nana. 



Quercus (the Oak) and Castanea (the Chestnut) represent 

 the two genera of this order w^hich have been introduced into 

 South Africa. 



Order PROTEACEiE. 



The Proteaceae, the glory of the Cape, are found also in 

 Australia, the mountains of Tropical Africa^ as well as in South 

 America. Most of the plants of this order live in regions 

 where there are long dry summers, and since they are neither 

 succulent nor bulbous plants, their xerophytic habit is shown 



