26o Plants and their Ways in Sonth Africa 



Fig. 262. — Halleria lucida. 



BB. Corolla not saccate or spurred. Stamens 4 — 

 Freylinia. — Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular, limb 

 spreading! Shrubs with opposite (or upper alternate), shiny, 

 entire leaves and panicles of orange or lilac flowers. 



Halleria. — Calyx cup-like, 3-5-parted. Corolla tubular, 

 widening upwards, and shortly lobed at the tip. Stamens 



4. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Shrubs with 

 red flowers, hanging in clusters or single 

 from the axils of dark glossy leaves. 



Nycterinia. — Corolla tube long 

 slender; limb 5 -lobed, spreading ; lobes 

 often 2-fid. Anthers of two upper 

 stamens large, often two lower small or 

 wanting. Herbs, turning black in drying. 

 Flowers light inside, dark outside, open- 

 ing in the evening. 



Lyperia. — Corolla with a long 



sticky tube, incurved and swollen at 



the top. Z. crocea is called " Cape 



Saffron " (Geele bloemetjes). Herbs or small shrubs, often 



much branched. Lower leaves opposite ; upper alternate, 



entire, toothed, or much cut. 



Manulea is similar to Lyperia, but the tube is not 

 swollen. Common little plants, often covered with woolly 

 hairs. Corolla nearly regular, orange. Found in sandy 

 soil. Herbs, rarely woody. 



A A.. Back lobes covered by the front lobes in bud. Root 

 parasites — 



B. Anthers i -celled — 



Hyobanche. — Calyx deeply 5-parted. Corolla tubular, 

 curved and hooded at the top, without a limb. Stamens of 

 two lengths. Rose-red, thick stemmed. Parasites on the 

 roots of Proteacese and other plants. Mr. v. d. Merwe, of 

 Wellington, has found this parasite growing on roots, in an 

 ant heap, 30 feet below the surface. 

 BB. Anthers 2-celled — 



Aulaya. — Corolla with an incurved tube and spread- 

 ing limb. Stamens as in Harveya. Flowers in . leafy 



