i 50 Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



FIG. 146. A, Cymose inflorescence of Myo- 

 sotis ; B, diagrammatic representation of 

 the order of development of the flowers in 

 the helicoid cyme. (From Thpm6 and 

 Bennett's " Structural and Physiological 

 Botany".) 



FIG. 147. Capitulum, or head of Protea, surrounded by bracts forming an 

 involucre. 



