CHAPTER XVIII. 

 POLLINATION AND FERTILIZATION. 



THROUGHOUT the Colony a bush two or three feet high with 

 smooth linear leaves grows on dry hillsides. The whole plant 



II. 



FIG. 151. Montinia acris, L. I. Branch 

 tipped by an ovary. II. Branch bearing 

 staminate flowers. 



FIG. 152. Cliffortia 

 ruscifolia, L. I. 

 staminate flower. II. 

 Section through female 

 flower. (From Ed- 

 monds and Marloth's 

 " Elementary Botany 

 for South Africa".) 



has a sharp taste, from which it gets its last name. The flowers 

 of this bush, Montinia acris, L., are not so very pretty, but the 



