Classification of Plants 



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fruficosa, Pers., and A. coryrnbosa, Benth., have tall shrubby 

 stems, rough below with the scars of fallen leaves. 



Hesperantha (" Avond-bloemetjes "). Perianth with a 

 tube and regular limb. Stamens borne on the throat of the 

 tube. Style as long as the tube, with three long, slender, curved 

 branches. Flowers white or yellow. The sepals frequently 



FIG. 243. Gladiolus alatus, Linn. 



red outside. The flowers are delightfully scented at evening 

 when their insect guests are abroad. 



Ixia. Perianth tube long and slender, with a regular 

 spreading limb. Stamens borne on the throat. Style longer 

 than the perianth tube, with three short, spreading recurved 

 branches. 



Flowers in simple or panicled spikes of beautiful and varied colours. 

 The Ixias are abundant in the West. /. viridiflora, Lam., has a pale green 

 perianth with a purplish-black throat. One variety of this species has a 

 pale lilac flower with a black centre ; another has a pale blue perianth 



