Classification of Plants 



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a similar service. The leaves are often bordered with hairs, which are 

 always a severe trial to ants. Shrubs, from a few inches to 10 feet high. 



Eremia. Seeds one in a cell. Cells 2-4. Flowers small, 

 bell-shaped, in terminal umbels. Chiefly Western. 



FIG. 322. Erica Massoni, L. 



FIG. 323. Erica cerinthoides, 

 L. One-half of flower. 



Stamens 3-4 sometimes 5-6. 



Blaeria. Flowers 3-4 parted, bracts none Corolla small. 

 Small shrubs resembling Erica. Western. 



Grisebachia. Small shrubs differing from Eremia in the 

 number of stamens, and ovary 2-celled. 



Order PLUMBAGINACE^E. 



Calyx remaining on. Corolla regular sympetalous. Sta- 

 mens 5, opposite and adnate to the petals. Ovary i -celled, 

 superior, with one pendulous ovule. Herbs or half shrubs, 

 often growing near the sea. 



Plumbago (Kafir, Um Ti wamadoda). Calyx with sticky 

 hairs along the ribs, which help to scatter the seed. Corolla 



