Classification of Plants 



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Anther cells clinging together 



the upper, as in Diascia. 

 pairs. 



Herbs annual or perennial, bearing racemes of pretty flowers of 

 many hues. Twenty-eight species, both Eastern and Western. Beautiful 

 Nemesias in great abundance are found in the Malmesbury district. 



Fig. 339. — Nemesia. 



Fig. 340. — Halleria lucida^ L. 



BB. Corolla not saccate or spurred. Stamens \ — 



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

 spreading. Shrubs with opposite (or upper alternate), shin)-, 

 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. 



Zaluzianskya (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, more or less viscid, turning black in drj'ing. 

 inside, dark outside, opening in the evening. 



Flowers light 



Sutera [Lyperia). — Corolla with a long sticky tube, in- 



