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Plate 3 3 . 



A. Spatalla procera Knight I. Flowering twig. 2. Capitulum of three open 

 flowers. 3. Upper segment of perianth with anther and pistil. 2/1. 4. Pistil with 

 hypogynous scales. 2/1. 5. Ovary, long, section. 



B. Serruria anethifolia Knight Leaf and inflorescence. 



C. Paranomus crithmifolius (R. Br.) Knight I. Small twig with visiting beetle 

 [Leucocelis adspersa). 2. Capitulum of 4 flowers, viz. one of them open, one just opening 

 and two buds. 



D. Serruria aemula Knight 1. Flowering twig with bee. 2. Flower. 2/1. 



Spatalla. 



The genus Spatalla as accepted by Bentham and Hooker and also by 

 Harvey (Genera, Ed. 11, 332), has been divided by Mr Phillips into two 

 genera, all species with a regular perianth and an ovate-conical stigma having 

 been transferred to the new genus Spatallopsis (Kew Bull. 19 10, No. 8). 



The genus Spatalla, thus restricted, is more natural and easily recognised 

 by its peculiar inflorescence, the irregular perianth and the shape of the stigma. 



Spatalla procera is a common shrublet, 1 — -2 feet high, of the Hottentot 

 Hollands mountains, flowering in spring. 



Serruria*. 



The genus Serruria, one of the largest of the family, is entirely 

 confined to the south-western districts like Spatalla. 



All the species are small shrubs, mostly not more than 2 or 3 feet high, 

 with much divided leaves, but Serruria florida is taller (Fig. 78 c). 



Serruria anethifolia is fairly numerous on the hills of Sir Lowry's Pass and 

 Caledon. 



Serruria aemula, a common shrublet of the Cape Flats, is often visited by 

 bees and beetles. 



PARANOMUsf Salisb. & Knight 



Similar in their foliage to the preceding are several species of Paranomus 

 {Nivenia f), but others bear two kinds of leaves, the upper ones being larger 

 and entire, while only those lower down the stem are more or less divided. 

 The upper leaves evidently increase the showiness of the shrubs. 



Shrubs, 2 — 5 feet high, with bisexual, capitate flowers ; the heads 

 4-flowered, involucred by four tomentose closely adpressed bracts and disposed 

 in terminal spikes. Calyx regular, the segments coiling backwards, bearing the 

 anthers in the spoon-shaped apices, entirely deciduous. Hypogynous scales 4 ; 

 style filiform, straight ; stigma clavate. Nut sessile. About 1 5 species, all 

 endemic in the South West. 



* Named after Burm. Jos. Serrurier, Professor of botany at Utrecht. 



f As the name Nivenia had been applied by Ventenat to a genus of Iridaceae (1808) 

 before Robert Brown established his Nivenia (1810), the latter genus must bear 

 Salisbury's name "Paranomus" (1807). For Nivenia Vent, see Vol. iv. 



