A little further on, strange fuzzy green pods protruded from the straight branches of another bush.
The purple flower, which blooms late in autumn, is very similar to that of the common spring crocus, and the stigmas, which are protruded from the perianth, are of a characteristic orange-red colour.
When Highly magnified view of one of the protruded from the opening cirri.
This time a whitish sack protruded and then ruptured.
The cirri or tentacles, of which three or four pairs are present, are capable of being protruded, and the minute larva swims by means of the ciliary action they produce.