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Brownleea parviflora

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Identification
Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for BROWNLEEA parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
BROWNLEEA parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 16;—Sond. in Linnæa, xix. 107; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 204, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 43; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 114; Kränzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 733, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 6; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxi. 312.
Disa parviflora Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 119.
Information
plant 1–1 1/2 ft. high; stem rather slender; leaves cauline, 1–2, suberect, sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3–5 in. long, 1/3– 3/4 in. broad; scapes 1–1 1/2 ft. high, with 2 or 3 narrow acuminate sheaths above; spikes cylindrical, 2–4 in. long, dense, many-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; pedicels about 2 lin. long; flowers very small, white, with the spur and nerves of the petals greenish, and some purple on the anther; dorsal sepal galeate, ovate, subacute, somewhat incurved, 2 lin. long; spur much curved, stout or subclavate, obtuse, rather longer than the limb; lateral sepals ovate-elliptic, acute, united to the middle, 2 lin. long; petals obliquely ovate, subobtuse, subauriculate at the base in front, cohering to the dorsal sepal, 2 lin. long; lip minute, linear from a rather broader base, not 1/2 lin. long; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum ovate, erect, emarginate, about 1/2 lin. long, bituberculate at the base; stigma pulvinate; capsule oblong, about 3 lin. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4300 ft., MacOwan, 1530!COAST REGION Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2400 ft., Glass. Bedford Div.; Kaga Berg, 4500 ft., Weale, 913! Victoria East Div.; Hogs Back, Victoria East, Scully, 234! Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Berg, 2000–3000 ft., Zeyher, Hutton! Queenstown Div.; Hanglip, near Queenstown, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1506! Woodvale, 4600 ft., Galpin, 8182! Stutterheim Div.; Dohne Hill, Sim, 23. King Williamstown Div.; near King Williamstown, Brownlee. British Kaffraria, Brownlee!EASTERN REGION Transkei; Tsomo, Mrs. Barber, 848! Griqualand East, Ingeli Range, 4500–6000 ft., Tyson, 1080! Enyembi Bush, in the Umzimkulu District, 4500–5000 ft., Tyson, 2066! Natal; dry rocks near Great Noodsberg, Buchanan! stony places near Van Reenan, 7000 ft., Schlechter, 6942; grassy hills at Umkomaas, 4000–5000 ft., Wood, 971!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4500–5000 ft., Galpin, 1229, Culver, 49; Houtbosch Mountains, above Mamavolo, 6800 ft., Schlechter, 4711! Belfast, Miss Doidge, 4797!

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