Entry for LIGHTFOOTIA denticulata Sond. [family ]
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
LIGHTFOOTIA denticulata Sond. [family ]
Campanula denticulata Burch. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Trav., vol. 1, p. 538.
Wahlenbergia denticulata A. DC. [family ], ! Monog. p. 152, t. 16. E. & Z. 2378.
LIGHTFOOTIA capillaris Buek [family ], in E. & Z. Enum. 2342.
Wahlenbergia corymbosa E. Mey. [family ], in Herb. Drege, and 4005, 6300, a. Zeyher, 1058, 1059.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern part of the Colony, Zwartkops and Krumrivier in Caffraria, near the Aapges, Caledon and Mooyeriver, and Port Natal, Burchell, Drege, Krauss, Eckl. and Zeyh. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)
Notes
A perennial herb, 1/2–1 foot, very leafy. Leaves alternate, ternate, rarely opposite, 4–6 lines long, 1/2 line broad, the upper smaller. Flowers numerous towards the tops of the branches. Pedicels unequal, spreading, capillary, 2–6, in L. capillaris, 6–10 lines long. Panicle few or many flowered. Calyx 2 lines long. Corolla 5-fid, at length nearly 5-parted; segments very narrow. Capsule hemispherical, 10-nerved; the 3 valves a little shorter than the base of the capsule. The plant I possess from Drege, under the name “ Wahlenb. Caffra, DC. ” agrees perfectly with L. denticulata.