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Alysicarpus wallichii

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Identification
Alysicarpus wallichii W. & A. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Alysicarpus wallichii
  • Alysicarpus glaber
  • Alysicarpus rugosus

Flora

Entry for ALYSICARPUS Wallichii W. & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ALYSICARPUS Wallichii W. & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prod. 1. p. 234
ALYSICARPUS glaber E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Comm. p. 125. Zey.! 463. ex pte.
Information
ascending, glabrous; leaves subcordate-oblong, the upper ones linear-oblong or ovato-lanceolate; racemes terminal, cylindrical, imbricating; bracts broadly ovate, shorter than the flower, deciduous; legumes scarcely longer than the calyx, 4–5-jointed, tipped with the straight base of the style, subcompressed, glabrous, the articulations deeply furrowed and ribbed transversely, broader than long. Pale yellowish green, rigid, 12–18 inches high. Leaves very variable in shape, sometimes 1 inch long, 3/4 inch wide, and very blunt; sometimes 2 inches long, 1/4 inch wide, and acute: the lower leaves are always the broadest and bluntest. Racemes 3–4 inches long, densely many-flowered.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among grasses between Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege. Crocodile and Aapjes River, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

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