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Anthospermum ciliare

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Name

Identification
Anthospermum ciliare L. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Drège J. F. ?,
Related name
  • Anthospermum ciliare
  • Anthospermum pumilum
  • Anthospermum ecklonis
  • Anthospermum rigidum
  • Anthospermum galioides

Flora

Entry for ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare Linn. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare Linn. [family RUBIACEAE], Spec. 1521;—Thunb.! l. c. p. 157. Herb. ex pte. Cruse, Diss. p. 13. Plukn. Mant. 51, t. 344, f. 5.
ANTHOSPERMUM galioides Reichb. [family RUBIACEAE], Spreng. Syst. Veg. c. p. IV. 2, p. 338. E. & Z. 2308.
ANTHOSPERMUM spathulatum? E. M. [family RUBIACEAE], in Herb. Drege. Herb. Un. Itin. 12, 14, 27, 191. Zey. 2718, 2719. Drege, 9548. Sieber. Fl. Cap. 88.
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare α [family RUBIACEAE], fem. (non mascul.) Herb. Thunb.
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare β [family RUBIACEAE], fem. (non mascul.) Herb. Thunb.
ANTHOSPERMUM ciliare γ [family RUBIACEAE], mas. Herb. Thunb.
Information
stem decumbent or suberect; branches downy; leaves opposite, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliated, when old often without cilia, with revolute margins; flowers solitary, or 2–4 together, tetrandrous; fruit obcordate; mericarps roundish at back, glabrous, shining, destitute of calycine limb. Stem 4–10 inches, much branched, procumbent, rarely erect. Leaves 3–4 lines long, aggregated, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (var. latifolium, E. Z.), in other specimens linear-lanceolate (var. angustifolium et scabrum, E. Z.), glabrous and shining above, pale or rusty beneath. Corolla a little hairy outside; the 4 lobes longer than the tube. Stigmas very long, hairy. Fruit 3/4 line long and broad, brown.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Stony places, plains and mountains, common; var. β. Simon's Bay and Rietvalley. May-Sept. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

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