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Berzelia wendlandiana

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Name

Identification
Berzelia wendlandiana Eckl. & Zeyh. [family BRUNIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Berzelia intermedia Schltdl. [family BRUNIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Berzelia intermedia Schltdl. [family BRUNIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Berzelia intermedia
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Flora

Entry for BERZELIA intermedia Schlecht. [family BRUNIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 309, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
BERZELIA intermedia Schlecht. [family BRUNIACEAE], ! Linn. 6, p. 188;—E. & Z.! No. 1053.
BERZELIA Wendlandiana E. & Z. [family BRUNIACEAE], ! No. 1052.
BERZELIA ericoides E. & Z. [family BRUNIACEAE], ! No. 1054.
Brunia paleacea Wendl. [family BRUNIACEAE], ! coll. t. 21.
Information
smooth or somewhat hairy, leaves very short-petioled, spreading or recurved, linear-trigonal, rather tetragonal toward the apex, callous at the tip; heads of flowers size of a nut, forming a corymb on the lateral branches. Near B. lanuginosa, but more robust, the young branches a little hairy, not villous, the leaves thicker, (not longer) and spreading, often reflexed, the heads 3–4 times larger and corymbose, the peduncles 1 inch long or longer, leafy, and the flowers somewhat larger. Bracteæ obovate, unguiculate, ustulate at top, at length incurved. Petals white, oblong, spathulate. Stamens 4 or 5, twice longer than the petals. Fruit 1 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains, Duyvelsbosch, and in Langekloof near Puspasvalley, Swellendam, Van Staadensrivierberge, E. & Z.! Zey. 2645. Georgetown, Dr. Pappe; Howison's Poort, H. Hutton. Var. β, near Palmietrivier and Hanglipp, E. & Z.! Lowrypass, Drege, 6866, Dec., fruct. mat Aug. (Herb. Sond. D. Wendl.)

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