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Dyschoriste trichocalyx

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Identification
Hygrophila quadrangularis De Wild. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dyschoriste trichocalyx (Oliv.) Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen K., 1993
Related name
  • Dyschoriste trichocalyx
  • Hygrophila unrecorded
  • Hygrophila quadrangularis
  • Mellera parvifolia
  • Calophanes trichocalyx
  • Dyschoriste decora

Flora

Entry for DYSCHORISTE trichocalyx Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
DYSCHORISTE trichocalyx Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 367.
Calophanes trichocalyx Oliv. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 126, t. 126.
Hygrophila sp. 1 T. Thoms. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Speke, Journ. Append. 643.
Information
Branches 18 in. long, hairy. Lower and middle leaves 2 by 1/3 in.; elliptic, hairy on both surfaces, cystoliths obscure; petiole 1/3 in. long. Flowers often 8–15 in densely congested axillary cymes; bracteoles linear, scarcely 1/3 the length of the calyx. Calyx 1/2 in. long, divided 3/4 way down; tube sparsely hairy without, with long white hairs within; teeth long, subulate, with many simple hairs, few glands. Corolla 2/3– 3/4 in. long, purple-red; narrow-cylindric base of tube short; limb somewhat 2-lipped. Stamens 4, subsimilar; anthers oblong, distinctly tailed; pollen longitudinally many ribbed. Style hairy, one stigmatic branch linear, the other suppressed; ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule 1/3 in. long, narrow-cylindric, 4-seeded; seeds covered with hygroscopic hairs.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Karagwe, Speke & Grant, 404! Scott-Elliot, 7491! 8124!

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