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Daphne squarrosa

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Daphne squarrosa L. [family THYMELEACEAE ]
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  • Daphne squarrosa

Flora

Entry for GNIDIA polystachya Berg. [family THYMELAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 1, (1925) Author: (By C. H. WRIGHT.)
Names
GNIDIA polystachya Berg. [family THYMELAEACEAE], Descr. Pl. Cap. 123;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 380; Bot. Mag. t. 8001; Gard. Chron. 1907, xli. 294, fig. 120.
GNIDIA carinata Thunb. [family THYMELAEACEAE], Prodr. 76; Wikstr. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1818, 312; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 588; Bolus & Wolley-Dod in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. xiv. 316.
GNIDIA pinifolia Wendl. [family THYMELAEACEAE], Beobacht. 15, t. 2, fig. 11, not Linn.
GNIDIA simplex Andr. [family THYMELAEACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 70; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 30, 123; Herb. Amat. ii. 128.
GNIDIA imberbis Dry. [family THYMELAEACEAE], in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 412; Bot. Mag. t. 1463; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1958.
Thymelina simplex Hoffmannsegg [family ], Verzeich. 198.
Daphne squarrosa Linn. [family THYMELAEACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 358?
Thymelæa capitata, lanuginosa, foliis creberrimis, etc. Burm. [family ], Pl. Afr. Rar. 134, t. 49, fig. 1 (flowers drawn as pedicelled).
Information
a shrub, 1–4 ft. high, of variable habit; branches sometimes long and simple, at others short and corymbosely or racemosely arranged, pilose when young, leaf-scars small, but rather prominent; leaves alternate, closely placed, linear-lanceolate, subacute, 4 lin. long, 1/2 lin. wide, 1-nerved, flat or slightly keeled, quite glabrous; flowers in clusters of 6-∞ at the ends of the branches; calyx pilose; tube 3 1/2 lin. long, narrowly ovoid and strongly ribbed in the lower half, narrowly funnel-shaped above; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long, 3/4 lin. wide; petals 8, half as long as the lobes, anther-like, shortly stalked, emarginate; anthers 1/2 lin. long; ovary oblong, compressed, hairy at the apex; style of variable length; stigma capitate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; Bosky Dell, near Simonstown, Bodkin in Herb. Wolley-Dod, 870! Caledon Div.; Hawston, Schlechter, 9465! Hermanuspieters-fontein, Bolus, 9842! Robertson Div.; Kochmans Kloof, 800 ft., Mund, 15! Riversdale Div.; Plattebosch, Muir in Herb. Galpin., 5322! near Milkwood Fontein, 600 ft., Galpin, 4524! Gysmans Hoek, Muir, 500! Mossel Bay Div.; rocky and sandy hills near the landing place at Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6291! Rogers, 4200! between Little Brak River and Hartenbosch, Burchell, 6218! Driefontein and Mossel Bay, under 500 ft., Drège! George Div.; George, Bolus, 2441! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartskops River, under 100 ft., Drège! valley and hills of the Zwartkops River from Villa Paul Mare to Uitenhage, 50–500 ft., Zeyher, 3771! 3772! Redhouse, Mrs. Paterson, 2344! Port Elizabeth Div.; Port Elizabeth, Burchell, 4376! Algoa Bay, Forbes! Bathurst Div.; at the source of the Kasuga River, Burchell, 3907! between Kasuga River and Port Alfred, Burchell, 3965! mouth of the River Kowie, MacOwan, 835! Albany Div.; Grahamstown, Misses Daly & Sole, 506! Rockcliffe near Sidbury, Miss Daly, 787! and without precise locality, Zeyher, 904!KALAHARI REGION Var. β: Orange River Colony; Mont aux Sources, 9500–11000, Flanagan, 2023! Evans, 761!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg, Thom, 49!

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