Entry for DIASCIA Engleri Diels [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 121, (1904) Author: By W. P. HIERN, F.R.S.
Names
DIASCIA EngleriDiels [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 471
Information
a stemless herb, annual, glabrous, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. high; leaves radical, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, subentire or sparingly toothed, somewhat fleshy, 1/4– 1/2 in. long, 1/12– 1/5 in. broad; petiole about 2/5 in. long; peduncles numerous, leafless, 1-flowered, 4/5–1 in. long; calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, 1/12– 1/8 in. long, 1/20 in. broad; corolla rotate, nearly without any tube, neither foveolate nor saccate; segments suborbicular; filaments subulate, shaggy with glandular hairs, about 1/8 in. long; style 1/12 in. long; capsules globose, 1/6 in. in diam.; valves acuminate, about half as long again as the calyx. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Calvinia Div.; Hantam hills, Meyer.
