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Dicliptera laxata

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Identification
Dicliptera laxata C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ]
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Entry for DICLIPTERA laxata C. B. Clarke [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
DICLIPTERA laxata C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Information
Branches angular, nearly glabrous. Leaves 3 1/4 by 1 1/4 in., triangular-acute at either end, nearly glabrous; petiole often 1 in. long. Cymes axillary, 3/4 in. in diam.; spikelets nearly all manifestly pedicelled; outer bract 1/3– 1/2 by 1/6 in., elliptic-acute, nearly glabrous. Calyx 1/8 in. long. Capsule 1/6 in. long, hairy; placentæ rising elastically; seeds tubercled.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Masuka Plateau, 6500–7000 ft., Whyte!British East Africa Nile Land Kavirondo; Samia, Scott-Elliot, 7098!

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