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Diosma vulgaris

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Name

Identification
Diosma vulgaris Schltdl. [family RUTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Schlechtendal,
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Flora

Entry for DIOSMA vulgaris Schl. [family RUTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 369, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
DIOSMA vulgaris Schl. [family RUTACEAE], Linn. 6. p. 201
Information
branchlets minutely pubescent; leaves scattered, rarely opposite, linear, convexo-carinate, subulate-acuminate, serrulato-scabrous or ciliate at the margin; flowers subcorymbose; calyx-lobes sub-obtuse, acute or acuminate, with membranous, ciliate margins; petals obtuse or sub-acute. 1–2 or more feet high, erect, much-branched. Leaves 1/2–1 inch long, paler and bifariously punctate underneath, with a very narrow, diaphanous margin. Cal.lobes 1/2–1 1/2 line long. Petals about twice as long as the calyx, elliptical, white, or red on the outside. Capsule 3–4 lines long, the carpels compressed, punctate at back, with shorter or longer, straight or hooked, obtuse horns.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In stony ground and on hills throughout the Colony, common, flowering throughout the year. (Herb. Thunb., Lam., Sond., T.C.D., &c.)

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