DRYMARIA cordata [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Willd. Hb., ex Roem. & Sch. 5. p. 406;âDC. Prod. 1. p. 395. Cham. & Schl. Linn. 1. p. 47.
Holosteum cordatumL. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Information
stem and leaves glabrous, shortly petioled, ovato-subrotund, acute or mucronate, rounded at base, or obsoletely cordate; peduncles dichotomous, many-flowered; calyx glabrous, longer than the petals; ovary 7â10 ovuled. A weak-growing, diffuse plant, a foot or more in length; stems and branches filiform, sometimes minutely puberulent. Leaves 6â8 lines long and wide, petiole 2 lines. Stipules small. Peduncles terminal, cymoid; flowers solitary in the forks, lateral peduncles elongate, 2â3 flowered or again cymoid. Calyx 2 lines long, with acuminate segments.
Range
A common tropical species.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Woods near the Hanglip, Aug. 1821., Mundt and Maire. (Herb. r. Berol).
Notes
The Cape specimens, preserved in the Berlin Herbarium, quite resemble the American forms, distributed by Sieber.
