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Hygrophila volkensii

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Name

Identification
Hygrophila volkensii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE ] Dyschoriste hildebrandtii (S.Moore) S.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen,K.,
Related name
  • Dyschoriste hildebrandtii
  • Hygrophila volkensii

Flora

Entry for DYSCHORISTE Volkensii 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
DYSCHORISTE Volkensii C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Hygrophila Volkensii Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. n. 47, 46, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 366.
Information
Sparingly pubescent. Leaves up to 1 3/4 by 1 in., elliptic, obscurely crenulate; cystoliths not prominent; petioles 0– 1/6 in. long. Cymes axillary, 3–10-flowered. Calyx rather more than 1/2 in. long, divided 1/3 the way down; tube scabrous pubescent without, white hairy within. Corolla 1–1 1/4 in. long, not 2-lipped; lobes 5, subequal, obtuse. Stamens 4; anthers subequal, tailed at the base; pollen longitudinally ribbed. Capsule 1/2 in. long, linear-cylindric, 4-seeded. Ovary 4-ovuled.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 3300 ft., Volkens, 324, 1627!
Notes
This plant is hardly distinguishable from D. Hildebrandtii. Lindau distinguishes it by having the capsule hairy; the young capsules are perfectly glabrous. Lindau is in error in saying that the calyx is divided 2/3 the way down.

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