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Hypericum intermedium

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Name

Identification
Hypericum intermedium Steud. ex A.Rich. [family CLUSIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hypericum annulatum Moris [family CLUSIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hypericum intermedium
  • Hypericum somaliense
  • Hypericum annulatum

Flora

Entry for HYPERICUM intermedium Steud. [family GUTTIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 154, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
HYPERICUM intermedium Steud. [family GUTTIFERAE], Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 95.
HYPERICUM atomarium Boiss. [family GUTTIFERAE], Diag. Sér. i. 8. 114.
HYPERICUM gracile Boiss. [family GUTTIFERAE], Diag. Ser. 2. v. 70.
Information
Herb of 1–2 ft., with erect, cæspitose, puberulous or glabrate, terete stems, from a woody or wiry stock. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-elliptical, obtuse or the upper rather acute, sessile, with a slightly cordate, clasping, more or less rounded base, puberulous on both sides or glabrous above, with numerous translucent dots, 1–1 1/3 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad. Flowers numerous, in terminal paniculate cymes, less than 1 in. diam. Sepals linear-lanceolate, nearly 1/4 in., with prominent, marginal, black-tipped glands. Styles 3, free from the base, as long or longer than the ovary. Seeds oblong-or cylindric-clavate terete.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Roth! Dillon!
Notes
I have no hesitation in identifying with H. intermedium the plants of Asia Minor described by Boissier under the names above quoted. It is nearly allied to H. lanuginosum, Lam., as well as to the Indian H. adenophorum .

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