Hypolytrum congenseC.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hypolytrum heterophyllumBoeck. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nelmes E., 1953
Related name
Hypolytrum heterophyllum
Hypolytrum nemorum
Hypolytrum congense
Flora
Entry for HYPOLYTRUM congense C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
HYPOLYTRUM congenseC. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Stolons densely covered by ovate scales. Stems 4–10 in. long, carrying 2 leaves far above the base, smooth, in Dewevre 746 glabrous, in Dewevre 1061 bis hairy. Basal leaves overtopping the stem, 1/2 in. broad, the tip narrow-triangular; stem-leaves similar but smaller, overtopping the inflorescence, not caudate and scarcely acuminate at the tip. Corymb 1/8– 1/5 in. in diam., with 15–25 spikes; rhachis hairy or scabrid; bracts 2 by 2/5 in., narrowly lanceolate, not caudate. Spikes in flower 1/8 in. long, ellipsoid, brown.
