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Kohautia amatymbica

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Name

Identification
Kohautia amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. [family RUBIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for HEDYOTIS Amatymbica Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
HEDYOTIS Amatymbica Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in pl. Krauss.
Kohautia Amatymbica E. & Z. [family RUBIACEAE], ! 2292.
Kohautia 7657 [family RUBIACEAE], Hb. Drege.
Information
perennial, glabrous, glaucescent; stem erect, much compressed, simple or branched; leaves narrow linear, cuspidate, canaliculate above; bristles of stipules 3, setaceous; flowers terminal, umbellate; teeth of the calyx as long as the tube; corolla with a very long tube and oblong lobes; fruit subglobose, smooth. Root perpendicular. Stem 1–1 1/2 foot. Leaves 1 1/2–3 inches long, 1 line broad. Umbel 6–10-flowered. Calyx about 2 lines long, the teeth subulate. Tube of the corolla 1 inch, lobes 3–4 lines long. Capsule as large as a pea, didymous, crowned with the 4, rarely 5, rather shorter calyx-teeth.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Katriviers and Winterberg, Keyrivier, Caffraria; Zwartehoogdens, Albany, E. & Z. Zeyh. 758, Col. Bolton, Zuurebergen, Drege; Port Natal, Gueinzius, 35. J. Sanderson, 245. Magalisberg, Burke & Zeyh. Apl. Jul. Oct. (Herb. Sd., D.)

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