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Lagenias pusillus

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Name

Identification
Lagenias pusillus E. Mey. [family GENTIANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Sebaea pusilla
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Flora

Entry for SEBÆA pusilla Eckl. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 1056, (1909) Author: By A. W. HILLand D. PRAIN.
Names
SEBÆA pusilla Eckl. [family ], in Linnæa, vi. 346;—Cham. in Linnæa, viii. 53; Griseb. Gen. et Spec. Gent. 169; Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 me sér. vi. 731.
Lagenias pusillus E. Meyer [family GENTIANACEAE], Comm. 186; Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 54; Schinz in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Gesellsch. Zürich, xxxvii. 308.
Information
annual, erect, simple, sometimes branched, 1/2–1 1/2 in. high; leaves few, lower very small, upper as well as the bracts 3–4 lin. long, 1/2–1 lin. broad, narrowly ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, somewhat fleshy; inflorescences 3–5-flowered, with relatively conspicuous bracts; branches 1–1 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 1/2–1 1/2 lin. long; calyx-segments 2–3 lin. long, elliptic or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, keeled; corolla-tube 2 1/4–3 lin. long, cylindrical; lobes 3/4–1 lin. long, 1/3 lin. broad, orbicular or elliptic-obovate; filaments 3/4–1 1/2 lin. long, inserted 1–1 1/4 lin. above the base of the tube; anthers 1/4– 1/3 lin. long, with three small glands; style 1–2 lin. long; stigma capitate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Cederberg Range, Drège. Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, 1000 ft., Drège! Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 731! Cape Flats, Harvey! Simons Bay, Wright, 95! and without precise locality, Harvey, 614! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 900 ft., Schlechter, 9376 partly!WESTERN REGION Vanrhynsdorp Div.; Gift Berg, Drège!

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