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Mitriostigma barteri

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Name

Identification
Mitriostigma barteri Hook.f. ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hutchinson; Dalziel,
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Flora

Entry for MITRIOSTIGMA Barteri Hook. fil. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
MITRIOSTIGMA Barteri Hook. fil. [family RUBIACEAE], in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 90.
Information
A small shrub, 3 ft. high, with subherbaceous branches. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acuminate at both ends, 4–7 by 1–1 3/4 in., lateral veins about 7–8 pairs; petiole 1/6– 3/8 in.; stipules 1/5– 1/4 in. long, appressed, subpersistent. Flowers scarcely 1/2 in. long, shortly pedicellate; bracteoles subulate, appressed. Calyx scarcely 1/8 in. long, glabrous, green. Corolla campanulate-oblong, glabrous on both sides. Anthers 1/4 in. long. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit subfusiform, 1–1 1/4 by 1/3– 1/2 in., stipitate at the base, narrowed at the apex. Seeds somewhat angular, 1/6– 1/4 in. diameter, of irregular shape.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea Barter!, (corolla brown) Mann!

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