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Phylica purpurea

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Name

Identification
Phylica purpurea Sond. [family RHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for PHYLICA purpurea Sond. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 475, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
PHYLICA purpurea Sond. [family RHAMNACEAE]
PHYLICA rosmarinifolia Lodd. [family RHAMNACEAE], Bot. Cab. t. 849. Herb. Willd. n. 4606. fol. 1.
Soulangia rubra [family ], Bot. Reg. t. 1498. exc. synon.
Information
twigs pubescent; leaves linear-lanceolate, callous-acute, sub-villous, at length smooth and shining above, tomentose beneath, with revolute margins; flowers on short pedicels, collected in a terminal, many-flowered head; calyx campanulate, tomentose. Very similar to the preceding. but the flowers are collected in a head and longer than the bracteæ; perhaps a variety. Leaves 6 lines long. Calyx whitish tomentose, limb ferruginous or purple on the inside.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Niven; var. β. cultivated in Herrenhausen Bot. Gard. (Herb., Willd., Wendl., Sond.)

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