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Phylica willdenowiana

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Name

Identification
Phylica willdenowiana Eckl.&Zeyh. [family RHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Phylica rosmarinifolia
  • Tylanthus willdenowianus
  • Phylica willdenowiana
  • Phylica not on sheet

Flora

Entry for PHYLICA Willdenowiana E. & Z. [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 Willdenowiana E. & Z. [family RHAMNACEAE], ! 1035
PHYLICA rosmarinifolia Schlecht. [family RHAMNACEAE], Linn. 6. p. 195. non Thunb. nec aliorum, Tylanthus Pres.
Information
branches virgate; twigs fastigiate, velvetty-pubescent; leaves erect, sub-imbricate, rigid, linear, mucronate, with revolute margins, glabrous and papillose-scabrous above, the younger appressed, villous; raceme capitate; bracteæ lanceolate, equalling the flowers or a little longer; calyx sub-cylindrical, tomentose; segments acute; capsule ovate-globose, smooth. 1–2 feet high, branches erect, greyish. Lower leaves 4–6, upper about 3 lines long, 1/2– 3/4 line wide, sulcate and tomentose beneath. Petiole 1/2–1 line long. Flowers about 12–16 in a head-like raceme. Pedicels 1 line long. Calyx cylindrical, sub-campanulate, 2 lines long; segments erecto-patent, 3 times shorter than the tube. Style half as long as the calyx. Capsule the size of a small pea.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountain sides, Vanstadensriviersberge (Uit), E. & Z.! Zey.! 2220. Elands-rivier, Zey.! 2219. Jul.-Sept. (Herb. Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.)

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