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Plocandra albens

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Identification
Chironia palustris Burch. [family GENTIANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Schinz, Hans, 1905 Isotype of Plocandra albens E. Meyer [family GENTIANACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Chironia palustris
  • Plocandra albens
  • Chironia krebsii

Flora

Entry for CHIRONIA palustris Burch. [family GENTIANACEAE]
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
CHIRONIA palustris Burch. [family GENTIANACEAE], Trav. ii. 226;—Engl. Jahrb. x. 243; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 106 and in Ann. Nat. Hist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 66.
CHIRONIA palustris Schoch var. radicata [family GENTIANACEAE], in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xiv. 234.
Plocandra albens E. Meyer var. radicata [family ], Comm. 182.
Plocandra palustris Griseb. [family ], in DC. Prodr. ix. 43 (excl. syn. Chironia Krebsii).
Information
stems terete, scapiform, 1–2 ft. long; leaves mostly radical, subrosulate, obovate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed to the base, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 6–9 lin. wide, persisting; cauline in 1–2 remote pairs, oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, 1/2–2 in. long, 2–4 lin. wide; flowers in lax terminal panicles with branches 2–3 in. and peduncles 1/2–2 in. long, spreading; calyx 3–4 lin. long, divided half-way; lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx; lobes elliptic, obtuse or subacute, usually entire, 6–8 lin. long, 3–4 lin. wide; anthers distinctly spiral; ovary oblong, acute, 3 1/2 lin. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Wodehouse Div.; near Mooi Plaats, Drège!COAST REGION Queenstown Div.; summit of Shepstone Berg, 5800 ft., Galpin, 1920! Kaffraria, Fraser! Var. β: Cape Div.; neighbourhood of Capetown, Castelnau, 487! Bathurst Div.; banks of and near the Kowie River, Zeyher! Albany Div.; without precise locality, Miss Bowker! King Williamstown Div.; between Yellowwood (Kachu) River and Zandplaats, 1500–2000 ft., Drège, 4922! East London Div.; near East London, grassy slopes by sea-shore, Watson! Galpin, 7345! Komgha Div.; near the mouth of the Kei River, 200 ft., Flanagan, 1207!EASTERN REGION Transkei; marshes near Ibeka, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 6255! Griqualand East; marshes near Kokstad, 4300–5000 ft., Tyson, 1676! and in MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1291! Kumbu, Krook, 2029! Natal; Camperdown, 2000 ft., Wood, 463! Haygarth in Herb. Wood, 1958! near Glencoe, 4000–5000 ft., Wood, 5124! near Ladysmith, Gerrard, 670! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 730! MacOwan! Var. β: Tembuland; moist places near Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 451! Transkei; swampy ground near Kentani, Miss Pegler, 305!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1925! Orange River Colony; Sanddrift Spruit, Burke, 298! near Harrismith, Wood, 4763! Bethlehem, Richardson! and without precise locality, Cooper, 987! Bechuanaland; near the sources of the Kuruman River, Burchell, 2510! Marloth, 1050! Transvaal; between Trigardsfontein and Standerton, Rehmann, 6748! near Wilge River, 4600 ft., Schlechter, 4127! and without precise locality, Sanderson!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 1194! Holub, 251! 4252! 5532! Var. β, Mrs. Barber, 19!
Notes
In var. β are found combined the foliage of C. Krebsii and the floral characters of typical C. palustris.

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