Entry for PODALYRIA lanceolata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
PODALYRIA lanceolataBenth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], An. Mus. Vind. 2. p. 68;—Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 438.
PODALYRIA calyptrataE. Mey. β. lanceolata [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Comm. p. 10.
Information
twigs tomentose or pubescent; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, or elliptic-oblong, sub-acute or obtuse at each end, mucronulate, thinly pubescent on both surfaces, prominently netted-veined on the under side; peduncles 1-flowered, shorter or longer than the subtending leaf; calyx rufo-villous, its lobes acute, equalling the keel. A tall shrub, 2–4 feet high, erect and virgate. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1/2– 3/4 inch wide; generally obtusely lanceolate, but varying on the same bush to broadly-elliptical, scarcely thrice as long as broad. The veins on the under surface are always well marked and netted. Bracts (according to Bentham) distinct. More like P. calyptrata than any species of this section.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA District of Swellendam, Mundt. Riv. Zonderende, Zeyher, 2272! Pappe (47). River side near Spaorbosch, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd. D.)
