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Polycenia lanceolata

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Name

Identification
Hebenstretia lanceolata (E. Mey.) Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Polycenia lanceolata E.Mey. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Dischisma ciliatum
  • Polycenia lanceolata
  • Hebenstretia lanceolata

Flora

Entry for HEBENSTREITIA lanceolata Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 95, (1912) Author: By R. A. ROLFE.
Names
HEBENSTREITIA lanceolata Rolfe [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Polycenia lanceolata E. Meyer [family ], Comm. i. 245, and inDrège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 76, 212; Walp. Rep. iv. 144; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 3.
Polycenia lanceolata Walp. var. β pubescentihirsuta [family ], Rep. iv. 144.
Information
perennial, much branched, over 1 1/2 ft. high; branches terete, pubescent; leaves somewhat lax, lanceolate, acute, with 1 to 3 pairs of acute teeth above the middle or subentire, more or less pubescent, not decurrent, 4–14 lin. long; spikes oblong or elongated, 1 up to 5 in. long in fruit, many-flowered; bracts ovate-anceolate, acuminate, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; calyx oblong, with 3 acute teeth, 3-nerved, 2 lin. long; corolla 5 lin. long; tube slender; lobes oblong, the middle pair exceeding the outer; fruit ovoid-globose, 1 1/2 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg Div.; in stony places on the Piquetberg Range, 1500–3000 ft., Drège!
Notes
Polycenia lanceolata var. β. glabrata (E. Meyer, Comm. 245, and in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 125, 160, 212; Choisy in DC. Prod. xii. 3. P. lanceolata var. glabra, Walp. Rep. iv. 144), is based on material collected by Drège in COAST REGION: Knysna Div., Groene Valley, 500 ft., and EASTERN REGION: Natal, below 100 ft., which I have not seen. It is described as having more or less glabrous branches and leaves, very glabrous bracts, and the fruit as having only one spurious cell in each achene.

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