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Prismatocarpus nitidus

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Name

Identification
Prismatocarpus nitidus L'Hér. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Prismatocarpus nitidus
  • Prismatocarpus debilis

Flora

Entry for PRISMATOCARPUS nitidus L'Her. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
PRISMATOCARPUS nitidus L'Her. [family CAMPANULACEAE], sert. angl. p. 2, t. 3;—A. DC.! Monog. p. 170. Prod. p. 445. E. & Z. 2403.
Campanula Prismatocarpus Ait. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2733. Herb. Un. Itin. 155.
Information
plant rather woody, branched; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, flat, serrulated, spreading, shining; flowers 2–4, sessile, and approximate at top of the branches; bracteæ leafy; calyx glabrous, tube longer than the bracteæ, lobes lanceolate, shorter than the tube; corolla infundibuliform, subcampanulate, twice longer than the calyx. A small glabrous perennial, with short or elongated diffuse redddish branches. Leaves 4–6 times longer than broad, commonly 4–6 lines long, sharply serrate, acute. Flowers 2–4 in a cluster, rarely solitary in the axils of the bracteæ. Calyx 1 1/2 line long. Corolla white, 5 lobed. Capsule 1 inch long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Table Mountain. Jan. E. & Z. W. H. Harvey. (Herb. Hook., D., Sd.)

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