Restio perplexusKunth [family RESTIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Restio perplexus
Restio implexus
Restio capillaris
Restio vimineus
Restio scopula
Restio trichocaulis
Flora
Entry for RESTIO implexus Mast. [family RESTIONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 59, (1900) Author: (By M. T. MASTERS.)
Names
RESTIO implexusMast. [family RESTIONACEAE]
RESTIO perplexusMast. var. gracilis [family RESTIONACEAE], in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 287.
Information
stems 12–18 in. high, capillary, terete, purple-spotted; branches curving, intertwining; leaf-sheaths 1/8– 1/4 in. long, closely convolute, coriaceous, membranous above; apex subulate, mucronate; spikelets solitary, 1/8 in. long, oblong; spathe mucronate, half the length of the spikelet; bracts papery, ovate-oblong, acute, scarcely mucronate; outer perianth-segments linear-oblong, acute, cartilaginous, as long as or longer than the bracts; lateral conduplicate, only slightly villous, scarcely carinate; inner 3 shorter, oblong-lanceolate; ovary compressed, 2-celled styles. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Swellendam Div.; at the foot of the Lange Bergen, near Swellendam, Burchell, 7430, ♀! not 7420 as quoted in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 287, that number being an Umbellifer.
