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Roella bryoides

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Name

Identification
Roella bryoides H.Buek [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Roella minor
  • Roella bryoides
  • Roella ciliata

Flora

Entry for ROELLA bryoides Buek [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
ROELLA bryoides Buek [family CAMPANULACEAE], ! in E. Z. enum. 386
Information
stem branched woody; branches erect, virgate, ramulous, hairy; leaves alternate, reflexed, linear-acuminated, ciliated; floral ones erect, nearly as long as the calyx lobes, toothed; flowers solitary, terminal; lobes of calyx subulate, hairy inside, with 2 or 4 longish lateral teeth, as long or one half shorter than the corolla. Not unlike R. reticulata, but more woody and erect, and at first sight distinguished by the reflexed, not densely fascicled, 1 1/2–2 lines long, rigid leaves. Flowers at top of the primary and secondary very short branches. Calyx-lobes 3–4 lines long, the lateral teeth 1/2 or nearly 1 line long. Corolla in dried state white or pale yellowish.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places near Zeekoevalley, and on Mount Kamiesberg, Clanwilliam, E. & Z.; Zeyh. 1082. Dec.-Feb. (Herb., Hook., Sd.)
Notes
The name is a very bad one, but the 2 specimens in herb. E. & Z. are very incomplete. Those collected by Zeyher are much better, but also without fruit.

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