Entry for SCHOTIA brachypetala Sond. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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
SCHOTIA brachypetalaSond. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], ! in Linn. vol. 23, p. 39;—Harv. Thes. t. 32.
Information
leaves 4–5-jugate; leaflets (large) ovate-oblong, or obovate, obtuse, netted-veined; panicles axillary and terminal, many-flowered; flowers pedicellate; calyx-tube conical; petals very minute, linear, hidden under the calyx-lobes; stamens monadelphous; ovary on a long stipe. A large shrub or small tree, sometimes blossoming from the trunk or large branches. Though less variable than S. speciosa, the leaflets do vary considerably in shape and size, the smallest being 3/4 inch long, 1/2 inch wide; the larger varying from 1 1/2–2 1/2 inches long, 1–1 1/2 wide, sometimes cuneate or tapering, sometimes truncate at base, always conspicuously, though not prominently, veiny. The calyces and peduncles are rich crimson. I have not seen legumes.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, rare, Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)
