Entry for Stonesia fascicularis G. Tayl. [family PODOSTEMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Stonesia fascicularisG. Tayl. [family PODOSTEMACEAE], l.c. 65, t. 6 (1953).
Information
Caulescent herb up to 36 cm. long; stems elongated, branched towards the base; leaves up to 15 mm. long, 2–3-bifid; spathellae about 2 mm. long; flower in the spathella about 1·5 mm. long; pedicel about 2 mm. ultimately up to 5 mm. long; tepals 0·6 mm. long; filaments 0·6 mm. long, anthers 0·75 mm. long; staminode about 0·5 mm. long; ovary 1·25 mm. long; stigmas about 0·1 mm. long; capsule 14-ribbed; each valve 7-ribbed, the persistent valve slightly inrolled.
