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Thesium burchellii

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Name

Identification
Thesium burchellii A.W.Hill [family SANTALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hill, A.W., Thesium megalocarpum A.W.Hill [family SANTALACEAE ] Verified by Hilliard, O.M.,
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  • Thesium megalocarpum

Flora

Entry for THESIUM Burchellii A. W. Hill [family SANTALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 135, (1925) Author: (By A. W. HILL.)
Names
THESIUM Burchellii A. W. Hill [family SANTALACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 24
Information
shrubby; main branches (or stem?) slightly angular, light-brown, glabrous; lateral branchlets rather densely leafy; leaves linear or linear-acicular, with a short cartilaginous acute apex, 3 1/2–4 1/2 lin. long, subterete or somewhat angular, glabrous; flowers solitary or subsolitary at the ends of the branchlets; bracts longer than the flowers, linear, very similar to the leaves; bracteoles as long as or a little longer than the flowers; perianth 1 lin. long, with no external glands; segments ovate-elliptic, subacute, 3/4 lin. long, hooded, bearded; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 1/4 lin. long; style 1/2 lin. long, reaching to the top of the anthers; fruits ellipsoid, acute at the base, 3 lin. long, strongly 10-ribbed, reticulate between the ribs. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Bechuanaland; near the source of Kuruman River, at Little Klibbolikhonni, Burchell, 2504!

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