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MICROLOMA sagittatum R. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 518, (1909) Author: By N. E. BROWN.
Names
MICROLOMA sagittatum R. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 53;—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 76; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 120; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 855; Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 1, 228; Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 909; E. Meyer, Comm. 222; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 158; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 827; DC. Prodr. viii. 510; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 54, 2, and in Journ. Bot. 1896, 417.
MICROLOMA hastatum Decne [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in DC. Prodr. viii. 499?
Periploca hastata Decne [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in DC. Prodr. viii. 499?
Ceropegia sagittata Linn. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], Mant. ii. 215; Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 255; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1276; Thunb. Prodr. i. 37; Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 148, and ed. Schultes, 231; and in Nov. Act. Acad. Petrop. xiv. 515; Lam. Encycl. i. 686, and Tabl. Encycl. ii. 325, t. 179, f. 1; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 17, t. 38; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 300; Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 277.
Eustegia hastata Sieber. ex Decne [family ], in DC. Prodr. viii. 511, not of R. Br.
Information
stem twining, 2/3– 3/4 lin. thick, pubescent; leaves spreading, thinly pubescent to almost tomentose; petiole 1/2–2 lin. long; blade 1/3–1 1/4 in. long, 1/2–3 lin. broad, linear or linear-oblong, shortly sagittate or hastate at the base, obtuse, more or less revolute at the margins; cymes subaxillary, 3–9-flowered; peduncle 2–4 lin. long, pubescent; bracts 1 lin. long, linear-subulate, pubescent; pedicels 1 1/2–2 lin. long, pubescent; sepals 1 1/2–3 lin. long, 1/2– 3/4 lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, erect, adpressed to the corolla, pubescent; corolla tubular, slightly inflated below, 5-angled, pink, glabrous or puberulous along the angles only outside; tube 3 1/2–3 3/4 lin. long, furnished inside below the middle with 5 tufts of deflexed hairs; lobes spirally connivent-erect, 1 lin. long, about 1/2 lin. broad at the base, deltoid-lanceolate, laterally compressed, with a gibbosity at their base which gradually tapers to their acute tips, pubescent inside, green; corona-tubercles small, obtuse, placed at the level of the middle of the hairy patches; staminal column about 2 lin. long, shortly 5-spurred at the middle; filament part stout, cylindric; follicles 2–2 3/4 in. long, 4–5 lin. thick, lanceolate, tapering into a long beak, glabrous; seeds 2 1/2–3 lin. long, ovate, flattish, minutely tuberculate, black. null
Range
I have seen a specimen of this plant distributed by Drège as M. calycinum.
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; near Sand Berg in Lange Valley, 500 ft., Drège, 3054! near Clanwilliam, Mader, 199! by the Olifants River, Ecklon & Zeyher! Piquetberg Div.; Pietersfontein, 500 ft., Drège, 3054b! Pickeniers Kloof, Penther, 827, and near Undersberg Valley, Penther, 822 (ex Schlechter). Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, below 200 ft., Drège! Worcester Div.; Hex River, Burke! Cape Div.; various localities on the Flats and sand dunes, Thunberg! Prior (Alexander)! Zeyher, 1180! Burchell, 968! Krauss (ex Krauss), Bolus, 2874! Pappe! MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 366! Wilms, 3480! Caledon Div.; without precise locality, Thom, 942! Riversdale Div.; between Great Vals River and Gauritz River, Burchell, 6513! Tyger Fontein, 800 ft., Galpin, 4325!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Sparrmann in Herb. Linnæus! Sieber, 142! Pappe!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; Kamies Bergen, near Geelbeks Kraal, 2500–3000 ft., Drège (ex E. Meyer). Kaus Mountains, between Karakuis and Goedemans Kraal (near Steinkof), 2000–3000 ft., Drège (ex E. Meyer).
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 518, (1909) Author: By N. E. BROWN.
Names
MICROLOMA sagittatum R. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 53;—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 76; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 120; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 855; Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 1, 228; Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 909; E. Meyer, Comm. 222; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 158; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 827; DC. Prodr. viii. 510; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 54, 2, and in Journ. Bot. 1896, 417.
MICROLOMA hastatum Decne [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in DC. Prodr. viii. 499?
Periploca hastata Decne [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in DC. Prodr. viii. 499?
Ceropegia sagittata Linn. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], Mant. ii. 215; Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 255; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1276; Thunb. Prodr. i. 37; Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 148, and ed. Schultes, 231; and in Nov. Act. Acad. Petrop. xiv. 515; Lam. Encycl. i. 686, and Tabl. Encycl. ii. 325, t. 179, f. 1; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 17, t. 38; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 300; Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 277.
Eustegia hastata Sieber. ex Decne [family ], in DC. Prodr. viii. 511, not of R. Br.
Information
stem twining, 2/3– 3/4 lin. thick, pubescent; leaves spreading, thinly pubescent to almost tomentose; petiole 1/2–2 lin. long; blade 1/3–1 1/4 in. long, 1/2–3 lin. broad, linear or linear-oblong, shortly sagittate or hastate at the base, obtuse, more or less revolute at the margins; cymes subaxillary, 3–9-flowered; peduncle 2–4 lin. long, pubescent; bracts 1 lin. long, linear-subulate, pubescent; pedicels 1 1/2–2 lin. long, pubescent; sepals 1 1/2–3 lin. long, 1/2– 3/4 lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, erect, adpressed to the corolla, pubescent; corolla tubular, slightly inflated below, 5-angled, pink, glabrous or puberulous along the angles only outside; tube 3 1/2–3 3/4 lin. long, furnished inside below the middle with 5 tufts of deflexed hairs; lobes spirally connivent-erect, 1 lin. long, about 1/2 lin. broad at the base, deltoid-lanceolate, laterally compressed, with a gibbosity at their base which gradually tapers to their acute tips, pubescent inside, green; corona-tubercles small, obtuse, placed at the level of the middle of the hairy patches; staminal column about 2 lin. long, shortly 5-spurred at the middle; filament part stout, cylindric; follicles 2–2 3/4 in. long, 4–5 lin. thick, lanceolate, tapering into a long beak, glabrous; seeds 2 1/2–3 lin. long, ovate, flattish, minutely tuberculate, black. null
Range
I have seen a specimen of this plant distributed by Drège as M. calycinum.
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; near Sand Berg in Lange Valley, 500 ft., Drège, 3054! near Clanwilliam, Mader, 199! by the Olifants River, Ecklon & Zeyher! Piquetberg Div.; Pietersfontein, 500 ft., Drège, 3054b! Pickeniers Kloof, Penther, 827, and near Undersberg Valley, Penther, 822 (ex Schlechter). Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, below 200 ft., Drège! Worcester Div.; Hex River, Burke! Cape Div.; various localities on the Flats and sand dunes, Thunberg! Prior (Alexander)! Zeyher, 1180! Burchell, 968! Krauss (ex Krauss), Bolus, 2874! Pappe! MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 366! Wilms, 3480! Caledon Div.; without precise locality, Thom, 942! Riversdale Div.; between Great Vals River and Gauritz River, Burchell, 6513! Tyger Fontein, 800 ft., Galpin, 4325!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Sparrmann in Herb. Linnæus! Sieber, 142! Pappe!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; Kamies Bergen, near Geelbeks Kraal, 2500–3000 ft., Drège (ex E. Meyer). Kaus Mountains, between Karakuis and Goedemans Kraal (near Steinkof), 2000–3000 ft., Drège (ex E. Meyer).
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