Neopatersonia
Digby Boswell (Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:04:15 PDT)
Thanks Arnold for the scientific description.
Cheers,
Digby,
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa.
----- Original Message -----
From: Arnold <Arnold@nj.rr.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 03 August 2003 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Re Neopatersonia
Digby;
From Kubitzki:
Neopatersonia Schonl.
Perianth tube short; segments subequal, spreading. Stamens
sub-1-seriate, attached at the throat of the perianth; filaments
broadened and connate at the base, gradually narrowed above; anthers
dorsiflexed, with introrse dehiscence. Ovary sessile, subovoid, 3
furrowed, with many ovules in each chamber; style filiform; stigma of
three very short spreading branches. Fruit membranous 3- grooved, with
loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds numerous flask shaped, rough. Only one
species., N. uitenhagensis Schonl., S. Africa
Arnold
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