Huttonaea pulchra Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 1 (1863).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Hallackia pulchra (Harv.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 665 (1891).
Description:
An erect slender glabrous herb attaining a height of 35 cm.; stem straight or somewhat flexuous, bearing a sheath at the base, distantly 2 leaved, 6-9 fl. at the apex; leaves spreading petiolate, the petiole sheathing, 0,7-4,5 cm. long, ovate acute, cordate at base, primary nerves 5-7, 4,5-9,5 cm. long. 2,5-7 cm. broad bracts ovate-lanceolate long acuminate, as long as or shorter than the ovary; lateral sepals spreading somewhat rhomboidal, obtuse or subacute, entire or more often irregularly serrate, 0,7 cm, long; odd sepal erect ovate, shortly clawed, subacute, 0,5 cm. long; petals erect clawed, the claw 0,3-0,5 cm. long, lamina cucullatefimbriate, 0,5-0,7 cm. long; lip deflexed, flat or concave, orbicular in outline, truncate at base, fimbriate, 0,6 cm. long; anther ovate, very obtuse, the cells diverging towards the base, 0,3 cm. long.
Habitat:
Distribution:
E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga
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