Varronia brittonii Millsp.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Boraginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A usually much-branched shrub, 2.5 m. high or less, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves linear-oblong or oblanceolate, viscid in drying, sparingly crenulate or entire, rounded or acutish at the apex, narrowed at the base, puberulent and resinous-dotted on both sides, 1.5-3 cm. long, the petioles only 1-1.5 mm. long; spikes slender, peduneled, densely several-many-flowered, 2-3 cm. long; calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, campanulate, its 5 teeth ovate-deltoid; corolla white, about 4 mm. long, its 5 lobes irregularly dentate; filaments short, pilose, borne above the middle of the corolla-tube; drupe 2-2.5 mm. long.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands, Great Bahama, Andros, Eleuthera, Cat Island and Long Island : Cuba. Recorded by Coker as Cordia cylindrostachya R. & S., and referred
Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America|