Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

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: ’	S^ophanthus Welwitschii
^ WÿBËÆ* Forma,"S- ecaudatus?)
Angola: 21 miles north of
ïïussende, on road to Malange
HrASS AND E. F. WOODWARD	-*
April 13* 1950
Lful in open grassy
ls in woodland on yellowish sandy
, Shrub with usually ^ect or weak
ike stem which bears the flowers and
;s (only 1 flower & 1 fruit found on
___; 20 plants) and a number of short
sterile shoots from a thisk stock m
mSSBstrnt root If stem. Fertile stem seldom]
:'"Moi% than 2 m tall; sterile stems 25-40
1 ^ea^Ssap of stems not milky; sap of roots
JjBSBty. Leaves of fertile stems - or the 4;
I^Bpfier part of them- narrow, those of the
^S^B?ile shoots broad* Leaves dull above*
CpSp^i ^aler below. Outer surface of corolla
white below, upper \ and one sj.de "Of
lobes underneath, purple; inside of
yellowish white striped with purple
^^gttider the purple throat scales. CoroXla
ibes white inside and one side white be-
. Follicles divaricate at rights angles,
pie brown, speckled with pa3;e’$rown
.ticells, 22-23.3 cm long, i
herbarium specimens (2 flowering, 1
fruiting) from 3 different plants;
Strophanthus udwbchü
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa
No.Brars and "oodward 20942
Strophanthus IVelwitschii
Angola; Apr. 15, 1 950.
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