Decaschistia rufa
Craib in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1912: 35.1912; Gamble, Fl. Pres.
Madras 94. 1915.
Shrubs; young branches pubescent with reddish hairs becoming paler at maturity.
Leaves 3.5 - 7.5 x 4 - 7 cm, almost rounded, subcordate or rounded at base, shortly
acuminate, acute or subobtuse at apex, crenate densely stellate-pubescent on both
surfaces, densely beneath; 7-nerved at base; petioles 1.5 -
3.5 cm long, densely pubescent;
stipules 4 -
8 mm long, linear, 1 or 2 -
3-lobed, pubescent, deciduous. Flowers axillary,
solitary; pedicels 1.5 -
2 cm long, stout, densely stellate-pubescent, reddish. Epicalyx
segments ca 10 x 4 mm, ovate lanceolate, connate at base, acuminate or subacute, densely
stellate-pubescent. Calyx campanulate, divided to the middle, lobes 1 - 1.2 cm long,
broadly deltoid, densely stellate-pubescent outside, appressed stellate-hairy inside.
Corolla 2.5 - 3 cm across; petals 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 1.5 cm, densely stellate-hairy outside,
glabrous outside. Staminal column ca 1.2 cm long, antheriferous throughout. Ovary
ovoid, ca 3 x 2.2 mm.
Distrib. India: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.
Distrib. India: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Endemic.