Seetzenia lanata
(Willd.) Bullock in Kew Bull. 19: 203. 1965. Zygophyllum lanatum
Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 564. 1799. Z.
prostratum Thunb., Prodr. Fl. Cap. 189. 1800. Seetzenia
africana R. Br. in Denham & Clapp., Narr. Travels Africa Bot. app. 231. 1826, nom.
illegit. S.
prostratum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl.
Agric. Austr. 98. 1834. S.
orientalis Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Bot. ser. 2: 3: 281. t. 7. 1835; Edgew. & Hook.f. in
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 424. 1874.
Hindi: Dhakari.
Herbs, prostrate, perennial, papillate; stems up to 35 cm long; internodes 10 - 45 mm long, articulate. Leaves trifoliolate; 4 - 15 x 2 - 8 mm; petioles 2 - 4 mm long, thick, papillose; stipules 1 - 1.5 mm long, triangular. villous; central leaflets ovate-cuneate, emarginate, 5 - 10 x 2 - 8 mm; lateral ones obliquely oblong to reniform, 3 - 10 x 1 - 6 mm. Flowers solitary, axillary, ca 5 mm across, greenish; pedicels 6 - 10 mm long. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, acute or apiculate and inflexed at apex, 2.5 - 4 x l - 1.5 mm. Stamens 5,3 - 4 mm long. Ovary 2.5 - 3.5 mm long, ribbed; styles 5, short. Capsules 6.5 - 8 x 5 - 6 mm; seeds compressed, ovoid, 4 - 5 x 1.5 - 2 mm, smooth, brown to blackish-brown.
Fl. & Fr. Sept. - March.
Distrib. Rare in gravelly habitats; same as genus.
Notes. Bullock (l.c.) recognised 2 species viz. S. lanata (Wind.) Bullock and S. orientalis Decne. Hadidi (in Bot. Notis. 125: 534. 1972) considers it as a unitypic genus as characters for separating the two species do not hold good. This view is followed here.
Herbs, prostrate, perennial, papillate; stems up to 35 cm long; internodes 10 - 45 mm long, articulate. Leaves trifoliolate; 4 - 15 x 2 - 8 mm; petioles 2 - 4 mm long, thick, papillose; stipules 1 - 1.5 mm long, triangular. villous; central leaflets ovate-cuneate, emarginate, 5 - 10 x 2 - 8 mm; lateral ones obliquely oblong to reniform, 3 - 10 x 1 - 6 mm. Flowers solitary, axillary, ca 5 mm across, greenish; pedicels 6 - 10 mm long. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, acute or apiculate and inflexed at apex, 2.5 - 4 x l - 1.5 mm. Stamens 5,3 - 4 mm long. Ovary 2.5 - 3.5 mm long, ribbed; styles 5, short. Capsules 6.5 - 8 x 5 - 6 mm; seeds compressed, ovoid, 4 - 5 x 1.5 - 2 mm, smooth, brown to blackish-brown.
Fl. & Fr. Sept. - March.
Distrib. Rare in gravelly habitats; same as genus.
Notes. Bullock (l.c.) recognised 2 species viz. S. lanata (Wind.) Bullock and S. orientalis Decne. Hadidi (in Bot. Notis. 125: 534. 1972) considers it as a unitypic genus as characters for separating the two species do not hold good. This view is followed here.
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