Source:
SSA
Description:
Procumbent perennial subshrubs, younger plants with scale hairs. Leaves opposite or alternate, small, imbricate, ovate or +/- 3-angled; stipules 0. Inflorescence of 1-3 sessile flowers. Flowers perigynous, bisexual. Perianth 4- or 5-lobed; tube +/- campanulate. Stamens 4 or 5, alternisepalous; filaments exserted or included. Ovary 2-4-locular, papillose or pubescent, with 1 pendulous ovule per locule; styles 2 or 3(4). Fruit a capsule with reduced expanding tissue. Seeds flat, subreniform, often ribbed, with elongated funicle.
Distribution:
Species 5 or 6, Africa; 5 or 6 in sthn Afr., Namibia, Botswana, Northern Province, Free State and Northern Cape.
Classification:
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