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Nomenclature
Hypericum cassiopiforme N. Robson
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. BrathysSubsection: subsect. Brathys
- holotype: US - Wurdack - 1355
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Shrub c. 0.3 m tall, erect, with branches strict, basal and lateral. Stems reddish-brown, 4-lined when young, eventually terete, cortex exfoliating in irregular flakes; internodes 2-4 mm long. Leaves sessile, imbricate-tetrastichous but not usually laterally compressed distally, becoming outcurved, deciduous above the base before fading; lamina 7-8 x 2.5-3 mm, oblanceolate, incurved-cucullate but scarcely carinate, midrib slightly prominent to scarcely impressed beneath, margin narrowly, hyaline otherwise concolorous, lustrous yellowish-green, not glaucous, subcoriaceous; apex subacute, base cuneate, broadening below, scarcely sheathing, pairs united to form narrow interfoliar ridge; basal vein 1 with 2 obscure near-basal branches; laminar glands dense, more visible above than beneath. Inflorescence l-flowered; pedicel c. 3.5 mm long; upper leaves not transitional. Flowers c. 25 mm in diam., stellate. Sepals 8 x 1.8-2.3 mm, elliptic to oblong, acute, incurved-cucullate, reddish; veins 5, unbranched, prominent beneath; glands linear, distally punctiform. Petals bright yellow tinged red, c. 14 x 9 mm, c. 1.7 x sepals, obovate-oblanceolate; apiculus acute; glands linear. Stamens c. 50, longest c. 10-11 mm long, c. 0.5 x petals. Ovary c. 4 x 1.7 mm, ellipsoid; styles 3, c. 5 mm long, c. 1.2 x ovary, suberect ?; stigmas narrow. Capsule and seeds not seen.