Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Bunchosia emarginata Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort Petrop. 1856 : 35. 1856. Leaf-blades obovate to oblong or elliptic, 4-9 cm. long, obtuse or emarginate, shining above, dull beneath, glabrous, finely veined, acute at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels glabrous, except sometimes when very young; sepals oblong to oblong-ovate, 2.5-4 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 11-13 mm. long, the blades of the 3 outer ones more or less glandular-ciliate, those of the others laceratedentate ; ovary and style glabrous ; drupes 3-lobed, 9-12 mm. in diameter, red.
Type locality : Cuba. Distribution : Cuba.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
