Velezia L.
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37. Velezia L. 1
Annual with rigid, dichotomously branched stems. Flowers shortly pedicellate, solitary or in clusters of 2-3 at the nodes. Epicalyx absent. Calyx narrowly tubular, 5-toothed, (5—)15- veined, without scarious commissures. Petals 5, with long claw and small limb; coronal scales small or absent; stamens 10 (rarely 5?); styles 2. Capsule cylindrical, very narrow, dehiscing with 4 teeth; carpophore absent. Seeds few, scutate, with facial hilum, usually with projecting radicle.
Limb of petal bifid; calyx linear, 5-6 times as long as pedicel; plant glandular-pubescent 1. rigida Limb of petal 4-toothed; calyx narrowly elliptical, 2-3 times as long as pedicel; plant sparsely glandular-pubescent or glabrous
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