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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Jovellana L.

JOVELLANA Ruiz et Pav., 1798

Fls in terminal and occ. axillary panicles, seldom solitary. Calyx subequally 4-lobed, us. adnate to corolla at base. Corolla subequally 2-lipped, lips concave-saccate. Stamens 2, inserted near base of short corolla-tube; anther-cells adnate. Style short, stigma capitate. Capsule ± ovoid-conical, seeds striate. Herbs or subshrubs of diverse habit, with opp. simple us. toothed lvs. Genus of a few spp. of Chile and N.Z. very closely related to Calceolaria, the N.Z. spp. endemic.

Key

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Lvs of ovate order, ± 2-8 cm. long; panicle us. ample; stems spreading, only occ. rooting
1. sinclairii
Lvs of suborbicular to oblong order, ± 1-2 cm. long; panicle us. <5-fld; stems creeping, rooting at nodes
2. repens
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