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Hemitomes
Family:
Ericaceae
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not available
FNA
Resources
Gary D. Wallace in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Herbs
, achlorophyllous, heterotrophic.
Stems
absent.
Leaves
absent.
Inflorescences
racemes or cymes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy but not fibrous, usually not persistent after seed dispersal, pink to cream, 1-4 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower.
Pedicels
erect, somewhat elongate in fruit; bracteoles absent.
Flowers
radially symmetric, erect; sepals absent or 2-4(-5), distinct, lateral pair clasping corolla, canoe-shaped, other pair appressed to corolla, flattened; petals 4(-5), connate, cream to pink, without basal tubercles, (abaxial surfaces glabrous, adaxial surfaces densely hairy), corolla tubular-campanulate; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 8(-10), included; filaments ± uniformly slender, hairy; anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 elongate, gaping slits, sacs not connate; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation intruded-parietal; style straight, stout; stigma umbilicate, subtended by ring of hairs.
Fruits
baccate, erect, (fleshy), indehiscent, (axis fleshy).
Seeds
25-100, ovoid, not winged.
x
= 52.
Hemitomes congestum
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not available
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