Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. xo} 7) Pa a ® 77) e — os D = Py Qa fe) oO Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh MSC Trip to Belize 2002 Euphorbiaceae Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. BELIZE: Cayo: 1km north of Las Cuevas Research Station. On a hilltop, west facing, very exposed, scrubby vegetation with A bracken, Tournefortia, Cecropia, Boconia. On limestone. 700 m., Herb 0.5-0.75m tall, locally common. White latex. Stem has lots of tiny white dots on dark green, a bit hairy. Leaves a little reddish at the base. Lower side of leaf main vein sharply raised, Flowers bright neon pink, inside of corolla and stamens hairy. Green 3-part ovary halfway up the pink style. Many unripe, unexserted stamens remain inside the corolla. » ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH é' LTT MIMITM ving, Hannah No. xe E00202980 22 APR 2002 |