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5409.
Amoryllidaceae flower yellow orange yellow
style yellow, from a deep reds papery fall.
5410 Selaginella peruviana (Milde) Hieron
on steep slope. det R.T. 85
5411 Bourningaultia [illegible]
Live
on the soil or rocks overhangs
rise, also thinly are and returning
flat shade and debris. Slender
succulent. roots protruding thickened
stolons, stems reddish at base.
Flower yellowish orange. , stamens
slightly longer than the style.
Stigma barely 3 lobed - not divided.
sepals - often forming a
petal close flat with stamen - the
anthers are just visible above the closed
petals. Petals turning dark - soon
followed by the sepals. - Period
black and adhering around the fruit
slender short caducous to deciduous
leaves petiolate.
sepals cucullate [illegible] and
standing at with a curve.