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|genus=Melianthus
|species=comosus
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Melianthus comosus, Vahl. Shrub with grayish white branches: lvs. 4-6 in. long; lfts. lanceolate, serrate, pubescent above but becoming glabrate, white-tomentose beneath : fls. orange inside, red-spotted outside and green at base, alternate in nodding racemes; petals oblong or spatulate: caps, oval, 4-winged. B.M.301 (as M. minor).
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Melianthus minor, Linn. Shrub with branchlets and infl. somewhat canescent: lvs. 5;-6 in. long; stipules 2, subulate, lateral free; lfts. 1 ½ -2 in. long, 6-10 lines wide: racemes 6-12 in. long, subterminal; fls. dull red: caps,
Melianthus minor, Linn. Shrub with branchlets and infl. somewhat canescent: lvs. 5;-6 in. long; stipules 2, subulate, lateral free; lfts. 1 ½ -2 in. long, 6-10 lines wide: racemes 6-12 in. long, subterminal; fls. dull red: caps,
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