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Ericoid shrubs. Leaves linear with needle-like points. Flowers solitary (in ours). Sepals 5, usually subequal (but with the 2 inner distinctly larger in our species). Petals usually 3; two upper joined at the base to the keel. Keel-appendage 2-lobed, expanded and leaflike. Stamens 7. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule usually 4-horned (but horns absent in ours). Worldwide: 115 species in tropical and South Africa (most endemic to the Cape) Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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