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Lettsomia uniflora R.

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Date

1795-1804

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

ROX568.
In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh notes that this species is 'very common in forests over the southern parts of the Carnatic, and Tanjore country. Flowering time [is during] the cold season.' The drawing has been inscribed in pencil by Charles Baron Clarke 'This is exactly Lettsomia uniflora Roxb. (=Rivea hypocrateriformis) and so distinctly so that I believe the name Lettsomia Bona-nox on theback must have been written simply by inadvertense'.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.1, p.495.

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Location

South Asia

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Flora
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Category

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