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Picrella trifoliata Baillon, Adansonia 10: 150. 1871 A shrub with slender glabrous twigs. Leaves opposite, mostly 4-8 cm. long, the petioles slender, nearly as long as the leaflets or longer, the leaflets thin, ovate, oval or obovate, mostly 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse or notched at the apex, entire, more or less contracted at the base ; panicles short-peduncled, shorter than the leaves ; sepals 4, deltoid to ovate-deltoid, about 1.5 mm. long; petals 4, ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-4 mm. long, recurved at the tip, acutish; stamens shorter than the petals.
Type locality : Found in cultivation in Paris, and supposed to be of Mexican origin. Distribution : Known only from the original specimen.
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John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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