1953] 



REVISION OF BRACHYOTUM 



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FLOWERING ORDER AND SEPAL NUMBER 



Brachyotum fraternum 



Encircled numeral is total inflorescences in 

 category. 



\ 4 z \ * ✓ Unencircled numeral is sepal number of flower. 



Letters refer to order of flowering: A- first opening 

 flower, Z-last opening flower. 

 ^ Diagrams indicated by arrows illustrate inflores- 

 cence flowering sequence. 

 Encircled totals are not necessarily additive 

 because of immaturity of some inflorescences. 



5 5 5 



5 4 5 



Brachyotum seorsum 



5 5 4 4 5 4 



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© 



AZBAZB BAZ 



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5 4 4 



© 

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©. 



© 



© 



© 



4 4 4 



BAZ BAZ AZB A Z B 



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5 5 4 4 



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© 



© 



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5 5 5 4 



5 4 \y 5 5 



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© 

 J 



c c z 



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e a 



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5 5 5 



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5 5 5 



© 

 I 



DAE 



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Brachyotum seorsum 



Flowers per Inflo resc ence Number of Inflorescences 



2 17 



3 47 



4 6 



5 9 



6 I 



5-merous Flowers 147 ( 79%) 



4 -merous Flowers 38(21%) 



FIG. 23* Flowering order and sepal number in Brachyotum. 



