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MELASPHAERULA
(
G
)
Fairy Bell, Baardmannetjie. Feeklokkie (
Le
)
Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
melas, = black, dark, gloomy, dusky, murky;
sphaira, = a ball, a sphere, globe;
(globose, spherical)
-ulus, = diminutive.
(
LS
,
BL
)
Melasphaerula graminia
(
La
)
Baardmannetjie, Feeklokkie (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
gramen, graminis, = grass;
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
gramineus, = of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
(
ld
,
BL
)
Melasphaerula ramosa [Now M. graminia]
(
La
)
Baardmannetjie, Feeklokkie (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
ramosus, = full of boughs, having many branches, braching, branchy.
(branched)
(
ld
,
BL
)