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NENAX
(
La
)
Family:
RUBIACEAE
nenia, = a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge; a mournful song; (Nenia/Naenia,** the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess).
(
ld
)
Nenax acerosa subsp. acerosa
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
acer, = sharp, pointed, piercing;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
acerosus, = full of chaff.
(needle-shaped, like leaves of Pinus)
(
ld
,
BL
)