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CAMPYLOSTACHYS
(
G
)
Family:
STILBACEAE
ccampylos, = bent, curved; stachys, = ear of corn. (in modern botany, ‘spike’)
(
LS
,
BL
)
Campylostachys cernua
(
La
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
cernuus, = with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards. (slightly drooping, nodding; said of a flower – inclining a little from the perpendicular, so that the apex is directed towards the horizon)
(
ld
,
BL
)