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BRUNIA
Snowbush (
Wf
)
Family:
BRUNIACEAE
For Dr. Alexander Brown (fl. 1692 - 1698).** A naval surgeon and plant collector for Leonard Plukenet who worked in the East Indies around 1690.
(
Ch
)
Brunia virgata [Was Raspalia virgata]
(
La
)
Location: (
K
)
vvirga, = a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod;
(slender green branch, twig, scion, stripe)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
virgatus, = made of twigs or osiers.
(twiggy, long and slender, or streaked, rod-like)
(
ld
,
BL
)