a - Drosera cayennensis botanical description

This is the description of D.cayennensis

It's in latin language, and it is typed like the original text is printed in the book :
ref :  L. Diehls – 1906 – Das Pflanzenreich – IV. 112 Droseraceae – Heft 26


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D. cayennensis  Sagot msc. In shedis. - Caulis brevissimus. Folia rosulata

conferta solo adpressa; stipulae membranaceae rufae basi adnatae ceterum in fimbrias 

complures lanceolato-setaceas solutae 1,5-2 mm longae; petiolus planus sensim in
laminam dilatatus circ. 4-6 mm longus; lamina obovata subtus glabra circ. 2,5-4 mm

longa, 3-4 mm lata. Pedunculi (scapiformes) 1-2 erecti parce glanduloso-pilosi 5-8 cm
longi. Inflorescentia 2-4-flora; pedicelli brevissimi; sepala oblongo-ovata pilosa
erosulo-dentata circ. 3 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata; petala 6 mm longa; filamenta lata;
styli 3 a basi bipartiti cruribus integris apice paulum incrassatis 3-4 mm longis.
Semina obovoidea, favosa.
Tropisches Amerika: Cisäquatoriale Savannen-Provinz: Rio Negro bei
Barra (Spruce!); Campo de Jananari (Spruce n. 1255!). - Guiana: bei Cayenne in
der Savanne (Leprieur n. 145!); ebenort (Sagot n. 1228 – Original der Art!);
bei S. Marca in der Savanne (Jelski!).

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Leprieur says that he found the plant "near Cayenne, in the savana" , without further precisions.


Sagot described the type specimen of the species, wich was from the same origin ("Ebenort")
_____as Leprieur's specimen was from.
_____Did he used Leprieur's specimen to describe the typus of the species ?
_____I will try to find out this information, and publish it here. 

   





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