Polycarpaea sumbana
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Description
Annual herb up to 15 cm.
Leaves sessile, linear, sparsely pubescent, 3-6 by 0.7 mm, apex mucronate.
Stipules scarious, ovate-oblong, acute, apex irregularly fimbriate, 2.5 by 0.7 mm.
Sepals 5, scarious, ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, 3-4.5 by 1-1.5 mm, with midrib 1-1.5 mm from the base.
Petals scarious, free, narrowly oblong, 2.5-3 by 0.5-0.7 mm, usually with clearly 2-dentate apex.
Stamens 2.5-3 mm long;
Ovary ellipsoid.
Capsule ellipsoid, 1.7 mm long.
Seeds c. 8, subreniform, 0.5 mm, light brown.