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Balsamocarpon brevifolium Clos. A flowering stem B flower C median petal D upper lateral petal E lower lateral petal F stamen G gynoecium H fruit I dissected seed J longitudinal section of seed K embryo. Drawn by A. Riocreux, first published in Historia fysica y polica de Chile, Botanica, Atlas, col. 1: t. 20 (1854). Scale bars were estimated for this plate based on descriptions and comparison with herbarium specimens; we were unable to estimate these for F, G, K, J, I.
