Entry for SCILLA Simiarum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
SCILLA SimiarumBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 249.
Information
Bulb ovoid 3/4–1 in. diam. Leaves 3–4, spreading, sessile, lanceolate, 3–4 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad above the base, glaucous green, spotted with purple towards the base. Peduncle 2–3 in. long. Raceme oblong, rather lax, 1–1 1/4 in. long; pedicels mostly cernuous, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid. Perianth campanulate, 1/12 in. long, green, slightly tinged with purple; segments linear-oblong. Stamens as long as the perianth; filaments purple.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo and Loanda, in inundated sandy places, Welwitsch, 3821! 3822!Congo Lower Guinea River Ogowe at Bangue, on rocks at the rapids of Oubanghi, Dybowski, 531!