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Agapanthus umbellatus

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Identification
Agapanthus umbellatus L'Hér. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for AGAPANTHUS umbellatus L'Herit. [family ALLIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
AGAPANTHUS umbellatus L'Herit. [family ALLIACEAE], Sert. Angl. 17;—Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 414; Bot. Mag. t. 500; Red. Lil. t. 4; Kunth, Enum. iv. 479; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi.—(C. Commel. Hort. Amstel. ii. t. 67. Tulbaghia, Heister, Brunsvigia 10 in nota; Fabric. Helmst. 4). 369.
Crinum africanum Linn. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. 292.
Mauhlia africana Dahl [family ], Obs. 26.
Mauhlia linearis Thunb. [family ], Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 308; Diss. Nov. Gen. 113.
Information
rootstock short, tuberous; root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical; radical leaves 6–8, lorate, green, fleshy, 1–2 ft. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad; peduncle leafless, stout, terete, 3–4 ft. long; flowers 30–50 in an umbel, bright blue, rarely white; spathe-valves 2, broad, membranous, falling early; pedicels 1 1/2–3 in. long, articulated at the apex; perianth 1 1/2–2 in. long; segments 1/3– 1/2 in. broad, at least twice as long as the tube, distinctly keeled; capsule 1 1/2 in. long; seeds 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4000 ft., MacOwan, 1914!COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Berg, MacOwan, 1914! Port Elizabeth, Drège, 4510! Var. γ, Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 7b! Var δ, Cape Peninsula, plains above Simons Bay, Milne, 167! Riversdale Div.; Lange Bergen, Burchell, 7138! George Div.; Honing Klip, Drège, 8594!EASTERN REGION Natal; Tugela River, Allison! Var. δ, Natal; Ingote, Sutherland! Var. δ, Natal; Enon, Mrs. K. Saunders in Herb. Wood, 3153! and without precise locality, Cooper, 3272!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5798! Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000–4600 ft., Galpin, 1224! Var. δ, Orange Free State, Cooper, 3270! Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Atherstone!
Notes
The varieties are connected by gradual intermediates. Besides these, A. giganteus (Hort. Weiner Illust. Gart.-Zeit. 1880, 119) is a very robust form, with 150–200 flowers and leaves 2 in. broad, and A. mooreanus, Hort., a form with the narrow leaves of minor, but flowers as large as in the type.

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