Entry for ALBUCA fragrans Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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
ALBUCA fragransJacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. i. 44, t. 84;—Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 103; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 501; Kunth, Enum. iv. 376; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 289.
Information
bulb globose, proliferous, 2 in. diam.; tunic not splitting into fibres at the top; leaves 6–8, linear, flaccid, glabrous, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad low down; peduncle moderately stout, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; raceme lax, finally a foot long; pedicels short, cernuous at the tip; bracts lanceolate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; flowers very fragrant; perianth 3/4 in. long, yellow, banded with green; stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary. null
