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Babiana bainesii

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Identification
Babiana bainesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for BABIANA Bainesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
BABIANA Bainesii Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335;—Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165; Handb. Irid. 180.
Information
corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of fine drab reticulated fibres; leaves 6–8, linear, a foot long, plicate, finely pilose, acuminate, more than twice as long as the inflorescence; flowers few, arranged in 1–2 congested erect spikes on a very short peduncle; spathe-valve brown, chartaceous, lanceolate, obscurely pilose, 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth dark bright lilac; tube filiform, 2 in. long, dilated into a small funnel at the top; limb 2 in. long, with oblong or oblong-lanceolate segments narrowed into a long claw; stamens one-third as long as the segments; style-branches 1/6 in. long, flattened at the tip. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 312!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal, in grassy places, Wood, 3653! Roe in Herb. Bolus, 2654! near Johannesburg, Mrs. Saunders, 15! near Rustenberg, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 2654! Olifants River, Nelson, 396! Hooge Veldt, Rehmann, 6574! South African Gold Fields, Baines! Orange Free State; near Modder River, Hutton!

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