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Brunsvigia striata

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Name

Identification
Brunsvigia striata (Jacq.) Aiton [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for BRUNSVIGIA striata Ait. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
BRUNSVIGIA striata Ait. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 231;—Herb. Amaryll. 281; Kunth, Enum. v. 609; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 98.
Amaryllis striata Jacq. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. i. 36, t. 70.
Amaryllis nervosa Poir. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Encyc. Suppl. i. 321.
Information
bulb ovoid, the size of a walnut; leaves 3–6, produced after the flowers, oblong or lingulate, spreading or suberect, 4–6 in. long, 2 1/2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, with an entire thickened scabrous margin and close strong ribs; peduncle 6–8 in. long, 1/2 in. diam.; flowers 10–20 in a dense umbel, 1/2 ft. diam.; pedicels slender, 1–3 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth bright red or rose-red, erect, 1–1 1/4 in. long, with a cylindrical, straight tube about 1/4 in. long and oblong-lanceolate, acute segments 1/4 in. broad; stamens distinctly exserted; ovary turbinate, under 1/2 in. long; style finally exserted 1/2– 3/4 in.; capsule turbinate, triquetrous. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Masson! Villette!
Notes
Sketched by Masson in 1788.

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