Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
CYRTANTHUS carneusLindl. [family ], in Bot. Reg. t. 1462;—Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 535; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 54.
Information
bulb ovoid, 2–3 in. diam.; leaves 8–10, lorate, obtuse, produced after the flowers, glaucous, twisted, 1 1/2 ft. long, about 1 in. broad; peduncle subterete, glaucous, twisted, a foot or more long; flowers 8–10 in an umbel, very cernuous; pedicels 1/4– 1/2 in. long; spathe-valves 3–4, lanceolate, greenish, 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth 2–2 1/2 in. long, rather curved, bright red; tube twice as long as the segments, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 1/3 in. diam.; segments oblong, much imbricated, 1/3 in. broad; stamens inserted low down in the perianth-tube; filaments an inch long; anthers oblong, reaching halfway up the segments; ovary oblong, 1/6 in. diam.; style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments; stigma capitate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION on the Zwartberg, near Caledon, Templeman in Herb. Mac-Owan, 2619! Alexandria Div.; between Hoffmans Kloof and Drie Fontein, 1000–2000 ft., Drège!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thom!
