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Cyrtanthus helictus

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Identification
Cyrtanthus helictus Lehm. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for CYRTANTHUS helictus Lehm. [family ]
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
CYRTANTHUS helictus Lehm. [family ], Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 1839, 7;—Kunth, Enum. v. 541; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 58.
Cyphonema loddigesianum Herb. [family ], in Bot. Mag. sub tt. 3710 and 3747.
Gastronema spirale Zeyher [family ], Exsic.
Information
bulb globose, 1–1 1/2 in. diam., with tunics produced an inch over the top; leaves 2–4, contemporary with the flowers, linear, spirally twisted, 6–9 in. long, 1/12– 1/6 in. broad; peduncle slender, 3–9 in. long; flowers 1–3 in an umbel; pedicel 1/4– 1/2 in. long if there is only one flower, reaching 1–1 1/2 in. if there are 2–3; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, 1–2 in. long; perianth white, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long; tube straight or slightly curved, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 1/2 in. diam.; segments oblong, cuspidate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long, with five fine distinct ribs down the middle; stamens and style as in C. uniflorus; ovary green, oblong, 1/8– 1/6 in. diam. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; near the Great and Little Fish Rivers, Drège, 2191a! MacOwan, 1580! and Burke! near Graaff Reinet, 2700 ft., Bolus, 1308!

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