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Drimia elata

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Name

Identification
Drimia elata Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by B.Stedje, Drimia elgonica Bullock [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Drimia altissima
  • Drimia elgonica
  • Drimia elata
  • Drimia angustifolia

Flora

Entry for DRIMIA angustifolia Baker [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
DRIMIA angustifolia Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
DRIMIA elata Baker var. β Cooperi [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 422.
Information
bulb globose, 3 in. diam.; leaves about 6, produced after the flowers, linear, thin, flaccid, glabrous, 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad; peduncle 2–3 ft. long; raceme very lax, a foot or more long; lower pedicels curved, 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, deciduous, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, protruded a little beyond the buds; perianth greenish, 1/2– 5/8 in. long; tube campanulate, 1/6 in. long; segments channelled; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments; style reaching to the tip of the segments. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; at the foot of Bosch Berg, Tuck in Herb. MacOwan, 2211! Tarkastad Div.; near Tarka, Cooper, 387!EASTERN REGION Natal; valley near Colenso, 3000 ft., Wood, 4027!

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