Entry for DAUBENYA coccinea Harv. ex 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
DAUBENYA coccineaHarv. ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 395
Information
leaves oblong, glabrous, firm in texture, 4–5 in. long, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. broad, conspicuously ribbed vertically, crenulate on the margin; capitulum subsessile; outer bracts obovate, membranous, an inch long; flowers bright scarlet, the outer ones 3 in. long, with the oblong-spathulate segments of the lower lip 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, the other three linear and very small; stamens only 1/12– 1/8 in. long; central flowers with 6 ascending, unequal, linear segments. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Harvey!
Notes
Described from a specimen gathered by Dr. Harvey, now in the Herbarium of Trinity College, Dublin.
