Entry for GETHYLLIS afra Linn. [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
GETHYLLIS afraLinn. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. 633;—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1016; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 780; Herb. Amaryllid. 185; Kunth, Enum. v. 696; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 226; Handb. Amaryllid. 24.
Information
bulb globose, 1 1/2–2 in. diam., with brown membranous tunics produced 2–3 in. over its apex; leaves 12–20, as long as the flower, linear, twisted, strongly ribbed, glabrous; perianth-tube 3–4 in. long; limb whitish, 1 1/2–2 in. long; segments oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, varying from 1/3 to 3/4 in. broad; stamens 9–12, about 1 1/2 in. long; anthers equalling the filaments; style straight, rather overtopping the anthers; fruit yellowish, clavate, edible, with an agreeable scent. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Lange Vallei and Berg Vallei, Zeyher, 1663! Riversdale Div.; near Heidelberg, Burchell, 7209!
