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Gethyllis spiralis

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Name

Identification
Gethyllis spiralis (Thunb.) Thunb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for GETHYLLIS spiralis Linn. fil. [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 spiralis Linn. fil. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Suppl. 198;—Thunb. Diss. 15; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 302; Bot. Mag. t. 1088; Herb. Amaryllid. 185; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 225; Handb. Amaryllid. 24.
Papiria spiralis Thunb. [family ], in Act. Lund. i. 2, 111.
Information
bulb globose, 1–1 1/4 in. diam.; tunics produced 1–2 in. above its top; leaves 4–6, produced after the flower, linear-subulate, glabrous, very much spirally twisted all the way down, 4–6 in. long; perianth-tube 2–3 in. long; limb 1–1 1/2 in. long, whitish, tinted red on the outside; segments oblong-lanceolate, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad at the middle; stamens 6, about 1/2 in. long; filament equalling the anther; style straight, rather overtopping the anthers; fruit clavate, 2–3 in. long, under 1/2 in. diam., narrowed to the base. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Flats, Rogers! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1644! 1710! Uniondale Div.; Lange Kloof, Thunberg!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Masson! Harvey! Burchell!
Notes
Flowers at the Cape in December and fruits about February. G. rosea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 4, is a small form with a red tinted perianth-limb.

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