Entry for MASSONIA Bowkeri 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
MASSONIA BowkeriBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 390
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam; leaves round-oblong, thin, glabrous, obtuse, 1–1 1/4 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad; capitulum globose, sessile, 15–20-flowered; outer bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1/2– 5/8 in. long; outer pedicels very short; perianth white, 1/2 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, half as long as the stout cylindrical tube, which is a line in diameter; filaments fleshy, ligulate, 1/8 in. long, connate into a distinct cup; anthers small, oblong. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Klip Drift, Mrs. Barber, 30! Orange Free State, Bowker!
Notes
The flowers are sweetly scented, according to Mrs. Barber.
