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Massonia candida

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Identification
Massonia candida Burch. ex Kunth [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Massonia echinata L.f. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A.M. van der Merwe,
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  • Massonia echinata
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Flora

Entry for MASSONIA candida Burch. ex Kunth [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 candida Burch. ex Kunth [family HYACINTHACEAE], Enum. iv. 297;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 392.
MASSONIA longifolia Burch. var. candida [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Bot. Reg. t. 694.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; leaves broad, ovate, obtuse, thin, glabrous, finally 3–5 in. long and broad; capitulum dense, sessile, 2–3 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate, acute, much imbricated, an inch long; pedicels finally 3/4–1 in. long; perianth white, 3/4– 7/8 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing half as long as the tube; filaments slender, whitish, under 1/2 in. long; anthers oblong, minute; capsule turbinate, acutely triquetrous, 3/4 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Mossel Bay Div.; little Brak River, Burchell, 6197/5!

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