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Massonia grandiflora

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Identification
Massonia grandiflora Lindl. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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  • Massonia grandiflora

Flora

Entry for MASSONIA obovata Jacq. [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 obovata Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 29, t. 458;—Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 991; Kunth, Enum. iv. 297; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 391.
MASSONIA grandiflora Lindl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Bot. Reg. t. 958.
Information
bulb ovoid, under 1 in. diam.; leaves obovate, thin, green, glabrous, cuspidate, 6–8 in. long, 3–4 in. broad; capitulum subsessile, 1 1/2 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate, acute, an inch long; outer pedicels 1/2 in. long; perianth white, an inch long; segments linear-lanceolate, reflexing, as long as the tube; filaments greenish-white, 1/2 in. long; anthers small, oblong. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality.
Notes
Known to me only from the figures cited.

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