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Massonia latebrosa

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Name

Identification
Massonia latebrosa Masson ex Baker [family LILIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Massonia latebrosa

Flora

Entry for MASSONIA latebrosa Masson ex 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 latebrosa Masson ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1886, 336
Information
bulb not seen; leaves oblong or obovate, erecto-patent, 2–2 1/2 in. long, 1–1 1/4 in. broad, acute, scabrous and streaked vertically with purple; capitulum sessile, under an inch in diam.; flowers white; bracts lanceolate; tube cylindrical, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, 1/8 in. diam. at the throat; segments lanceolate, reflexing, 1/6 in. long; stamens erect, 1/4 in. long, connate in a ring at the base. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Bokkeveld, Aug., 1792, Masson.
Notes
Described from a drawing at the British Museum.

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