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Massonia latifolia

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Identification
Massonia latifolia L.f. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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  • Massonia latifolia

Flora

Entry for MASSONIA sanguinea 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 sanguinea Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 31, t. 461;—Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 989; Kunth, Enum. iv. 297; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 391.
MASSONIA latifolia Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 848, non Linn. fil.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; leaves round-cordate, thin, glabrous, cuspidate, conspicuously lineate, 4–6 in. long, 3–4 in. broad; capitulum dense, sessile, 2 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, an inch long; outer pedicels 1/2 in. long; perianth white, 3/4– 7/8 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, about half as long as the tube; filaments bright red, 1/2 in. long; anthers oblong, minute; capsule turbinate, acutely triquetrous, an inch long. null

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