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Massonia pustulata

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Name

Identification
Massonia pustulata Jacq. [family LILIACEAE ]
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  • Massonia pustulata

Flora

Entry for MASSONIA pustulata 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 pustulata Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Coll. iv. 177; Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 27, t. 454;—Red. Lil. t. 183 (excl. syn.); Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 642; Roem. et. Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 987; Kunth, Enum. iv. 296.
MASSONIA scabra Andr. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 220.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; leaves broad oblong, 5–6 in. long, 3–4 in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, distantly ribbed, rough with tubercles on the face; capitulum shortly peduncled, under 2 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, an inch long; outer pedicels 1/4– 1/3 in. long; perianth white, an inch long; segments linear-lanceolate, reflexing, shorter than the tube; filaments whitish, about 1/2 in. long; anthers small, oblong. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Masson.
Notes
Introduced into cultivation by Masson 1790. There is a sketch made from a garden plant in 1792 amongst the Masson drawings at the British Museum.

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