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Nerine sarniensis

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Name

Identification
Nerine sarniensis (L.) Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for NERINE sarniensis Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
NERINE sarniensis Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], App. 19;—Kunth, Enum. v. 617; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 99.
Amaryllis sarniensis Linn. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. 293; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 294; Red. Lil. t. 33; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 34, t. 66.
Amaryllis dubia Houtt. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Handl. xii. 181, t. 84, fig. 1.
Hæmanthus sarniensis Thunb. [family ], Prodr. 58; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 298.
Amaryllis Jacquini Tratt. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Gartenpfl. 43.
NERINE Jacquini Roem. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Amaryllid. 105.
Imhofia sarniensis Salisb. [family ], Gen. 118.
Lilium sarniense Dougl. [family LILIACEAE], (Descr. Guern. Lil. tt. 1–2.)
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; tunics pale brown; leaves about 6, bright green, suberect, not curved laterally, developed after the flowers, linear, finally about a foot long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; peduncle slender, rather compressed, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; umbel 10–20-flowered, centripetal; pedicels 1–2 in. long; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate, 1 1/2–2 in. long; perianth erect, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, bright crimson; segments oblanceolate, 1/4– 1/2 in. broad, equally falcate, slightly crisped; filaments suberect, bright red, 1/2 in. longer than the segments; anthers oblong, 1/6 in. long; ovary green, globose, 1/6 in. diam.; style straight, nearly 2 in. long. null
Range
Commonly cultivated in European gardens under the name of Guernsey lily.
Distribution
COAST REGION Table Mountain, Thunberg! Rogers! Ecklon!

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