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Ornithogalum lacteum

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Name

Identification
Ornithogalum lacteum Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM lacteum 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
ORNITHOGALUM lacteum Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Collect. Suppl. 76; Ic. ii. 20, t. 434;—Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 117; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 274; Bot. Mag. t. 1134; Red. Lil. vii. t. 418; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1159; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 513, 1698; Kunth, Enum. iv. 354; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 283.
Aspasia lactea Salisb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. 34.
Information
bulb globose, 1–1 1/2 in. diam.; leaves 6–12, lanceolate, thin, hairy on the margin, 3/4–1 in. broad; peduncle stout, erect, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; raceme dense, many-flowered, subcorymbose; lower pedicels reaching 1 1/2–2 in. long; bracts large, ovate-acuminate; perianth pure white, 3/4 in. long; segments oblong, not keeled, 1/4 in. broad; stamens 1/3– 1/2 as long as the perianth; filaments alternately lanceolate and lanceolate with an ovate base; style slender, 1/8– 1/6 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; near Camps Bay, MacOwan, 2652! Table Mountain, 1800 ft., Bolus, 4919! Lion Mountain, Ecklon, 569! Paarl Div.; near Paarl, Drège!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 508!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near Ookiep, Bolus, 5805!

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