Entry for ORNITHOGALUM speciosum 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
ORNITHOGALUM speciosumBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1891, 72
Information
bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 4, short, thick, linear, glabrous; peduncle 6–12 in. long; flowers 3–5 in a raceme with a flexuose rachis; lower pedicels arcuate, 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate, amplexicaul, acute, an inch long; perianth campanulate, an inch long; segments oblong, obtuse, white, with a distinct purplish-black spot at the tip; stamens 1/3 the length of the perianth; filaments lanceolate, much longer than the anthers; style short. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Namaqualand, Scully, 175! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 1390!
