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Ornithogalum suaveolens

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Identification
Ornithogalum suaveolens Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM suaveolens 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 suaveolens Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Collect. ii. 316; Ic. ii. 19, t. 431;—Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 122; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 523; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 279.
ORNITHOGALUM odoratum Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Collect. Suppl. 78; Ic. ii. 20, t. 432; Willd. Sp Plant. ii. 121; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 260.
ORNITHOGALUM albucoides Thunb. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 314; Kunth, Enum. iv. 367.
Anthericum albucoides Ait. [family ANTHERICACEAE], Hort. Kew. i. 449; edit. 2, ii. 269.
Phalangium albucoides Poir. [family ], Encyc. v. 249.
Information
bulb globose, 1–1 1/2 in. diam.; leaves 3–6, linear, glabrous, a foot long; peduncle a foot or more long, stiffly erect; raceme lax, few- or many-flowered, 3–6 in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, lower 1 1/2–2 in. long; bracts large, lanceolate; flowers yellow, sweet-scented, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; segments oblong; keel distinct, closely 5–7-nerved, soon turning brown; stamens 2/3 the length of the perianth; filaments subequal, lanceolate at the base; style 1/5– 1/4 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg Div.; near Piquetberg, Thunberg! Malmesbury Div.; Saldanha Bay, Thunberg! Paarde Berg, Thunberg! between Groene Kloof and Saldanha Bay, Drège, 1511 Cape Div.; Muizenberg, 1000 ft., Bolus, 3298!

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