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Scilla adlami

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Name

Identification
Scilla adlami Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Ledebouria cooperi (Hook.f.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Scilla adlami
  • Ledebouria cooperi

Flora

Entry for SCILLA Adlami 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
SCILLA Adlami Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1891, ix. 521
Information
bulb ovoid, 1/3 in. diam.; leaf single, contemporary with the flowers, linear, rather fleshy, glabrous, 8–9 in. long, 1/2 in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to the base; peduncle slender, 3–4 in. long; raceme short; pedicels 1/4– 1/2 in. long; bracts deltoid, minute; perianth mauve-purple, 1/8 in. long; segments oblong, spreading from the base; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments flattened; anthers minute; ovary green, globose; style short. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal, cultivated specimen, Adlam!
Notes
Sent by Mr. J. W. Adlam to Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Sprowston, near Norwich, with whom it flowered April, 1891.

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