Entry for SCILLA firmifolia 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 firmifoliaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 7;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 237.
Information
bulb globose, 1–1 1/2 in. diam., not crowned with bristles; leaves 5–6, linear, glabrous, spreading, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, 5–6 in. long; peduncle slender, 6–8 in. long; raceme moderately dense, cylindrical, 3–4 in. long, 1/2– 5/8 in. diam.; pedicels articulated at the apex, lower 1/4 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate; perianth campanulate, 1/8 in. long, white, tinged with red; segments oblong; filaments much dilated at the base, shorter than the perianth-segments; anthers oblong; ovary substipitate, globose; style rather longer than the ovary. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Albany Div.; rocks near New Year River, 2200 ft., Mac-Owan, 461!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; between Morley and Umtata River, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 4492!
