Entry for SCILLA ovatifolia 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 ovatifoliaBaker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 183
SCILLA lanceæfoliaBaker var. ovatifolia [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 252.
Information
bulb globose 2 in. diam.; leaves 4, spreading, ovate, acute, 3–4 in. long, 2–3 in. broad, with a distinct cartilaginous margin and copious, round, green spots on a glaucous green ground; peduncle stout, very short; raceme dense, oblong, 2–3 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. diam.; central pedicels 1/3– 1/2 in. long, lower cernuous; perianth campanulate, 1/6– 1/5 in. long, bright mauve-purple inside, green outside at the base; filaments bright purple; ovary stipitate, globose, discoid at the base. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; rugged mountain slopes around Clydes-dale, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1123!
Notes
Described from a plant cultivated by Mr. W. W. Saunders between 1862 and 1870, introduced by Cooper.
