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Scilla petersii

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Name

Identification
Scilla petersii Engl. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for SCILLA Petersii Engl. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
SCILLA Petersii Engl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 142.
Information
Leaves several, narrowly lanceolate. Peduncle slender, rather longer than the leaves. Raceme conical, 30-flowered; pedicels spreading, half as long again as the flowers. Perianth campanulate, 1/10 in. long; segments green upwards, white with a purple centre towards the base. Filaments purple.
Distribution
Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Lower Zambesi; at Tete, and at Beira, at the mouth of the River Pungue (ex Engler), collector not stated, probably Peters.

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