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Scilla rigidifolia

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Identification
Scilla rigidifolia Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SCILLA rigidifolia Kunth [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 rigidifolia Kunth [family HYACINTHACEAE], Enum. iv. 330;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 242.
SCILLA pallidiflora Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 179.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 1/2–1 in. diam., crowned with numerous persistent bristles; leaves 5–6, lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/2–1 in. broad; peduncle about as long as the leaves; raceme dense, 3–6 in. long, 2–3 in. broad; pedicels articulated at the apex, lower spreading, 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts linear, 1/4 in. long; perianth white, tinged with green, campanulate, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; segments oblong; filaments linear, shorter than the perianth-segments; ovary globose, green, stipitate; ovules 6–8 in a cell; style rather longer than the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, 5000–6000 ft., Drège, 4506c!COAST REGION King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! Var. γ, Albany Div.; Grahamstown Flats, MacOwan, 214! King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 577! Griqualand East; Mountains near Kokstad, 5000 ft. Tyson, 1480! Natal, Buchanan! Plant! Var. β, Natal; Inanda, Wood, 458! Clairmont, Wood, 1944! Var. γ, Tembuland; Tabase, near Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 378! Natal; Weenen County, South Downs, 5000 ft., Wood, 4393! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1829!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Apies River, Burke! Barberton, 2600–4000 ft., Galpin, 620! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Var. β, Hopetown Div.; by the Orange River, Burchell, 2663! Griqualand West; between Griqua Town and Witte Water, Burchell, 1968! Orange Free State; near Nelsons Kop, Cooper, 882! Bechuanaland; Batlapin Territory, Holub! Chooi Desert, Burchell, 2337/2! Var. γ, Orange Free State, Cooper, 875! 2980!

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