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Tritonia lineata

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Identification
Tritonia lineata (Salisb.) Ker Gawl. [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for TRITONIA lineata Ker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
TRITONIA lineata Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 228;—Gen. Irid. 118; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 91; Baker, Handb. Irid. 194.
Gladiolus lineatus Salisb. [family IRIDACEAE], Prodr. 40; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 487; Red. Lil. tt. 55 and 400.
Montbretia lineata Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 169.
Ixia reticulata Thunb. [family IRIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 60.
Gladiolus venosus Willd. [family IRIDACEAE], Enum. i. 58.
Information
corm small, globose; tunics of fine, reticulated fibres; leaves about 6 in a basal rosette, moderately firm in texture, linear; outer 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/4– 1/2 in. broad; stem slender, terete, 1–1 1/2 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or forked; end-spike lax, distichous, 4–6 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, 1/4– 1/2 in. long, distinctly toothed at the tip, brown and scariose in the upper half; perianth white or pale pink, 1–1 1/4 in. long; tube broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments equal, oblong, about as long as the tube; anthers lanceolate, protruding from the perianth-tube, equalling the filaments; style-branches overtopping the stamens. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 1199!COAST REGION Mossel Bay Div.; between Great Brak River and Little Brak River, Burchell, 6164! Bathurst Div.; near the source of Kasuga River, Burchell, 3912! Albary Div.; Fish River Heights, Hutton! Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, 3000–4000 ft., Drège, 3499c!EASTERN REGION Natal; Itafamasi, Wood, 669! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 377! Gerrard, 397! Griqualand East; Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 1105! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 507! Kaffraria, Cooper, 1807!KALAHARI REGION Basutoland, Cooper, 3200!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Harvey, 904!

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