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Tulbaghia alliacea

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Name

Identification
Tulbaghia alliacea L.f. [family ALLIACEAE ]
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  • Tulbaghia alliacea

Flora

Entry for TULBAGHIA alliacea Linn. fil. [family ALLIACEAE]
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
TULBAGHIA alliacea Linn. fil. [family ALLIACEAE], Suppl. 193;—Thunb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 306; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 371, non Kunth.
TULBAGHIA brachystemma Kunth [family ALLIACEAE], Enum. iv. 483.
TULBAGHIA affinis Link [family ALLIACEAE], Enum. i. 310; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 994.
Information
corm globose; root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical; outer rudimentary leaves brown, membranous; produced leaves 6–8, erect, fleshy, 1/2–1 1/2 ft. long, 1/6– 1/3 in. broad; peduncle fragile, terete, 1–2 ft. long; umbel 6–10-flowered; pedicels 1–2 in. long; spathe-valves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, membranous; perianth greenish, 1/3 in. long; segments lanceolate, about half as long as the tube; corona annular, purplish-brown or yellow, shorter than the perianth-segments, crenate on the margin; upper stamens reaching up into the corona; capsule ovoid, splitting the marcescent perianth-tube, finally 1/2 in. long.leaves lorate, 1/2 ft. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; corona bright yellow, urceolate, with inflexed edges. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, 300 ft., Bolus, 4347! Cape Div.; Muizenberg, 1100 ft., Bolus, 4649! Albany Div., Cooper, 3279! Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! Var. β, Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton!EASTERN REGION Natal, Sanderson, 429! Inanda, Wood, 257!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; hills near Pretoria, 4000 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3091!
Notes
The leaves have usually a strong alliaceous scent, but in a plant grown by Mr. Elwes this was entirely wanting.

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