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Identification
Albuca major L. [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ALBUCA major Linn. [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
ALBUCA major Linn. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 438;—Dryand. in Vet. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 1784, 293; Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 96; Ic. ii. 21, t. 443; Thunb. Prodr. 65; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 99; Red. Lil. t. 69; Bot. Mag. t. 804; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1191; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 495, 1696; Kunth, Enum. iv. 374; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 286.
ALBUCA lutea Lam. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Encyc. i. 76.
Ornithogalum canadense Linn. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. i. 308 (Moris. Hist. Univ. Sect. iv. t. 24, fig. 7).
Information
bulb globose, 1 1/2–2 in. diam., copiously soboliferous; tunics membranous; leaves 6–10, linear, glabrous, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 3/4–1 in. broad near the base, tapering gradually to a long point; peduncle 2–3 ft. long, moderately stout; raceme very lax, 1/2–1 ft. long; pedicels ascending, cernuous at the tip in the flowering stage, lower 2–3 in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; flowers inodorous; perianth 3/4–1 in. long, pale yellow, broadly banded with green; outer stamens sterile; style prismatic, 1/3 in. long; apex conic, subentire. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; Kalk Bay, Pappe! at the foot of Table Mountain, MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1561!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 4190! and cultivated specimens!

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