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Strumaria gemmata

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Identification
Strumaria gemmata Ker Gawl. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for HESSEA gemmata Benth. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
HESSEA gemmata Benth. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Gen. Plant. iii. 721;—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 23.
Strumaria gemmata Ker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 1620; Poir. Encyc. Suppl. v. 259.
Imhofia gemmata Herb. [family ], Amaryll. 291; Kunth, Enum. v. 628.
Imhofia burchelliana Herb. [family ], Amaryllid. 290, t. 29, fig. b. Kunth, Enum. v. 627.
Imhofia bergiana Kunth [family ], loc. cit.
Hessea burchelliana Benth. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Gen. Plant. loc. cit.
Information
bulb globose, 1 in. diam., with pale brown membranous tunics, produced 1 1/2–2 in. above its neck; leaves 2–3, developed after the flowers, lorate, flaccid, 1/2 ft. or more long, 1/4– 1/2 in. broad, pilose towards the margin; peduncle stout, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers 10–20; pedicels 1–3 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, reflexing; perianth-limb 1/4– 1/3 in. long, cut down to the base; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved in the centre; stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments; ovary green, globose, 1/12 in. diam.; style as long as the stamens, with a slightly dilated conical base; capsule depresso-globose, membranous, deeply 3-lobed, 1/4 in. diam. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuw Berg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 1817! Colesburg Div.; near Hondeblats River, Burchell, 2702! between Riet Fontein and Plettenbergs Beacon, Burchell, 2727! and without precise locality, Bolus, 1817! Albert Div., Cooper, 575! Drège, 3517! Hopetown Div., Burchell, 2683.COAST REGION Uniondale Div.; Lange Kloof, Burchell, 4954! 4967! 4978! Uitenhage Div.; Grass Ridge, between Coega R. and Sunday R., Zeyher, 4107!

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