Massonia

Massonia subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Massonia (Francis Masson, 1741-1805, collector in S. Afr.). Liliaceae. South African bulbous plants, of more than 30 species, allied to Allium; rarely grown as pot-plants in the greenhouse. Plants with 2 or 3 very broad opposite lvs., and a very short scape so that the usually white or greenish fls. are borne in a sessile or nearly sessile globose head at the surface of the ground surrounded by several membranaceous bracts: perianth with a cylindrical tube and narrow spreading or reflexed nearly equal segms.; stamens 6, inserted at the throat, the filaments more or less united at the base; ovary 3-celled and many-ovuled, becoming a membranaceous 3-valved caps. M. pustulata, Jacq., has an ovoid bulb. 1 in. diam., ribbed tuberculate broad-oblong lvs., and greenish fls. in the cup of pustulate foliage; perianthtube cylindrical, the segms. narrow and spreading; stamens long and upstanding. B.M. 642. G.C. III. 39:44. — An odd plant, requiring warm greenhouse conditions. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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