Brunsvigia josephinae
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Brunsvigia josephinae, Ker. Bulb 5-6 in. thick: Lvs. 8-10, strap-shaped, glaucous or greenish, thick, closely ribbed, 2-3 ft. long, l½-2 in. broad: scape 1 in. thick, 1½ ft. long; fls. 20-30, rarely 50-60, in an umbel; pedicels ½-1ft. long: caps, smaller than in B. gigantea, less conical and less strongly angled. B.M. 2578. F.S. 4:322.—Named after the Empress Josephine, who purchased the original bulb after it flowered at Malmaison.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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