Haemanthus albiflos
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Haemanthus albiflos, Jacq. Bulb or tuber compressed sidewise, with thick, 2-ranged scales: lvs. 2-4, appearing with the fls., nearly erect, obtuse, 6-8 in. long and nearly half as broad, narrowed to the base, green and glabrous, but ciliate on the edges: scape less than 1 ft. tall, pale green, bearing a dense, globular umbel 2 in. diam.; fls. ¾ in. long, the linear segms. much exceeding the tube. S. Afr. B.M. 1239. L.B.C. 7:602. Var. pubescens, Baker, has lvs. hairy above. L.B.C. 8:702. B.R. 382. H. clarkei, Hort., is a hybrid of this species and C. coccineus.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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