Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 991

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-COMMON_NAMES- Cape Hyacinth
-GENUS- Massonia
-SPECIES- Massonia corymbosa
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Polyzena
-MODERN_SPECIES- Polyzena corymbosa
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- "corolla "of a palish rose-colour, with six deep violet streaks"
-SEASON- "a greenhouse plant, blooms in August"
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa
-ZONE- 9
-NON_PREF_TERM-GENUS- Hyacinthus
-NON_PERF_TERM-SPECIES- Hyacinthus corymbosus

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 25
-PUB_DATE- 1807
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0428 IMG0114.PCD
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