Nerine pudica

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 Nerine pudica subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nerine pudica, Hook. f. Bulb globose, about 1 in. diam.: Lvs. 4-6, glaucous, 8-9 in. long, suberect, appearing with the fls.: umbels 4-6-fld., the other kinds being 8-20- fld.; fls. white, keeled pink above; segms. oblanceolate, thin, scarcely crisped; stamens declined, the 3 longest a little shorter than the perianth-segms. Original habitat in doubt. B.M. 5901. R.H. 1913, p. 456. F.S. 23:2464. Gn. 21:200. Var. Elwesii, Baker (N. Elwesii, Leichtl.), has much broader bright green more persistent distinctly veined Lvs. with a prominent midrib: fls. more compact and pedicels stouter; segms. pale rose with a darker keel, thicker and more wavy. Var. alba, Hort., fls. snow-white.


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