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[SANS] from Hortus Kewensis

FROM HORTUS KEWENSIS there are only 3descriptions mentioned
pg 378-379


SANSEVI ERA.  Thunb. nov. gen. 9. p.127.

Car. infera, rnonopetala: tubo. filiformi; limbo 6-partito, revoluto.
Stam. limbo 6-partio, revoluto. Stam. Limbo inserta. Bacca 1-sperma.

guineensis,   1         S.      foliis lanceolatis uniformibus, stylo
 staminibus duplo longiore, bracteis tubo corollae triplo
brevioribus, floribus sessilibus. Willden. sp. p1. 2. p.159. Botan.
magaz. 1180. African Bow-string Hemp. Nat. of Guinea.
Cult. 1690, in the Royal garden at Hampton-court.  Catal. mscr.
FL most part of the Summer.

zeylanica.      2. S. foliis glabris oblongis acutis planis et lineari-lanceolatis
canaliculatis, stylo longitudine sts mininum, bracteis pedunculi
longitudine. Will-den. sp. p1. 2. p.159.  Roxb. corom. 2. p.43. t.
184. Ceylon Sanseviera. Nat. of Ceylon.
Cult. before 1731, by Mr. Ph. Miller.  Mill. dict. ed.1.  Aloe 35.
Fl. most part of the Summer.

carnea. 3. S. foliis distichis lanceolato-ensiformibus cari-natis, floribus solitariis sessilibus. Andrews's reposit 361.
                    Sanseviera sessiliflora.  Botan.maqaz. 739.
                      Flesh-colour'd Sanseviera.
                      Nat. of China.
                     Introd. about 1792, by Thomas Evans, Esq.
                      Fl. most part of the Year.        .

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