John Lindley, Edwards's Botanical Register, Appendix to the First Twenty-three Volumes…
“ Of the singular woolly genus Tribonanthes198 there are four species, all different from T. australis; they are plants of no beauty, as far as can be ascertained by their appearance in the form of dried specimens. ”
John Lindley, Edwards's Botanical Register, Appendix to the First Twenty-three Volumes…
“ Folia equitantia, incana, retrorsum falcata, acuminata, scapi longitudine. Scapus palmaris, furfuraceo-tomentosus, pone basin monophyllus, supra medium squamâ unicâ cucullatâ rigidâ uniflorâ instructus, apice bi-triflorus. ”
John Lindley, Edwards's Botanical Register, Appendix to the First Twenty-three Volumes…
“ Conostylis the most abounds in species, some of which are handsome, but others mere weeds. C. setosa202 (Tab. VI. A) has large heads of cream-coloured woolly flowers, externally shaggy, with hairs which are sometimes purple. C. aurea203 is a much handsomer species, with a similar habit, (196) Hæmodorum paniculatum; caule simplici stricto, foliis linearibus longissimis basi dilatatis, floribus paniculatis bracteâ spathulatâ margine membranaceâ brevioribus, sepalis petalisque medio staminiferis linearibus convolutis æqualibus. ”
